The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides aid to child and adult care institutions and family or group day care homes for the provision of nutritious foods that contribute to the wellness, healthy growth, and development of young children, and the health…
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to improve the health of low-income elderly persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA Foods. Women, infants, and children who were certified and receiving CSFP benefits as of…
GRANT: The purpose of the Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) is to increase domestic consumption of, and access to, locally and regionally produced agricultural products, and to develop new market opportunities for farm and ranch operations serving local ma…
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) provides USDA Foods to income-eligible households living on Indian reservations, and to American Indian households residing in approved areas near reservations or in Oklahoma. Many households participate in FDPIR…
Impact Aid's Section 8003 Formula Grant provides funding to the general fund of school districts that provide a free public education to children living on Indian Lands, military children or children living in low rent housing on federal property. The distircts ap…
The SDPI grant program provides funding for diabetes treatment and prevention activities/ services in AI/AN communities. Grantees will implement activities/services based on diabetes-related community needs and be required to develop an evaluation plan. Ac…
The Division of Environmental Health Services provides direct services and consultation to American Indian and Alaska Native communities and tribal governments on a variety of public health program elements. Examples of program elements include food safety, healthy ho…
Let's Move! In Indian Country (LMIC) seeks to improve the health of American Indian and Alaska Native children, who are affected by childhood obesity at some of the highest rates in the country. Tribal governments, Urban Indian Centers, private businesses, youth le…
GRANT: The purposes of the Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) is to increase domestic consumption of and access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products, and to develop new market opportunities for farm and ranch operations serving local markets, by de…
The Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Diary) is a voluntary program that helps dairy producers protect the financial "margin" between milk prices and the feed costs incurred to produce that milk. Dairy producers can choose among: (1) catastrophic coverage, at no…
The National School Lunch and National School Breakfast programs provide nutritionally balanced meals to children as part of their regular school day. These programs are federally assisted meal programs operate in over 100,000 public and non-profit private schools and…
The Office of Adolescent Health administers the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF), a competitive grant program funded by the Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148). Currently, OAH administers 20 competitive grants (17 states and three tribal) entities to provide…
The Special Milk Program (SMP) provides milk to children in schools and other institutions that do not participate in other Federal meal service programs.
The program reimburses schools and other institutions for milk served. Schools participating in th…
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education including breastfeeding promotion and support, referrals, and access to health and social services, at no cost to low-income pregnant, br…
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was established to ensure that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. Meals are provided at no cost to all children 18 and under at approved SFSP sites, primarily in areas with si…
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a Federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. Through TEFAP, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
Assist the 1994 Land-Grants in developing institution capacity for formal post-secondary education in the food, agricultural and natural resource sciences. Program serves primarily American Indian students enrolled in associate or baccalaureate degree granting 1994 in…
Promote the capacity of 1994 Land Grants to conduct research by enhancing infrastructure and faculty expertise with a focus on bringing scientific inquiry to Tribal needs. Promotes student learning in math and science through participation in research projects.
The WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) is associated with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, popularly known as WIC. The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, health care referrals and nutrition education at no…
