FNS Documents & Resources

This page contains a factsheet for CSFP program staff and a flyer for CSFP program customers on how to properly handle, store, and distribute USDA Foods cheese in the CSFP program.  

A set of three handouts on best practices to help you safely handle and store USDA foods at home.

This gallery contains photo albums from multiple ITO FDPIR program sites and government agencies. These photos can be used to add visual appeal to presentations and handouts, or on social media messaging and websites.

 A collection of recipes for ITOs and FDPIR recipients so that they can make delicious regional dishes with the walleye from USDA Foods. 

The nutrition educator from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin has compiled a cookbook containing healthy recipes that utilize USDA Foods found in the FDPIR food package.

This page  includes links to all the household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the oils food group. 

This page displays product information sheets for USDA Foods available to households through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). Staff who operate USDA Foods programs and participants often use this information to help prepare healthy meals. Each product information sheet includes a description of the USDA Foods product, storage tips, nutrition facts, and recipes that use the product.

The USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, Food Distribution Division is pleased to provide this recipe book developed for Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) participants and staff.

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program works to improve the health of low-income elderly persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA Foods. Children who were certified and receiving CSFP benefits as of Feb. 6, 2014, can continue to receive assistance until they are no longer eligible under the program rules.

This page includes USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the "other" category of USDA Foods available in the household programs.