Tribal Nation COVID-19 Waivers & Flexibilities (MPRO)
USDA intends to use all available program flexibilities and contingencies to serve our program participants across our 15 nutrition programs. We have already begun to issue waivers to ease program operations and protect the health of participants.
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/20/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
3/25/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
3/26/2020 | WIC | Food Package Substitution Waiver | Approved |
4/1/2020 | WIC | Separation of Duties Waiver | Approved |
4/15/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved Extension |
4/30/2020 | WIC | Extended Certification | FNS Response |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/24/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved Extension |
Eastern Shoshone Tribe
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/24/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
3/24/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
3/25/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
Fort Peck
Date | Program | Request | Status |
4/4/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
Northern Arapaho
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/24/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
3/27/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
3/30/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
5/29/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Extension Extension 2 |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Date | Program | Request | Status |
5/2/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
Oglala Souix
Date | Program | Request | Status |
4/11/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
4/23/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
5/12/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Extension |
Omaha Nation
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/20/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
3/24/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
3/30/2020 | WIC | Separation of Duties | Approved |
4/28/2020 | WIC | Extended Certification | FNS Response |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/20/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
3/27/2020 | WIC | Food Package Substitution Waiver | Approved |
3/30/2020 | WIC | Separation of Duties | Approved |
3/31/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
4/1/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
4/27/2020 | WIC | Extended Certification | FNS Response |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
Santee Sioux Nation
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/20/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
3/24/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
4/3/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved Extension Extended through July 3 |
4/17/2020 | WIC | Food Package Substitution Waiver (whole wheat/whole grain bread) |
Approved |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
9/8/2020 | WIC | Vendor Compliance Investigations Annual | Approved |
9/8/2020 | WIC | Vendor Routine Monitoring Annual | Approved |
Spirit Lake Tribe
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/27/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
5/9/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution Extension | Approved |
10/30/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution November Extension | Approved |
12/7/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution December Extension | Approved |
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/20/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
3/24/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
3/25/2020 | WIC | Food Package Substitution Waiver (fluid milk, whole wheat/whole grain bread, eggs, cheese) | Approved |
3/27/2020 | WIC | Medical Documentation Waiver | Approved |
5/21/2020 | WIC | Extended Certification | Request |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
Three Affiliated Tribes
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/20/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
3/24/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
5/22/2020 | WIC | Extended Certification | Extension |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
9/25/2020 | WIC | Separation of Duties Waiver | Approved |
9/28/2020 | WIC | Vendor Onsite Routine Monitoring | Approved |
Turtle Mountain
Date | Program | Request | Status |
4/11/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved |
United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast Nebraska
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/31/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved Extension |
Ute Mountain Tribe
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/20/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
3/24/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
4/3/2020 | WIC | Medical Documentation Waiver | Approved |
5/5/2020 | WIC | Extended Certification | FNS Response |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |
12/9/2020 | WIC | Food Package Substitution Waiver | Approved |
Winnebago Tribe
Date | Program | Request | Status |
3/20/2020 | WIC | Physical Presence Waiver (includes lab work) | Approved |
3/24/2020 | WIC | Remote Benefit Issuance Waiver | Approved |
4/8/2020 | FDD | Disaster Household Distribution | Approved Extended through July 3 |
4/30/2020 | WIC | Extended Certification | FNS Response |
5/15/2020 | WIC | Extension of Approved Waivers | Extended through June 30 |