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        Stakeholder Notification
            Improvements Coming Soon for Monitoring of Child Nutrition Programs
      FNS published a proposed rule that will help ensure the federal child nutrition programs are being operated properly. These regulatory updates will strengthen and clarify the process for correcting serious deficiencies found in FNS’ child nutrition programs.
      02/20/2024
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Child Nutrition Program Integrity Final Rule
      FNS published a final rule on program integrity to ensure that child nutrition programs are properly operated and managed to protect federal funds and taxpayer dollars.
      08/23/2023
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            Connecting Kids To Meals: A Valued Resource For Kids In Northwest Ohio
      Connecting Kids to Meals, known as CKM, is a nonprofit agency in Toledo, Ohio, that provides healthy meals at no cost to at-risk kids in low-income and underserved areas of Northwest Ohio. With a nearly 20-year history of feeding hungry kids, the critical work of CKM becomes more important every day.
      05/22/2023
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            USDA Announces Increased Funding for School Meals, Child and Adult Care Meals
      USDA announced an increase in funding to help schools continue to serve kids healthy meals this coming school year and lower costs for schools and childcare providers.
      07/22/2022
    Harvesting Health All Summer Long
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            Harvesting Health All Summer Long
      The FNS Turnip the Beet awards recognize outstanding summer meal program sponsors for going above and beyond, ensuring children receive high quality meals in a fun, safe and healthy learning environment when school is out.
      07/06/2022
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            Statement from Secretary Tom Vilsack on Passage of Keep Kids Fed Act
      I am pleased to see that Congress has taken action to provide much needed support to help USDA’s child nutrition programs serve nutritious meals to America’s children. - Secretary Vilsack
      06/24/2022
    Cooking Up Success as a CACFP
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            Cooking up Success as a CACFP Sponsor
      The FNS Mid-Atlantic Region recently joined forces with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture to recognize Programs for Parents, a Child and Adult Care Food Program sponsor in Essex County, NJ, with a regional CACFP Achievement Award for their creative and dedicated efforts to promote nutrition security among children.
      06/22/2022
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            Statement from Secretary Tom Vilsack on Congressional Deal for Child Nutrition
      USDA’s child nutrition programs provide nutritious meals to America’s children. The school and other nutrition professionals who make these meals possible need additional resources and continued flexibilities as they grapple with the ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic. The deal would ease uncertainty and bring a measure of relief to our schools, summer sites and child care feeding programs - Secretary Vilsack.
      06/22/2022
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            USDA Promotes Program Access, Combats Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Community
      FNS announced today that it will interpret the prohibition on discrimination based on sex found in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and in the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, SNAP to include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
      05/05/2022
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            USDA Tackles Food Insecurity, Expands Program Access
      FNS today reflected on its efforts over the past year to ensure households across the country have access to a nutritious diet. Throughout the first year of the Biden-Harris Administration, FNS bolstered its nutrition assistance programs through a wide range of administrative actions and with the unprecedented $12 billion investment in food assistance provided by the American Rescue Plan Act.
      01/20/2022
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            USDA and HHS Launch Resource Guide to Help Rural Communities Increase Access to Child Care Services
      USDA today unveiled a joint resource guide to help people in rural and Tribal communities increase access to child care services.
      09/21/2021
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            USDA Reminds Consumers to Handle Frozen Foods Safely This School Year
      As students, parents and caretakers adjust to a physical return to classrooms this fall, the USDA reminds families to follow food safety practices to prevent foodborne illness when it comes to preparing frozen foods.
      09/09/2021
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            FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic
      In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.
      05/05/2021
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            USDA to Provide Critical Nutrition Assistance to 30M+ Kids Over the Summer
      USDA today announced a new effort funded by the American Rescue Plan to provide adequate nutrition to more than 30 million children over the summer by expanding Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits.
      04/26/2021
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            USDA Expands Nutrition Assistance for Seniors Amid Pandemic with American Rescue Plan Funding
      Today, the USDA is increasing food assistance to low-income seniors – a population that has been especially hard-hit by the pandemic – by providing nearly $37 million in additional support to CSFP.
      04/23/2021
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            USDA Issues Pandemic Flexibilities for Schools and Day Care Facilities through June 2022 to Support Safe Reopening and Healthy, Nutritious Meals
      USDA today issued a broad range of flexibilities to allow school meal programs and childcare institutions across the country to return to serving healthy meals in fall 2021 as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to reopen schools safely.
      04/20/2021
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            USDA Boosts Food Assistance for Homeless Young Adults Seeking Refuge in Shelters
      USDA announced that young adults under the age of 25 experiencing homelessness will now be able to receive meals at emergency shelters participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
      04/09/2021
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            FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration’s Actions to Reduce Food Insecurity Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
      USDA and the Biden-Harris administration are committed to ensuring that all struggling families can get the nutritious food they need.
      03/03/2021
    School Lunch
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            USDA Publishes Proposed Rule Maintaining School Meal Flexibilities
      In line with USDA’s unwavering promise to serve America’s children well through school meal programs, the department today announced it will publish a proposed rule maintaining flexibility for schools to serve tasty meals their kids will be eager to eat. These proposed changes respond directly to the needs of nutrition professionals who are the experts on-the-ground, hearing from our children every day.
      11/24/2020
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            USDA Provides Flexibilities to Ensure Kids Receive Meals This Fall
      Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced a range of nationwide flexibilities to ensure America’s children receive the nutritious food they need throughout the upcoming school year. These waivers give states, schools, and childcare providers time to plan for how they will serve children in the fall, including allowing for new and innovative feeding options as the nation recovers from the coronavirus.
      06/25/2020

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