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            Join the Challenge: Grant Opportunities Now Open
      The USDA Northeast Region announced today two new grant opportunities available through the School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants, part of USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative.
      02/13/2024
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            U.S. Virgin Islands Launching New USDA Program This Year to Help Nourish   School Children During Summer
      To further address food insecurity in the U.S. Virgin Islands and provide more equitable resources for island communities, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service will provide a higher benefit to territory families, as compared to the U.S. mainland, through the new, permanent summer nutrition program for children – known as Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer.
      01/29/2024
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            Massachusetts’ Flexible Services Program: Improving Food and Nutrition Security Improves Health
      Project Bread, a Massachusetts nonprofit focused on permanently solving food insecurity, teamed up with MassHealth to pilot the Flexible Services Program, to bolster food security and meet nutritional needs from birth throughout childhood and beyond, improving health outcomes at every stage of life. Since April 2020, over 7,000 MassHealth members with complex health issues were given an array of food resources.
      03/08/2023
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            USDA Helps Strengthen School Meal Programs in U.S. Virgin Islands
      To address food insecurity in the U.S. Virgin Islands and provide more equitable resources to remote locations, FNS is increasing the reimbursement rates that child nutrition program operators receive for meals served in U.S. Virgin Islands from 17% to 30% above the contiguous United States rates.
      02/07/2023
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            FNS Awards Connecticut Grant to Provide Mobile Payment Options  for WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
      FNS awarded the Connecticut Department of Agriculture a $250,000 grant as part of the FMNP Benefit Delivery Modernization Grants. This investment will help improve equitable access to locally grown fruits and vegetables for participants of WIC.
      09/23/2022
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            FNS Awards Rhode Island Grant to Provide Mobile Payment Options for WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
      FNS awarded the Rhode Island Department of Health a $80,826 grant as part of the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Benefit Delivery Modernization Grants. This investment will help improve equitable access to locally grown fruits and vegetables for participants of WIC.
      09/23/2022
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            Liberation Farms - Food Justice in Action
      Liberation Farms allows families to grow food for themselves. In 2020, support from community partners helped move farm operations onto a single property with room for everyone – and a herd of goats, too!
      09/22/2022
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            FNS Awards $675,000 to New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to Make Technology-Centered Improvements in SNAP Customer Service
      FNS awarded the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services a $675,000 grant to support its efforts to enhance efficiency and access in SNAP. The multi-year SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grant seeks to improve the experience of SNAP participants by enabling grantees to update inefficient or ineffective processes and use technology to streamline operations and provide better customer service.
      09/22/2022
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            FNS Awards $1,649,845 to New York City Human Resources Administration to Make Technology-Centered Improvements in SNAP Customer Service
      FNS awarded the New York City Human Resources Administration a $1,649,845 grant to support its efforts to enhance efficiency and access in SNAP. The multi-year SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grant seeks to improve the experience of SNAP participants by enabling grantees to update inefficient or ineffective processes and use technology to streamline operations and provide better customer service.
      09/22/2022
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            Nutritionists: The Link to Nutrition Security
      WIC’s food package helps to supplement a household’s food budget, increasing participants’ food resources and helping to tackle food and nutrition insecurity. Nutrition educators are a critical ingredient to helping the USDA promote and elevate nutrition security.
      09/07/2022
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            USDA Awards Maine Grant to Provide Mobile Payment Options for WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
      FNS awarded Maine a grant as part of the first round of FMNP Benefit Delivery Modernization Grants.
      06/22/2022
    Welcoming Dad to the WIC Family
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            Welcoming Dad to the WIC Family
      When enrolling moms into the USDA WIC, less than 30% of state agencies in Connecticut were asking for the fathers name. We don't encourage dads to step up and then we wonder why they don't show up.
      06/09/2022
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            USDA Announces Actions on Nutrition Security
      During a visit to Columbia University and in celebration of National Nutrition Month, Secretary Vilsack today announced a report detailing USDA's Actions on Nutrition Security.
      03/17/2022
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            In Major Step to Implement American Rescue Plan, USDA Announces Membership of Newly Formed Equity Commission
      Today, USDA announced the members of the newly established Equity Commission and its Subcommittee on Agriculture. As authorized and funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, the launch of the Commission delivers on President Biden's commitment to create an independent Equity Commission and provide it with the necessary resources to support its mission to address historical discrimination at USDA.
      02/10/2022
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            USDA Encourages Ag Producers, Residents to Prepare for Tropical Depression Ida
      As Tropical Depression Ida continues its northeast track toward New England, it is forecast to bring heavy precipitation, strong winds and to again strengthen to a Tropical Storm by Thursday afternoon. USDA reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the storm’s path that it has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters.
      09/01/2021
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            USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities Affected by Tropical Storm Elsa
      Secretary Tom Vilsack has directed USDA to aid recovery efforts for farmers, ranchers and residents affected by Tropical Storm Elsa – the fifth named storm in what has already been a very active hurricane season.
      07/14/2021
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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.
      06/09/2021
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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.
      06/03/2021
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            USDA to Purchase $159.4 Million in Nutritious Consumer-Ready Seafood and More for Food Assistance Programs
      USDA announced it will purchase up to $159.4 million in domestically produced seafood, fruits, legumes, and nuts for distribution to a variety of domestic food assistance programs, including charitable institutions. This is one of many actions USDA is taking to address the disruptions in the food system supply chain and worsened food insecurity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
      05/13/2021
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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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