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ResetRecognizing the Life-Changing Power of Employment
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            FNCS Highlights 2019 Accomplishments
      Deputy Under Secretary Brandon Lipps today highlighted the agency’s many accomplishments over the past year to leverage our nation’s agricultural abundance to ensure every American has access to wholesome, nutritious food, even when they face challenging circumstances.
      12/19/2019
    USDA Restores Original Intent of SNAP: A Second Chance, Not A Way of Life
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            USDA Restores Original Intent of SNAP: A Second Chance, Not A Way of Life
      At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, Secretary  Sonny Perdue today announced a final rule to move more able-bodied recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) towards self-sufficiency and into employment. The rule restores the system to what Congress intended: assistance through difficult times, not a way of life.
      12/04/2019
    SNAP ABAWDs comment period re-opened
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            USDA Encourages States to Engage SNAP Participants in Employment Opportunities
      USDA reminded states, that as partners in administering SNAP, they have an opportunity to address challenges and provide support to program participants as they move towards – and into – employment.
      11/20/2019
    Farms and Schools – A Critical Link for a Healthy Future
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            Farms and Schools – A Critical Link for a Healthy Future
      One of my fondest childhood memories was helping my grandma tend to the fresh fruits and vegetables in her garden. After a morning’s work outside in the sunshine, the fresh-picked corn was a feast for the taste buds and a sweet reward for our hard work. Working alongside my grandma taught me many important lessons – notably, that food on the table across the nation is a result of the dedication and effort of America’s farmers.
      10/30/2019
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            USDA Prepares, Releases Requested Informational Analysis on School Meals Eligibility under Proposed SNAP Rule
      USDA released a new analysis on its proposed rule to refine categorical eligibility requirements based on receipt of TANF benefits under SNAP.
      10/15/2019
    USDA Recognizes Hard-Working School Meals Professionals, Empowers Them to Do Right in School Lunchrooms
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            USDA Recognizes Hard-Working School Meals Professionals, Empowers Them to Do Right in School Lunchrooms
      Secretary Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement in support of President Donald J. Trump’s National School Lunch Week Proclamation. USDA celebrates food service professionals, school leaders, as well as the farmers, ranchers, and producers who grow the delicious, healthful, American-grown foods that kids enjoy every day in school lunches.
      10/15/2019
    FNS Blog: Farmers and Ranchers
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            Farmers and Ranchers - The Foundation of our Nation’s Nutrition Assistance Programs
      You may be familiar with Paul Harvey’s “So God Made a Farmer” speech that he delivered to the FFA Convention in November 1978. What he said then still rings true today. He describes the hard work and sacrifices as well as the gentle family spirit and sense of community that farmers and ranchers have provided from generation to generation across our great country.
      10/11/2019
    TEFAP Rule Change
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            New Rule to Enhance Customer Service and Link Farms to Food Banks in TEFAP
      The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost through food banks and pantries. In recent years, a number of states have recognized the value of supporting donations from local farmers to their food bank networks – commonly known as Farm to Food Bank Projects.
      10/04/2019
    Prevalence in Food Security in 2019 is down from 2017
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            Food Insecurity in U.S. Households in 2018 is Down from 2017, Continuing Trend and Returning to Pre-Recession (2007) Level
      In 2018, food insecurity returned to the pre-recession level of 11.1 percent, last observed in 2007. It is down from 11.8 percent in 2017 and a high of 14.9 percent in 2011. USDA’s Economic Research Service recently released its Household Food Security in the United States in 2018 on the incidence and severity of food insecurity in U.S. households.
      10/03/2019
    Seven Ways Farm to School Can Make You ‘Cool’
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            Seven Ways Farm to School Can Make You ‘Cool’
      As we celebrate Farm to School Month this October, we can all feel the temperatures cooling down with the fall season. Here are seven ways USDA’s Farm to School Program can make your school and community ‘cooler’ throughout the year!
      10/03/2019
    SNAP SUA Changes
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            USDA To Modernize SNAP Benefit Calculations
      USDA is announcing a proposed rule to modernize the way utility costs are factored in when states calculate a household’s SNAP benefits.
      10/01/2019
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Easing the Transition to New Grain-Based Food Measures in CACFP
      Customer service is a priority for this Department and taking stakeholder input seriously is an integral part of ensuring optimal service is delivered. Today’s final rule adjusting timelines for the Child and Adult Care Food Program requirements is the latest example of this.
      09/25/2019
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            USDA Invests in Customer Service, Modernization Projects for SNAP
      USDA today announced $5 million for investments in customer service projects to improve and modernize application processing in SNAP.
      09/25/2019
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        Stakeholder Notification
            USDA Awards Tufts $8.5M to Foster Telehealth Tech for WIC Moms
      Technological advances are streamlining industries across the globe. To make use of these innovations for program participants, USDA today announced the award of an $8.5 million cooperative agreement with Tufts University to test and evaluate the use of telehealth innovations in delivery of USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.
      09/23/2019
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            USDA Encourages Ag Producers, Residents in the Carolinas to Prepare for Hurricane Dorian
      USDA reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Dorian that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
      09/04/2019
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            USDA Encourages Ag Producers, Residents to Prepare for Hurricane Dorian
      USDA reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Dorian that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
      08/30/2019
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            USDA Reinforces Sponsor Responsibility for SNAP Benefits of Certain Legal Immigrants
      USDA issued guidance to states today regarding the repayment of SNAP benefits from the sponsors of non-citizens who participate in the program.
      08/23/2019
    USDA Empowers States to Improve SNAP Administration with Modern Technologies
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            USDA Empowers States to Improve SNAP Administration with Modern Technologies
      Today, FNS announced a new pair of administrative flexibilities that enable states to leverage modern technologies in their efforts to deliver SNAP benefits with improved customer service and integrity.
      08/21/2019
    Brandon Lipps Swearing In
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            Secretary Perdue Statement on Newly Appointed FNCS Leadership
      Secretary Sonny Perdue has sworn in Brandon Lipps as FNCS Deputy Under Secretary and Pam Miller as the FNS Administrator.
      08/19/2019
    Innovation and Collaboration Bring Summer Meals to Children in Rural Texas
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            Innovation and Collaboration Bring Summer Meals to Children in Rural Texas
      Children’s nutritional needs do not take a summer break. This summer, FNS partnered with the Texas Department of Agriculture and Baylor University’s Texas Hunger Initiative to help keep Texas children in several low-income rural areas fed during the summer through a summer meals demonstration project.
      08/15/2019

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