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Food Assistance Programs
FNS logoFood and Nutrition Service - Nutrition Assistance Programs
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Administers the Federal food and nutrition assistance programs, such as Food Stamps, WIC, and School Meals, provides better access to food and promotes healthy eating through nutrition education programs.
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program) provides a basic safety net to millions of people by providing monthly benefits to eligible low-income families that can be used to purchase food. Find out more...
WIC - Women, Infants, and Children
A mother holding a babyProgram that serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, & children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
Program provides reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks in child care centers, family child care homes, after school programs, emergency shelters, and adult day care programs.
Head Start
Program focuses on assisting pre-school aged children from low-income families by providing comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services.
School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
boys eating lunchFind out about the USDA programs that provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches and breakfasts to children each school day.
Summer Food Service Program
Resource available for local sponsors who want to combine a feeding program with a summer activity program.
Elderly Nutrition Program
Locate food and nutrition programs such as congregate meals and home-delivered meals for older Americans.
Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
Commodity food distributionFederal program that helps supplement diets of low-income persons in need, including seniors, by providing emergency food and nutrition assistance.
Commodity Distribution Program
Information on USDA commodity food programs, including eligibility information and commodity food fact sheets and recipes.
Food Distribution on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
Provides commodity foods to low-income households living on Indian reservations and to Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations.
Hunger and Food Insecurity
Young child eatingLocate resources, programs and organizations working to combat hunger in the US.
additional resources
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
GSA. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
Database of all Federal assistance programs including grants, loans, training, insurance and advisory services.
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Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs Research Programs (FANRP) Briefing Room
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Premier source of economic research on food assistance and nutrition in the United States.
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Last Modified: Apr 3, 2009  
Food Assistance Programs
    Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
    WIC - Women, Infants, and Children
    Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
    Head Start
    School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
    Summer Food Service Program
    Elderly Nutrition Program
    Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
    Commodity Distribution Program
    Food Distribution on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
    Hunger and Food Insecurity
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