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ResetResource | Federal Register Documents
    How Have SNAP State Agencies Shifted Operations in the Aftermath of COVID-19? (SNAP COVID Study)
        This is a new information collection for the contract of the study titled “How Have SNAP State Agencies Shifted Operations in the Aftermath of COVID–19? (SNAP COVID study)”.
      04/26/2023
    Resource | Federal Register Documents
    Information Collection: SNAP Emergency Allotments (COVID-19)
        This notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection for activities associated with administering emergency allotments (EA) waivers issued by USDA based on a public health emergency declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services related to an outbreak of COVID-19.
          2022-25410
    11/22/2022
    Resource | Notices
    FNS Information Collection Needs Due to COVID-19; Comment Request for Extending Approval for OMB #0584-0654
        FNS is seeking public comment on its intent to ask the Office of Management and Budget to extend approval of the information collection under OMB approval #0584-0654 from Jan. 31, 2022 until Aug. 27, 2023.
      12/16/2021
    Resource | Notices
    Information Collection: SNAP Emergency Allotments (COVID-19)
        This collection is an extension, without change, of a currently approved collection for activities associated with administering emergency allotments waivers. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, enacted March 18, 2020, includes a general provision that allows the Department to issue emergency allotments waivers based on a public health emergency declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act related to an outbreak of COVID-19 when a State has also issued an emergency or disaster declaration.
      07/06/2021
    Resource | Notices
    Information Collection: Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer
        This is a revision of a currently approved information collection for Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer for the reporting burden associated with administering P-EBT.
      05/11/2021
    Resource | Notices
    School Meals Operations Study: Evaluation of the COVID-19 Child Nutrition Waivers and Child Nutrition Programs
        This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection for the School Meals Operations Study with updated survey instruments for SY 2021-2022. This study will collect data from state agencies and public school food authorities, including disaggregated administrative data and data on the continued use and effectiveness of the CN COVID-19 waivers.
      04/21/2021
    Resource | Notices
    Information Collection: National Study of State Adoption and Use of Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer During Covid-19
        This collection seeks to gather information on operational issues and challenges encountered by Child Nutrition and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program state agencies while implementing the PEBT program.
      08/28/2020
    Resource | Notices
    Information Collection: SNAP Emergency Allotments (COVID-19)
        This notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, enacted March 18, 2020, includes a general provision that allows the Department of Agriculture to issue emergency allotments (EA) based on a public health emergency declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act related to an outbreak of COVID-19 when a state has also issued an emergency or disaster declaration. This is a new collection for activities associated with administering emergency allotments.
      08/27/2020
    Resource | Notices
    FNS Information Collection Needs due to COVID-19
        This notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is an Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
      08/27/2020
    Resource | Notices
    Extension of Comment Period: Simplifying Meal Service and Monitoring Requirements in the NSLP and SBP
        This rulemaking proposes changes to simplify meal pattern and monitoring requirements in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The proposed changes, including optional flexibilities, are customer-focused and intended to help State and local Program operators overcome operational challenges that limit their ability to manage these Programs efficiently. The original comment period for this rule ends on March 23, 2020. FNS is extending the comment period through April 22, 2020.
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