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Resource | Technical Assistance FDPIR Flexibilities for Indian Tribal Organizations and State Agencies

During an emergency situation such as the COVID-19 public health emergency, there are flexibilities available to Indian Tribal Organizations and state agencies that administer FDPIR to assist them in continuing to provide food to people in need. FDPIR is available to assist current participants and those who may become newly eligible for the program.

05/13/2020
Resource School Meals Operations Study: Evaluation of the School-Based Child Nutrition Programs

This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection for the School Meals Operations (SMO) Study's continuation of the Child Nutrition Program Operations Study II information collection with updated survey instruments beginning in school year (SY) 2020-2021. This study will collect supplemental administrative data, including data on the CN COVID-19 waivers.

05/13/2020
Resource Comment Request - School Food Purchase Study IV

This is the fourth in a series of studies designed to provide statistically valid national estimates of food acquisitions (both purchased foods and USDA Foods) made by school food authorities (SFAs) participating in the federally supported school nutrition programs.

05/13/2020
Resource | Policy Memos Nationwide Waiver to Extend Unanticipated School Closure Operations through June 30, 2020

This waiver delays the transition from National School Lunch Seamless Summer Option and Summer Food Service Program operations during unanticipated school closures associated with the Coronavirus pandemic to traditional SSO and SFSP operations through June 30, 2020.

05/13/2020
Resource Information Collection: Waiver Requests To Offer Incentives to SNAP Recipients at Authorized Stores

This is an existing collection in use without an OMB Control Number in which we are seeking approval to establish a process for SNAP  retailers to request a waiver from the FNS to offer SNAP recipients incentives that encourage them to purchase healthier foods.

05/11/2020
Resource Child Nutrition Area Eligibility Waiver

Under Families First Coronavirus Response Act, FNS is allowing states during unanticipated school closures to waive the requirement in the summer feeding programs that “open site” meal service is limited to areas with at least half of the children in the area are in low-income households.

05/06/2020
Basic page WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018 - Charts

WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018 summarizes the demographic characteristics of participants nationwide in April 2018. It includes information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, estimates breastfeeding initiation rates for WIC infants, and describes WIC members of migrant farm-worker families.

05/06/2020
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018

WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018 summarizes the demographic characteristics of participants nationwide in April 2018. It includes information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, estimates breastfeeding initiation rates for WIC infants, and describes WIC members of migrant farm-worker families.

05/04/2020
Resource | Research and Data | Demonstrations Evaluation of Alternatives to Improve Elderly Access to SNAP

This report examined some of the key food and financial challenges, as well as factors that influence SNAP participation choices, among elderly people. It also assessed how States implemented interventions designed to improve elderly access to SNAP, and their impacts.

05/04/2020
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