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ResetResource | Guidance Documents
    FDPIR Monthly Distribution Guide Rates By Household Size
        FNS Handbook 501, Exhibit O shows the FDPIR monthly distribution guide rates by household size effective Sept. 1, 2023. This document is commonly referred to as the "FDPIR Guide Rate."
          FNS Handbook 501, Exhibit O
    08/16/2023
    Resource | Policy
    Monthly Cash-Value Voucher/Benefit for FY 2023 Fruit and Vegetable Purchases
        This memorandum provides state agencies with guidance for issuing the monthly Cash-Value Voucher/Benefit (CVV/B) for fruit and vegetable purchases to participants in WIC for FY 2023.
          WPM 2022-8
    08/30/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos
    CSFP: Revised Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates to Return to Full Vegetable Issuance
        This memorandum provides return to the full issuance of eight units of vegetables or soup in CSFP food packages for May 2022 distributions and beyond.
      04/19/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0028
    Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Guidance on Temporary Shortage of Ultra-High Temperature Fluid Milk
        This memorandum is in regards to a temporary shortage of ultra-high temperature (UHT) fluid milk in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
      03/19/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2020-0181
    Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Revised Food Package Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates
        This updated Distribution Rates includes new CSFP USDA Food items and removes the guide rate attachment for children, who were phased out of CSFP in February 2020, as directed by the 2014 Farm Bill. With this update, the Distribution Rates have been simplified and pared down to one attachment.
      10/22/2020
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0084
    CSFP: Delayed Implementation of Revised Food Package Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates
        This memo has been superseded by the Oct. 22, 2020, memo "Commodity Supplemental Food Program Revised Food Package Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates."
      10/25/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0039
    Distribution of TEFAP Foods to Children (Revised)
        This memorandum provides guidance on the distribution of USDA Foods under TEFAP to children through Kids Cafe, Backpack, or similar programs.
          FD-041
    06/30/2017
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2016-0023
    Retroactive Food Package Distributions (Revised)
        The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify FNS policy regarding CSFP retroactive food package distributions.
          FD-079
    05/04/2016
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0021
    WIC Food Package Rule: Implementation of Lowfat (1 percent) and Nonfat Milks Provision
        This memorandum clarifies effective and implementation dates for the lowfat (1 percent) and nonfat milks provision and expectations related to implementation.
          WIC Policy Memorandum #2014-6
    03/28/2014
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0006
    Issuance of Infant Food in WIC Food Package
        This memo responds to request from state agencies that administer WIC for clarification on the issuance option for infant foods in the WIC food packages, including the federal WIC requirement that authorized rounding to the next whole container of infant food.
          WIC Policy Memorandum 2014-2
    02/12/2014

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