Rule 12 May 2025 compliance, food assistance, agriculture, regulations, usda, grant programs, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, grant programs-social programs, intergovernmental relations, day care, grant programs-health, child care, infants and children, food assistance programs

🍽️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.

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Notice 28 Apr 2025 food assistance, agriculture, regulatory compliance, usda, nutrition, surplus foods, tefap, states

🥕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.

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Notice 24 Apr 2025 snap, food assistance, agriculture, information collection, government, omb

🥦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.

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Notice 21 Apr 2025 food assistance, agriculture, regulatory compliance, usda, information collection

📋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.

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Notice 10 Mar 2025 food assistance, agriculture, nutrition, economic impact, consumer trends, federal programs

🍏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.

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Regulatory Compliance, Consumer Trends 17 Jan 2025 food assistance, administrative practice and procedure, mental health programs, claims, health care, fraud, military families, health insurance, individuals with disabilities, military personnel, wic program, electronic benefits, defense health agency, dental health

🥗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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