The term local agency includes an IHS service unit, an Indian tribe, band or group recognized by the Department of the Interior, or an intertribal council or group that is an authorized representative of Indian tribes, bands or groups recognized by the Department of the Interior. Nonprofit agency means a private agency which is exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. Participants means pregnant women, breastfeeding women, postpartum women, infants, children and elderly persons who are receiving supplemental foods under the Program. Participation means the number of persons who have received supplemental foods through the Program in the reporting period. Postpartum women means women up to 12 months after termination of pregnancy.
Pregnant women means women determined to have one or more embryos or fetuses in utero.
Secretary means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. SFPD means the Supplemental Food Programs Division of the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. State means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. Supplemental foods means foods donated by the Department for use by eligible persons in low-income groups who are vulnerable to malnutrition.