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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
            Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs
      USDA’s goal across all summer nutrition programs is simple: Connect children with nutritious food during the summer months to help them grow and thrive. This interim final rule is an important step forward in increasing access to these services.
      01/03/2024
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Strengthening Access to Baby Formula for WIC participants
      USDA is publishing a final rule to implement the Access to Baby Formula Act. As part of the months-long, whole-of-government response to the recall-driven infant formula shortages in 2022, Congress passed legislation to support access to formula for WIC participants, even in unforeseen circumstances like disasters, emergencies and supply chain disruptions. President Biden signed the legislation into law on May 21, 2022.
      12/14/2023
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        Stakeholder Notification
            SNAP Race and Ethnicity Final Rule
      This week, USDA published a final rule that changes how racial and ethnic data is collected in SNAP.
      12/14/2023
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Applications Now Open for States to Streamline Access to Free, Reduced Price School Meals
      Did you know there’s a way for children in Medicaid households to be automatically eligible for free and reduced price school meals without their families completing another application? It’s called the Direct Certification with Medicaid Demonstration Project and USDA recently opened applications for more states to participate.
      11/29/2023
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Grant Applications to Improve School Meals through Local, Regional Partnerships Now Open
      Applications are now open for the School Food Systems Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants, which is part of USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative.
      11/28/2023
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Unlocking New Opportunities for Grocers with SNAP Online Purchasing Support
      FNS understands the unique challenges faced by smaller, independent grocery stores interested in offering SNAP online purchasing. That’s why we are excited to share the SNAP EBT Modernization Technical Assistance Center, also known as SEMTAC, a valuable resource to help retailers get set up for SNAP online purchasing.
      11/27/2023
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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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            USDA to Host National Consultations on Tribal Barriers the Week of April 24
      USDA will hold a five-day consultation series, “USDA Tribal Consultations on Barriers/Equity: Annual Progress Report & Feedback for Next Steps,” virtually April 24-May 1, 2023.
      04/18/2023
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Advancing Tribal Sovereignty through Self-Determination Projects for FDPIR
      USDA FNS invites tribes to apply for a second round of FDPIR Self-Determination Demonstration Projects. Through these projects, tribes administering the FDPIR can enter into self-determination contracts with USDA to directly purchase food for the FDPIR food packages distributed to their tribe.
      10/17/2022
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        Stakeholder Notification
            USDA Opens Applications for Cooperative Agreement to Improve WIC Participation and Retention
      FNS announced a $20 million cooperative agreement opportunity for an academic or nonprofit organization to improve participation and retention in the WIC program.
      05/31/2022
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        Stakeholder Notification
            USDA Increases Flexibilities for SY 2021-22
      Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, America’s school nutrition professionals have overcome extraordinary challenges to ensure children’s access to nutritious meals. USDA continues to work in close partnership with schools and states to provide them with the tools, resources, and flexibilities they need to tackle those challenges and get nutritious meals to every child despite changing and unpredictable circumstances.
      09/24/2021
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            USDA Withdraws Proposed Rule on Categorical Eligibility in SNAP
      Today, USDA has taken action to withdraw its previously proposed rule, *Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program*.
      06/09/2021
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        Stakeholder Notification
            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
    USDA Announces School and Summer Meals Reforms
        Stakeholder Notification
            USDA Extends Comment Period on Proposed School and Summer Meal Reforms
      USDA today announced it is extending the deadline for the public to comment on a pair of proposed rules on school and summer meals reforms. USDA is providing additional time to ensure those who wish to provide input do not miss out on the opportunity while dealing with the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
      03/17/2020
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        Stakeholder Notification
            USDA Expands Staffing Flexibility for State Agencies to Make SNAP Operations More Efficient
      As part of USDA’s continuing collaboration with its state partners to enhance customer service while maintaining program integrity in SNAP, FNS is expanding the work that vendors and private staff/contractors can do at SNAP call centers—ending the constraint that only state agency employees may handle certain tasks.
      02/06/2020
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        Stakeholder Notification
            USDA Acts on Feedback, Requests Public Input on the National Universal Product Code (NUPC) Database
      USDA’s WIC program is a critical resource in ensuring a strong nutritional foundation for participants. Today, USDA is taking a step to gather additional information on ways to improve and maximize usage of a key tool we provide our state partners through the release of a Request for Information on the WIC National Universal Product Code Database.
      01/30/2020
    USDA Announces School and Summer Meals Reforms
        Stakeholder Notification
            USDA Sets the Record Straight on Proposed School Meals Flexibilities
      Under current rules, children are throwing 25 percent of nutrients straight into the trash can. USDA has announced a proposal to increase flexibility and decrease administrative burden for local districts, while continuing to ensure that children receive wholesome, nourishing meals they want to eat.
      01/17/2020
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        Stakeholder Notification
            USDA Publishes Proposed Rule - Aims to Streamline SFSP Operations
      USDA will publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule, “Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the Summer Food Service Program,” providing flexibilities that will allow local SFSP operators to spend more time serving children wholesome meals and less time mired in red tape.
      01/17/2020
    USDA Releases SNAP Payment Error Rate for 2018
        Stakeholder Notification
            FNS Updates SNAP Keys to Payment Accuracy
      Reflecting the responsibility that USDA’s FNS shares with state SNAP agencies to operate the program with integrity, today the agency released an updated edition of its *Keys to Payment Accuracy* information resources.
      01/03/2020

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