FNS Documents & Resources

USDA/FNS has published in the Federal Register the Final Rule entitled “Employment and Training Opportunities in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).” The rule makes a wide range of enhancements to the SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) program, which helps participants gain the skills and work experience necessary to move towards—and into—employment.

Increasing access to local foods in schools is a top priority for the Office of Community Food Systems. This fact sheet, available in both English and Spanish, reviews the top 10 facts about local food in schools.

This fact sheet features the various paths a school can take to bring local foods into the cafeteria with your next food purchase. While federal rules prohibit schools from using "local" as a required product specification in their formal solicitations, there are many other ways to focus purchases on local food products.

See what foods are available for your menus next school year!

This page contains links to USDA Foods that are available or expected to be made available to participants in each of the food distribution programs.

This page includes links to all the Household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the Fruits food group. 

This page includes links to all the Household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the Vegetable food group. 

This page includes links to all the Household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the Protein food group. 

FNS issued eight child nutrition programs off-site monitoring fact sheets to assist states and sponsors in conducting off-site monitoring of child nutrition programs during the pandemic. These documents include a fact sheet that has background information on all programs, as well as separate facts sheets for state and local operators for each program.

This page includes links to all the Household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the Dairy food group.