Projects must meet the food needs of low-income people; increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own food needs; promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm and nutrition issues; and meet specific state, local or neighborhood food and agriculture needs for ...
The USDA procures and delivers food to these local agencies, which handle storage, distribution, eligibility assessments and nutrition education. The USDA also provides funding to cover administrative costs for these operations. Advertisement: Currently, around 276 tribes benefit from F...
As approved by Congress in the President’s FY 2014 budget request for FNS (The Food and Nutrition Service: 2014, Explanatory Notes), these funds are intended to support “the participation of farmers’ markets in SNAP by providing equipment and support grants to new markets and those currently...