USDA Programs that Assist Individuals and Small Businesses
USDA’s authority to provide emergency assistance for its various disaster relief programs exists under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), Agriculture Secretary disaster designations, Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as well as other authorizing legislation. These authorities are identified in the various USDA program descriptions.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program
The SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program Interim Rule was published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2013
USDA Takes Aggressive Action to Fight Trafficking
The sale or exchange of SNAP benefits for anything other than food sold by an authorized retailer is illegal – and is neither accepted nor tolerated by USDA.
History of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Time line of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)