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5/19/2025 TANS Update

5/19/2025 RELEASE: Updated Famers’ and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Handbooks

5/19/2025 RELEASE: Updated S/FMNP FMA/Farmer Agreement Prototypes

5/6/2025 MegaCon Attendance Update

5/1/2025 TEFAP Update: New Training Webinars May 2025

5/1/2025 New Course Offering: Preparing Neighbors for TEFAP Help

4/24/2025 TANS Update

4/24/2025 Senior &WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (S/FMNP) Survey

4/3/2025 FDP: USDA Foods Ordering Updates

3/26/2025 TANS Update

3/26/2025 CSFP Participant Application Revised

3/26/2025 RELEASE: 2025-2026 Income Eligibility Guidelines

3/26/2025 Multiple Sections of TEFAP Handbook Revised

3/26/2025 Multiple Sections CSFP Handbook Revised

3/26/2025 TEFAP Application Forms Revised

3/26/2025 New CSFP IEGs Released

3/3/2025 FDP: USDA Foods Ordering Updates

2/27/2025 TANS Update

2/27/2025 TEFAP Update: New Training Webinars Coming Soon!

2/27/2025 TEFAP Update: New Training Courses Available!

2/27/2025 Recent FMNP & S/FMNP Handbook Updates

1/31/2025 FDP USDA Foods Ordering Updates

1/23/2025 PY 25 S/FMNP Map

1/22/2025 TANS Update

1/2/2025 FDP: USDA Foods Ordering Updates

1/2/2025 Updated Requirements Related to Confidential TEFAP Participant and Applicant Information

12/20/2024 NEW Course Offering: Stronger Together: Empowering Your Food Pantry through Food Bank Partnerships

12/18/2024 TANS Update

12/18/2024 PY25 S/FMNP Annual Contract Renewal & Agreements due in TXUNPS by COB on Thursday,1/16/25

12/18/2024 RELEASE: Updated H1639 Temperature Record Form

12/2/2024 FDP: USDA Foods Ordering Updates

11/26/2024 TANS Update

11/25/2024 Minor Update to USDA Complaint Form

11/19/2024 FDP: USDA Foods Ordering Updates

11/7/2024 TANS Update

11/7/2024 NEW! Food Distribution Programs - Improving Access & Parity Final Rule

11/7/2024 RELEASE: Updated Pre-Award Civil Rights Compliance Review Form

11/7/2024 Crosswalk of 2 CFR 200 Updates Posted on SquareMeals

10/29/2024 Future Conference Survey - We Want to Hear From You! 

10/29/2024 Updates to Federal Financial Regulations (2 CFR 200)

10/23/2024 Commercial Recall: BrucePac Meat and Poultry

9/30/2024 USDA Foods Direct Delivery Recap - San Antonio Region

9/30/2024 USDA Foods Direct Delivery Recap - El Pasoans

9/30/2024 TEFAP Training Page is Now Live on Squaremeals.org

9/27/2024 FDP: USDA Foods Ordering Updates

9/26/2024 USDA Foods Direct Delivery Recap Webinar - US Foods

9/26/2024 USDA Foods Direct Delivery Recap Webinar - Gold Star

9/26/2024 New Form Released

9/25/2024 New Site Form Released

9/25/2024 TANS Update

9/10/2024 TDA Launches the 2024 TEFAP Challenge!

9/4/2024 USDA Foods Ordering Updates

8/29/2024 RELEASE: CSFP/TEFAP Equipment Inventory Form

8/26/2024 TANS Update

8/12/2024 NSLP PY25 USDA Foods Kickoff

8/8/2024 SY 2024-2025 Special Provisions Carryover Reports

8/8/2024 Comments Requested on New Proposed CSFP Study

8/2/2024 Reminder: Government Issued Identification Requirement

8/2/2024 Household Programs: USDA Foods: Ordering Updates

8/2/2024 TEFAP Training Page is Now Live on Squaremeals.org

8/2/2024 RELEASE: Multiple Sections of the CSFP Handbook

8/2/2024 RELEASE: Multiple Sections of the TEFAP Handbook

8/2/2024 RELEASE: Revised Letter to Household - Eligibility Determination (SPANISH)

8/2/2024 RELEASE: TEFAP/CSFP Written Notice of Beneficiary Rights and Associated Forms

8/1/2024 TANS Update

7/2/2024 USDA Foods Ordering Updates

7/2/2024 CSFP/TEFAP Best Practices Registration is Open!

7/2/2024 CSFP Updated Participant Application Notification Form

7/2/2024 CSFP-New Tool Available!

7/2/2024 CSFP/TEFAP Permanent Agreements Updated

7/2/2024 TEFAP Alternate Household Application

7/2/2024 WBSCM Security Updates and Reminders

6/4/2024 Revisions to USDA Guidance Related to TEFAP and CSFP Distributions

5/28/2024 Farewell TXUNPS - Welcome TANS

5/6/2024 Revision of Beneficiary Rights Notifications

5/6/2024 Food Receipting Updates

4/30/2024 "And Justice for All" Poster - Updated Guidance

4/1/2024 NSLP-USDA Foods Inventory Management

4/1/2024 USDA Transitions from eAuth to Login.gov for WBSCM Users

2/2/2024 NSLP-USDA Foods Inventory Management Guidance

12/4/2023 Usage Analysis

11/14/2023 Important Guidance for And Justice for All Posters

10/24/2023 New Milk Flexibility Available with Emergency Conditions Notification Form for Contracting Entities Experiencing Milk Service Disruption

10/20/2022 TDA Announces TEFAP Grant Recipients

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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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