Food assistance programs

FDPIR

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations Purpose: Provide commodity foods and nutrition education to improve the dietary quality of low-income households, including older adults, living on indian reservations, and of Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations. Type: Provides food and administrative funds to Indian tribal organizations and states. Eligibility: Households must have at least one person who is a member of a federally recognized tribe. Must meet income and resource criteria and be low-income american Indian or non-indian households that reside on a reservation or in approved areas near a reservation or in Oklahoma. May not participate in the FDPIR and SNAP in the same month.

NSIP

Nutrition Services Incentive Program Purpose: Provide incentives to states and tribes for the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older adults. Type: Cash and/or commodities to agencies for meals served. Eligibility: People 60 years of age or over and their spouses. Disabled people under age 60 who live in older adult housing facilities where congregate meals are served; disabled persons who reside at home and accompany older adult participants to meals; and volunteers who assist in the meal service may also receive meals through NSIP.

SNAP

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Purpose: to improve the diets of low-income households by increasing access to food/food-purchasing ability. Type: Direct payment in the form of electronic benefits transfer EBT (like debit) Eligibility: based on household size, income, assets, housing costs, work requirements, and other factors.

CSFP

Commodity Supplemental Food Program Purpose: Improve the health and nutrition status of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year post part, infants, children up to six and older adults at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods. Type: Provides food and administrative funds to states. Eligibility: Persons must meet age and income requirements and must be determined to be at nutritional risk by a competent health professional at the local agency. Eligible participants can not be using WIC at the same time.

Food Distribution Disaster Assistance

Purpose: Supply food to disaster relief organizations such as the red cross and the salvation army for mass feeding or household distribution in a disaster situation, such as a storm, earthquake, civil disturbance, or flood. Type: Provides commodity foods for shelters and other mass feeding sites, distributes commodity food packages directly to households in need, and issues emergency SNAP benefits.

Commodity foods

Purpose: Support American Agriculture producers by providing cash reimbursements for meals served in schools; provide nutritious, USDA-purchased food for the NSLP, CACFP, and SFSP Type: Food commodities to eligible programs. Eligibility: NSLP- participating schools or institutions participating in CACFP or SFSP are eligible to receive USDA-donated commodities.

SNAP ed

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, nutrition education Purpose: increase the likelihood that those elidgeable for SNAP benefits will make healthful choices on a limited budget and choose active lifestyles consistent with Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Type: education provided. (not in all states) reimbursed 50% by the USDA. Eligibility: Eligible to receive SNAP benefits.

TEFAP

The Emergency Food Assistant Program Purpose: Supplement the diets of low-income needy persons, including older adults, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance. Type: Provides commodity foods to state distributing agencies, which are typically food banks, that then distribute foods to the public through soup kitchens and food pantries. Eligibility: Needy individuals, usually including those who have low incomes, are unemployed, or receive welfare benefits.