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To address food insecurity in American Samoa and provide more equitable resources to U.S. territories, USDA Food and Nutrition Service is providing a $10 million grant to bolster ASNAP.

FNS today awarded Oregon a SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant. This investment will help the state improve its recipient fraud prevention, detection, and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework, a toolkit designed to help states prevent and detect fraud and sharpen their investigative techniques.

FNS today awarded California a SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant. This investment will help the state improve its recipient fraud prevention, detection, and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework, a toolkit designed to help states prevent and detect fraud and sharpen their investigative techniques.

The FNS Western Region announced today the award of a $999,887 grant to the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction which administers the National School Lunch Program in Washington.

Today, USDA announced the members of the newly established Equity Commission and its Subcommittee on Agriculture. As authorized and funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, the launch of the Commission delivers on President Biden's commitment to create an independent Equity Commission and provide it with the necessary resources to support its mission to address historical discrimination at USDA.

Today, Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement highlighting key steps USDA has taken to advance equity under the Biden-Harris Administration. USDA has taken bold, historic action toward rooting out generations of systemic racism, deeply integrating equity in decision-making and policymaking inclusive of all USDA employees and customers.