🍽️Rescission of Obsolete Data Collection Requirements for CACFP
This rule rescinds an obsolete data collection requirement in regulations regarding the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Learn More🥕Emergency Food Assistance Program Food Availability for FY 2025
This notice announces the surplus and purchased foods that the Department expects to make available for donation to States for use in providing nutrition assistance to the needy under The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The foods made available under this notice must, at the discretion of the State, be distributed to eligible recipient agencies (ERAs) for use in preparing meals and/or for distribution to households for home consumption.
Learn More🥦Submission for OMB Review
The Department of Agriculture has submitted an information collection requirement for SNAP, requesting comments on its necessity and utility. The collection involves notifying households about the status of their benefits, particularly regarding inactivity and potential expungement. The notice encourages public participation via comments by a specified deadline.
Learn More📋USDA Information Collection Notice for Hunger Assistance Programs
The Department of Agriculture announces an information collection for the USDA National Hunger Clearinghouse Database to facilitate communication among organizations assisting low-income communities. Comments are invited for the proposal under the Paperwork Reduction Act, focusing on enhancing the utility and clarity of the information gathered while publicly reporting on food assistance resources.
Learn More🍏2025 Summer EBT Program Adjustments for Children Benefits
This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the levels of monthly benefits in the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Program. These adjustments reflect changes in the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), as required under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
Learn More🥗WIC Overseas Program Updates
The ASD(HA) is issuing this final rule to revise the definition of drafts, currently defined as paper instruments, within the regulation governing the WIC Overseas Program. This final rule modernizes the definition of drafts to include not only paper instruments but also other methods and processes, including electronic benefit transfers. The rule is being published as a final rule as the change to the definition of drafts involve only a minor, technical amendment to the existing regulation. The Department has determined that notice and comment would be unnecessary and contrary to public interest.
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