The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The FNS is the federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s domestic nutrition assistance programs. The service helps to address the issue of hunger in the United States.
FNS administers the programs through its headquarters in Alexandria, VA; regional offices in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and Robbinsville (NJ); and field offices throughout the US. While its staff number among the USDA's fewest, its budget is by far the largest.
The Food and Nutrition Service is funded under the umbrella of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the annual Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.[1] In 2019, $27 billion was allocated for discretionary funding for USDA, which is spread out over many services including WIC, food safety, and other services.[2] Of the expected people to be served in 2019, the estimate for SNAP recipients is 40.8 million, 30 million to have received school lunches, 15 million to have received school breakfast, 6.6 million participating in WIC, and 690,000 elderly people receiving Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
Several FNS programs pre-date the creation of the agency and trace their roots back to Depression-era programs.[3] FNS was established on August 8, 1969 as an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The first Administrator was Edward J. Hekman, former President of the Keebler Company, who served until the end the Ford Administration.[4]
In 2018, 11.1% of the US population were deemed as being 'food insecure'.[5] This is a 0.07% decrease from 2017. Food insecurity is deemed as a household not having enough resources or insufficient funds to provide for everyone in their family. This equates to 37.2 million people affected by food insecurity. Non-white ethnicity groups are most impacted, while groups such as poverty stricken (with an income-to-poverty ratio under 1.00) and single women with children lead with higher percentages of households affected. States with an affected food security average of 15% or more that were polled within 2016-2018 are New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
ServicesEdit
FNS products and services are provided to one in five Americans; its main products and services include:
commodities supplied as: prepared meals that are served at congregate feeding sites; food packages that may be used for home consumption; and disaster relief assistance
food assistance through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards; nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free meals and snacks; vouchers; and, fresh, locally grown produce
nutrition education and promotion materials and presentations delivered by expert staff and senior managers; and
food safety and security efforts, technical assistance and informational materials
Core Nutrition Messages is a consumer facing nutrition education advocacy program within the FNS that is designed to follow the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).[6] It ties in the dietary needs of whole grains, low fat milk, fruits, and vegetables while providing advice and guidance on best practices. It is designed to guide users of the programs towards healthy food choices by suggesting portion sizes and food types. Available communications include motivational messages and guidance such as "Milk matters." and "They take their lead from you ...", along with videos and even kids games.
One of the many FNS outreach programs, National School Lunch Program, has a focus on National School Lunch Week that runs mid October.[7] Culminating many activities geared towards children, there are marketing materials for parents, teachers, and School Nutrition Professionals on how to support children's food choices. The Choose My Plate website provides educational materials catered to many different audience levels for support on identifying healthy foods, recipes, eating on a budget, and cultivating a plan for eating healthy and balanced foods based on USDA recommendations.[8]
The FNS has a Twitter presence under "USDA FNS" as @USDANutrition at Twitter[9] garnering nearly 90k followers with over 17k tweets as of October 2019.
Nutrition assistance programsEdit
A nutrition researcher considers canned peas
These products and services are provided through fifteen domestic nutrition assistance programs:
FNS Reporting[10] is available for fiscal years broken down by month based on food costs and participation for many of the offered programs.
The Office of Community Food Systems (OCFS) purpose is to support the many programs that run underneath it with a focus on using locally grown foods to support local economies.[11] Most of these programs are geared towards children, although the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) includes day care for both children and seniors over 60 years old. The USDA Farm to School Grant Program is funded through the use of grants by the USDA, with 2019 seeing nearly $10 million awarded supporting 3.2 million students in over 5,400 schools across 42 states.[12] The program also seeks to encourage young children to pursue careers related to the creation and distribution of food supplies.
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The Food and Nutrition Service FNS is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture USDA The FNS is the federal agency responsible for administering the nation s domestic nutrition assistance programs The service helps to address the issue of hunger in the United States Food and Nutrition ServiceAgency overviewFormedAugust 8 1969 54 years ago 1969 08 08 HeadquartersAlexandria VirginiaAnnual budget 189 03 billion FY 2023 Parent agencyUnited States Department of AgricultureChild agencySupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP National School Lunch Program NSLP School Breakfast Program SBP Special Milk Program SMP Summer Food Service Program SFSP Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children WIC Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program SFMNP Farmers Market Nutrition Program FMNP Child and Adult Care Food Program CACFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program CSFP The Emergency Food Assistance Program TEFAP Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations FDPIR Food Assistance for Disaster Relief FADR Nutrition Assistance Block Grants including Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program FFVP Websitewww wbr fns wbr usda wbr govFNS administers the programs through its headquarters in Alexandria VA regional offices in San Francisco Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta Boston and Robbinsville NJ and field offices throughout the US While its staff number among the USDA s fewest its budget is by far the largest The Food and Nutrition Service is funded under the umbrella of United States Department of Agriculture USDA through the annual Agriculture Rural Development Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies appropriations bill 1 In 2019 27 billion was allocated for discretionary funding for USDA which is spread out over many services including WIC food safety and other services 2 Of the expected people to be served in 2019 the estimate for SNAP recipients is 40 8 million 30 million to have received school lunches 15 million to have received school breakfast 6 6 million participating in WIC and 690 000 elderly people receiving Commodity Supplemental Food Program Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Nutrition assistance programs 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditSeveral FNS programs pre date the creation of the agency and trace their roots back to Depression era programs 3 FNS was established on August 8 1969 as an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture USDA The first Administrator was Edward J Hekman former President of the Keebler Company who served until the end the Ford Administration 4 In 2018 11 1 of the US population were deemed as being food insecure 5 This is a 0 07 decrease from 2017 Food insecurity is deemed as a household not having enough resources or insufficient funds to provide for everyone in their family This equates to 37 2 million people affected by food insecurity Non white ethnicity groups are most impacted while groups such as poverty stricken with an income to poverty ratio under 1 00 and single women with children lead with higher percentages of households affected States with an affected food security average of 15 or more that were polled within 2016 2018 are New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Alabama Indiana Kentucky Ohio West Virginia and North Carolina Services EditFNS products and services are provided to one in five Americans its main products and services include commodities supplied as prepared meals that are served at congregate feeding sites food packages that may be used for home consumption and disaster relief assistance food assistance through electronic benefit transfer EBT cards nutritionally balanced low cost or free meals and snacks vouchers and fresh locally grown produce nutrition education and promotion materials and presentations delivered by expert staff and senior managers and food safety and security efforts technical assistance and informational materialsCore Nutrition Messages is a consumer facing nutrition education advocacy program within the FNS that is designed to follow the Dietary Guidelines for Americans DGA 6 It ties in the dietary needs of whole grains low fat milk fruits and vegetables while providing advice and guidance on best practices It is designed to guide users of the programs towards healthy food choices by suggesting portion sizes and food types Available communications include motivational messages and guidance such as Milk matters and They take their lead from you along with videos and even kids games One of the many FNS outreach programs National School Lunch Program has a focus on National School Lunch Week that runs mid October 7 Culminating many activities geared towards children there are marketing materials for parents teachers and School Nutrition Professionals on how to support children s food choices The Choose My Plate website provides educational materials catered to many different audience levels for support on identifying healthy foods recipes eating on a budget and cultivating a plan for eating healthy and balanced foods based on USDA recommendations 8 The FNS has a Twitter presence under USDA FNS as USDANutrition at Twitter 9 garnering nearly 90k followers with over 17k tweets as of October 2019 Nutrition assistance programs Edit nbsp A nutrition researcher considers canned peasThese products and services are provided through fifteen domestic nutrition assistance programs Child and Adult Care Food Program CACFP Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program FFVP National School Lunch Program NSLP Lunches subsidized by the NSLP are nearly ubiquitous in public schools The program has operated since 1946 School Breakfast Program SBP Special Milk Program SMP Summer Food Service Program SFSP Food Assistance for Disaster Relief FADR Food Distribution Programs USDA Foods Commodity Supplemental Food Program CSFP Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations FDPIR Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program TEFAP Office of Food Safety Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program FMNP SFMNP Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program SFMNP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP Formerly known as the Food Stamp program SNAP is now the cornerstone of USDA s nutrition assistance Nutrition Assistance Block Grants including Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion CNPP FNS Reporting 10 is available for fiscal years broken down by month based on food costs and participation for many of the offered programs The Office of Community Food Systems OCFS purpose is to support the many programs that run underneath it with a focus on using locally grown foods to support local economies 11 Most of these programs are geared towards children although the Child and Adult Care Food Program CACFP includes day care for both children and seniors over 60 years old The USDA Farm to School Grant Program is funded through the use of grants by the USDA with 2019 seeing nearly 10 million awarded supporting 3 2 million students in over 5 400 schools across 42 states 12 The program also seeks to encourage young children to pursue careers related to the creation and distribution of food supplies See also EditFood preferences in older adults and seniors Title 7 of the Code of Federal RegulationsReferences Edit Scott Arthur February 28 2019 Maintain Funding for USDA Rural Development Programs NACo Retrieved October 9 2019 FY 2020 Budget Summary PDF History of FNS PDF USDA Food and Nutrition Service Archived from the original PDF on September 12 2016 Retrieved November 16 2016 Edward Hekman Official Of Biscuit Firm USDA The Washington Post March 20 1980 Retrieved May 28 2022 USDA ERS Key Statistics amp Graphics www ers usda gov Retrieved October 9 2019 Core Nutrition Messages USDA FNS www fns usda gov Retrieved October 9 2019 School Lunch Resources USDA FNS www fns usda gov Retrieved October 14 2019 Welcome to MyPlate ChooseMyPlate www choosemyplate gov Retrieved October 14 2019 USDANutrition on Twitter Data amp Research USDA FNS www fns usda gov Retrieved September 2 2020 Community Food Systems USDA FNS www fns usda gov Retrieved October 14 2019 USDA Announces Record Breaking Funding for 2019 Farm to School Grants USDA FNS www fns usda gov Retrieved October 14 2019 External links EditOfficial website Food and Nutrition Service in the Federal Register Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Food and Nutrition Service amp oldid 1161999184, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
