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Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP Retailer Notice: New Staple Foods Stocking Standards Are Coming!

We published updates to the stocking standards required for most retailers authorized to accept SNAP benefits. Starting on Nov. 4, 2026, all retailers other than specialty stores (e.g., butchers, farm stands) will be required to comply with these standards or risk losing your ability to redeem SNAP.

05/08/2026
Resource | FAQs/Q&As Reorganization

As part of the USDA reorganization plan, The Food and Nutrition Administration, formerly the Food and Nutrition Administration, will refocus its 16 nutrition assistance programs.

05/08/2026
Basic page USDA Foods Program Operator Toolkit

State agencies, Indian Tribal Organizations, and program operators administering the Commodity Supplemental Food Program or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations can use the resources in this toolkit to support their management of USDA Foods from ordering to distribution.

05/08/2026
Resource | Training and Outreach SNAP E&T Fiscal Webinar Session 3 : Proactive Financial Management

The third session of SNAP E&T's fiscal webinar series highlights guiding principles and practices states can use to improve the fiscal oversight of SNAP E&T providers, with an emphasis on accurate cost allocation.

05/06/2026
Resource | Training and Outreach SNAP E&T Fiscal Webinar Session 2 : Better Budgets Through Data

The second session of the SNAP E&T fiscal webinar series highlights the importance of engaging in a rigorous SNAP E&T planning and budgeting process each federal fiscal year.

04/22/2026
Resource | Training and Outreach SNAP E&T Fiscal Webinar Session 1: Strengthening State Management of the Fiscal Lifecycle

The first session of the SNAP E&T fiscal webinar series introduces the SNAP E&T fiscal lifecycle and provide an overview of its five phases—plan, budget, spend, track, and report.

04/15/2026
Resource | Federal Register Notices Proposed Information Collection: 60-Day Public Comment Request for the Study Food Price Data Collection in the Non-Contiguous States and U.S. Territories

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection for the Food Price Data Collection in the Non-Contiguous States and U.S. Territories Study. This is a new information collection request.

04/09/2026
Resource | Federal Register Notices Information Collection: SFMNP Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

This collection is a reinstatement and revision of the reporting and recordkeeping information collection burdens associated with the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.

03/30/2026
Basic page Study Series: School Meal Program Operations

We have studied school meal program operations for a long time. You can access published reports that go back to school year 1988-89. Each study in this series focuses on topics that are important to program operations at the time. Sometimes the studies also collect information about other child nutrition programs, like the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.

03/24/2026
Resource | Research and Data School Meal Program Operations, School Year 2022-23

We regularly collect information about the school meal programs and how they operate from the people who know best – the state agencies that oversee the programs in each state and territory and the school food authorities that manage the programs locally in one or more schools. 

03/24/2026
Page updated: June 02, 2026