United States nutrition assistance programs affect millions of people. Most food assistance is provided by SNAP, WIC, and the Child Nutrition Programs. Access information about these and other programs.
Nutrition Assistance Programs
Congressional Research Service
This report includes overview information for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS) programs as well as nutrition programs administered by the Administration on Aging (AOA), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living (HHS-ACL).
A food system includes everything from farm to table. A community food system emphasizes eating seasonally while eating locally grown and produced foods. Find information about sustainable agriculture as well as resources for building and strengthening community food systems.
Find hunger and food security related educational resources, databases, grants, homeless shelter/pantries, publications, child hunger resources, and more.
Rural Health Information Hub
The modules in the toolkit contain resources and information focused on developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining rural food access and food security programs.