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  USDA is Revising the WIC Food PackagesFNS is updating the WIC food package to ensure it provides foods that reflect the latest nutrition science to support healthy eating and bright futures.Learn moreDr. Cotwright holding a bowl of vegetables in front of a farm field.
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    Our mission is to increase food security and reduce hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-income people access to food, a healthy diet and nutrition education in a manner that supports American agriculture and inspires public confidence.
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    Assistance for People of All Ages
            Our 16 nutrition assistance programs touch the lives of one in four Americans each year, from infants to the elderly. Taken together, these programs comprise America's nutrition safety net, ensuring that no eligible American goes hungry.
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                                                                                    Assistance for People of All Ages
              Our 16 nutrition assistance programs touch the lives of one in four Americans each year, from infants to the elderly. Taken together, these programs comprise America's nutrition safety net, ensuring that no eligible American goes hungry.
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                                                                                    Assistance for Seniors
              FNS has programs that cater to our nation's seniors, age 60 and over.
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                                                                                    Assistance for Babies, Young Children & Women
              Our nutrition programs supplement the diets of babies, young children and women with healthy foods, while offering guidance with other needs, including nutrition education and health care referrals.
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                                                                                    Assistance for Children from Kindergarten to 12th grade
              FNS partners with state agencies to help fight hunger and obesity among school-age children by administering several year-round programs that provide healthy meals.
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                                                                                    Assistance for Native Americans
              FNS makes accessibility of nutritious foods for Native American families and those living on Indian Reservations a priority.
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                                                                                    Nutrition Education
              In the classroom and at home, FNS programs aim to reduce food insecurities and promote healthy food habits for everyone.
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        Assistance for People of All Ages
          Our 16 nutrition assistance programs touch the lives of one in four Americans each year, from infants to the elderly. Taken together, these programs comprise America's nutrition safety net, ensuring that no eligible American goes hungry.
          Learn more
                                  Assistance for Seniors
          FNS has programs that cater to our nation's seniors, age 60 and over.
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                                  Assistance for Babies, Young Children & Women
          Our nutrition programs supplement the diets of babies, young children and women with healthy foods, while offering guidance with other needs, including nutrition education and health care referrals.
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                                  Assistance for Children from Kindergarten to 12th grade
          FNS partners with state agencies to help fight hunger and obesity among school-age children by administering several year-round programs that provide healthy meals.
          Learn more
                                  Assistance for Native Americans
          FNS makes accessibility of nutritious foods for Native American families and those living on Indian Reservations a priority.
          Learn more
                                  Nutrition Education
          In the classroom and at home, FNS programs aim to reduce food insecurities and promote healthy food habits for everyone.
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              SNAP
            Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.
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                                                                                    SNAP
              Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.
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                                                                                  WIC
              Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
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                                                                                    TEFAP, CSFP, FDPIR, & USDA Foods
              USDA's food distribution programs support consumers and American agricultural producers through purchases of 100% American-grown and -produced foods for use by schools and institutions.
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                                                                                    Child Nutrition
              Our child nutrition programs help to ensure that children have access to nutritious meals and snacks in schools, summer programs, childcare centers and homes, and afterschool programs.
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                                                                                    Nutrition Policy and Promotion
              The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.
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                                                                                    Nutrition Assistance Program Block Grants
              In lieu of SNAP, the NAP block grants provide food assistance to low-income households in the U.S. territories of the Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the CNMI.
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        SNAP
          Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.
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                                  WIC
          Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
          Learn More
                                  TEFAP, CSFP, FDPIR, & USDA Foods
          USDA's food distribution programs support consumers and American agricultural producers through purchases of 100% American-grown and -produced foods for use by schools and institutions.
          Learn more
                                  Child Nutrition
          Our child nutrition programs help to ensure that children have access to nutritious meals and snacks in schools, summer programs, childcare centers and homes, and afterschool programs.
          Learn More
                                  Nutrition Policy and Promotion
          The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.
          Learn More
                                  Nutrition Assistance Program Block Grants
          In lieu of SNAP, the NAP block grants provide food assistance to low-income households in the U.S. territories of the Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the CNMI.
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