News Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Aug 15, 2024
Announces funding for 9 states and Puerto Rico to address clean energy, infrastructure, affordable housing, and food security needs for rural and tribal communities. Source: Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
...food security needs for rural and tribal communities. Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Funding...
Date: Jul 16, 2024
The United States Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service is seeking comments on the renewal of an information collection on supplemental food security questions in the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. Comments are due September 16, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...food security questions in the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. Comments are due September...
Date: Aug 5, 2024
Features a nonprofit organization working to combat food insecurity in rural Ohio through mass food distribution events. Highlights factors contributing to high rates of food insecurity in rural counties including fewer grocery stores, transportation barriers, and high rates of poverty and unemployment. Source: WYSO.
...food insecurity in rural counties including fewer grocery stores, transportation barriers, and high rates of poverty and unemployment. Tagged as Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security...
Date: Sep 19, 2024
Notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) seeking comments on a proposed information collection for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Health Outcomes and Participant Experience (HOPE) Study. Information collected will provide the USDA and FNS with information about the population WIC serves, how well WIC services align with participants' needs, and how WIC influences participants' health outcomes. Comments are due by November 18, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...Tagged as Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Policy · Women...
Date: Jul 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on an information collection titled "Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision—Increasing Options for Schools." The information collected from state and local education agencies will ensure Community Eligibility Program (CEP) eligibility determinations are verified. The information collected from households will be used to determine eligibility for free and reduced-price meal benefits to verify eligibility determinations. Comments are due by August 26, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Policy · Schools · Statistics and data...
Date: Jul 10, 2024
Announces the annual adjustments to the federal and state funding levels and reimbursement rates for the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Updated rates are effective from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Source: Federal Register.
...Food Program. Updated rates are effective from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Tagged as Aging and aging-related services · Children and youth · Elderly population · Food security...
Date: Jul 10, 2024
Announces the annual adjustments to the federal and state funding levels and reimbursement rates for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and the reimbursement rates for institutions participating in the Special Milk Program for Children. Updated rates are effective from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Source: Federal Register.
...July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Tagged as Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools...
Date: Sep 27, 2024
Notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) withdrawing the May 10, 2016, proposed rule titled "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)." This rule would have amended the SNAP regulations to establish procedures for planning, requesting, and operating D-SNAP. FNS is withdrawing this proposed rule to maintain the flexibility to adapt D-SNAP to unique disaster situations. This withdrawal is effective September 27, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...Emergency preparedness and response · Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Legislation and regulations...
Date: Aug 30, 2024
Describes the creation of a student-run grocery store in rural Cody, Nebraska, which has now been open for over a decade. Discusses recent rural grocery store closures across Nebraska, and the wide-ranging impacts on rural communities. Source: Flatwater Free Press.
...impacts on rural communities. Tagged as Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Nebraska...
Date: Sep 26, 2024
Describes efforts by the Kansas Department of Education to source local food for school meals in rural western Kansas. Discusses how the predominance of commodity crops has led to a lack of options for purchasing local fruits and vegetables. Highlights barriers faced by specialty crop growers and notes the health and economic benefits of more diversified local food systems. Source: High Plains Public Radio.
...benefits of more diversified local food systems. Tagged as Access · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Kansas...