Farm Bill Forum - USDA Foods

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FARM BILL FORUM

ST. LOUIS, MOSEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Overview of USDA Foods Programs

Sharon Bates

USDA Food & Nutrition Service


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About FNS

Through its seven Regional Offices, the Food andNutrition Service (FNS) works in partnership with

State agencies and Indian Tribal Organizations in theadministration of USDAs 14 nutrition assistanceprograms.


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Mountain Plains Region - Denver, CO

Colorado

Iowa

Kansas Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

North Dakota

South Dakota Utah

Wyoming


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FNS Nutrition Assistance Programs

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program forWomen, Infants and Children (WIC)

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

School Breakfast Program (SBP)

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

Special Milk Program (SMP)


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FNS Nutrition Assistance Programs (cont.)

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations(FDPIR)

Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program

Food Assistance for Disaster Relief


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USDA Foods Programs FNS Partners

AgriculturalMarketing Service(AMS):

o Livestock and poultry

o Fruits

o Vegetables

Farm Service Agency(FSA):

o Cheese

o Milk

o Grains

o Peanut products

o Oils


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Primary USDA Foods Programsin Missouri

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)



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National School Lunch Program(NSLP)

Cash reimbursements and USDA-purchased food

States/schools receive entitlement currently valued at

22.25 cents per meal

Over 180 nutritious foods offered by USDA

States/schools can also receive bonus foods

USDA Foods represent about 15-20 percent of the valueof the foods served


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NSLP in Missouri

Missouri Department of Elementary and SecondaryEducation (DESE)

Almost 800 education agencies

Over 100 million lunches served

Value of USDA Foods: $24 million

Pounds of USDA Foods: 25 million


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The Emergency Food Assistance Program(TEFAP)

USDA Foods are made available through States to eligible

organizations for distribution to low-income households or for

use in preparing meals in a congregate setting.

Food purchases = $247.5 million

Administrative funding = $49.4 million

States administrative funding and food entitlement levels are

based on a formula which takes into account poverty andunemployment.

States can also receive bonus foods.


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TEFAP in Missouri

Missouri Department of Social Services

Second Harvest Community Food Bank (St. Joseph)

Food Bank of Central and Northeastern Missouri (Columbia)

Harvesters The Community Food Network (Kansas City)

Ozarks Food Harvest (Springfield)

Southeast Missouri Food Bank, Inc. (Cape Girardeau)

St. Louis Area FoodBank (Bridgeton)


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TEFAP in Missouri

Six food banks serve:

o 281 pantries

o

83 soup kitchens

Administrative funding = $929,000

Value of food = $8.3 million

Pounds of food = 12.8 million


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Agencies distribute a monthly package of USDAFood to eligible participants:o Infants

o Children up to age 6

o Pregnant womeno Breastfeeding and post-partum women (up to one year)

o Elderly persons (at least 60 years of age)

Participating State agencies are assigned a caseload

$175 million appropriation in 2011 supports: 604,931 slots

$68.28 per slot administrative grants


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CSFP in Missouri

Missouri Department of Health and Human Services

Authorized caseload = 15,895

State agency partners with six Feeding America foodbanks

Food banks partner with 243 sites statewide for

benefit delivery FY 2011 value of USDA food = $3 million

FY 2011 administrative grant = $1 million


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CSFP in Missouri

Second Harvest Community Food Bank(St. Joseph)

Food Bank of Central and Northeastern

Missouri (Columbia) Harvesters The Community Food

Network (Kansas City)

Ozarks Food Harvest (Springfield)

Southest Missouri Food Bank, Inc.(Cape Girardeau)

St. Louis Area FoodBank (Bridgeton)

775

1675

3000

2000

2675

5700


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2008 Farm Bill USDA Foods Provisions

Increased the amount of funds available to purchase

TEFAP Foods (from $140 million in 2008 to $250

million in 2012)

Increased the authorizedlevel of funds for TEFAPfrom $60 million to $100 million starting in FY2008

Altered certain administrative requirements Eliminated statutory preferences for women, infants

and children in CSFP


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The Farm Bill

The nutrition title of the Farm Bill covers all of the

domestic nutrition assistance programs

administered by FNS.

Reauthorization provides an important opportunity

to address issues related to program funding and

administration.

In FY 2010, Missouri received over $1.8 billion inassistance through FNS Programs.

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