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USDA Announces $200 Million to Promote Innovation in SNAP Employment and Training Programs

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2014 – The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that up to $200 million in competitive grants is available for state SNAP agencies to design and conduct employment and training (E&T) pilot projects to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...

USDA Announces Latest Actions to Combat Fraud and Enhance SNAP Program Integrity

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2012 – USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced first quarter results for fiscal year 2012 in the effort to identify and eliminate fraudulent retailers from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). From October 1 through December 31, 2011, USDA staff took...

USDA Okays SNAP Hot Foods Waiver for Hurricane Hit Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday approved a temporary waiver that will allow participants in the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the United States Virgin Islands to buy hot foods with their benefits through Nov. 13. Agriculture Secretary...

Rollins Applauds Arkansas Governor for Submitting SNAP Waiver to Make America Healthy Again

(Little Rock, AR, April 15, 2025) – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke L. Rollins joined Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today as the Governor submitted a waiver to USDA to ban soda and candy from and include hot rotisserie chicken in Arkansas’s Supplemental Nutrition...

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USDA Increases Food Purchasing Power for Hurricane-Hit Virgin Islanders through D-SNAP

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2017 – U.S. Virgin Islands households recovering from Hurricanes Irma and Maria may be eligible for food purchasing assistance through the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced. Households that may...

Secretary Rollins Prevents Illegal Aliens from Receiving Taxpayer-Funded SNAP Benefits

(Washington, D,C., July 10, 2025) — Today, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of Justice, and Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued notice to all relevant program partners making clear its interpretation...

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USDA Unveils New Aggressive Tactics to Counter Fraud and Enhance SNAP Program Integrity

Audio WASHINGTON, August 9, 2012— Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced a broad range of additional strategies to further improve program integrity in USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and hold those misusing benefits accountable. The measures include...

USDA Increases SNAP Benefits 15% with Funding from American Rescue Plan

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today a 15 percent increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through September 2021, providing an estimated $3.5 billion to households experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

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ICYMI: Secretary Rollins and Secretary Kennedy Pen Joint Op-ed in Fox News “We’re bringing families more healthy foods in a SNAP”

(Washington, D.C., March 19, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. published a joint opinion piece in Fox News highlighting the need to strengthen SNAP retailer stocking standards. “At long last, we are...

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USDA Provides 12 Hurricane-Hit Florida Counties with Additional SNAP Food Options

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2018 — As part of a continuing effort to provide relief from the effects of Hurricane Michael, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that households in 12 Florida counties that may not normally be eligible for nutrition assistance under regular Supplemental...