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Basic page Summer Food Service Program FAQs

Questions and answers regarding why the SFSP is important and how it operates.

05/09/2024
Resource | Policy Notice of Supply Chain Disruption Declaration in Response to the Impact of Discontinued Production of Gerber Good Start Soy Powder Infant Formula

This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective May 8, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has determined that a Supply Chain Disruption exists in WIC state agencies with Gerber infant formula contracts. The contracted infant formula manufacturer, Gerber, is discontinuing production of their contract brand soy-based powder infant formula, Gerber Good Start Soy.

05/09/2024
Resource | Policy Notice of Supply Chain Disruption Declaration in Response to the Impact of Limited Availability of Gerber Good Start SoothePro Powder Infant Formula

This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective May 8, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has determined that a Supply Chain Disruption exists in WIC state agencies with Gerber infant formula contracts. The contracted infant formula manufacturer, Gerber, issued a letter on April 4, 2024, affirming a limited supply of their contract brand powder infant formula, Gerber Good Start SoothePro.

05/09/2024
Basic page SFSP Meal Patterns

Overview of SFSP meal patterns.

05/08/2024
Resource | Fact Sheets FY 22 SNAP-Ed Works

Evidence shows positive impact of SNAP-Ed in fiscal year 2022. 

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05/08/2024
Resource | Federal Register Documents Comment Request - FNS Quick Response Survey

This information collection request is for a revision to the currently approved Special Nutrition Programs Quick Response Surveys.

05/08/2024
Basic page SUN Meals and SUN Meals To-Go (SFSP) Implementing Agency Resources

Tribal nations, state agencies, site sponsors, and program operators can use the following resources to help administer the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) SUN Meals or SUN Meals To-Go (non-congregate) options.

05/06/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP FY 24 Allocations of Discretionary Exemptions for ABAWDs

This memorandum adjusts the total number of exemptions available to each state for FY 2024. This includes adjustments in the number of exemptions available to states in which caseloads change by more than 10 percent.

05/03/2024
Resource | Federal Register Documents Information Collection - School Meals Operations Study

With the revision, FNS will seek approval for the School Meals Operations (SMO) study to collect survey and administrative data about SY 2023-24 from a census of state agencies. The SMO study will not collect survey data about SY 2023-24 from school food authorities.

05/03/2024
Basic page SNAP Quality Control - Error Tolerance Threshold

The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 set a tolerance level, or threshold, for excluding small errors from calculation of the SNAP payment error rate. Beginning with fiscal year 2015, the threshold has been adjusted annually to correspond with changes in the Thrifty Food Plan for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia.

04/30/2024
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