Food and Nutrition Service

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The Food and Nutrition Service is a U.S. federal agency that administers national food assistance and nutrition programs such as SNAP and school meals to improve food security and dietary health.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the United States Department of Agriculture
federal agency
government organization
abbreviation FNS
appliesToJurisdiction District of Columbia
United States territories
surface form: U.S. territories

United States of America
surface form: United States
collaboratesWith local education agencies
state governments of the United States
territorial governments of the United States
tribal governments
country United States of America
surface form: United States
employerOf federal civil servants
fieldOfWork child nutrition
food assistance
food security
nutrition
public health
goal improve dietary quality
improve food security
reduce hunger among low-income populations
hasProgram Child and Adult Care Food Program
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
Community Eligibility Provision
FDPIR
Farm to School Program
United States federal farm programs
surface form: Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
National School Lunch Program
Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
surface form: SNAP

School Breakfast Program
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
Special Milk Program
WIC
surface form: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

Summer Food Service Program
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
TEFAP
Team Nutrition
The Emergency Food Assistance Program
WIC
WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
hasTagline Putting Healthy Food Within Reach
headquartersLocation Alexandria, Virginia
industry public administration
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Child Nutrition Act of 1966
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Virginia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
missionStatement to increase food security and reduce hunger by providing children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education
operatesInTheSector nutrition assistance
social welfare
ownedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
parentOrganization United States Department of Agriculture
partOf United States Department of Agriculture
targetAudience children
infants
low-income households
postpartum women
pregnant women
young children
website https://www.fns.usda.gov

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United States Department of Agriculture oversees Food and Nutrition Service
United States Department of Agriculture offersProgram Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: National School Lunch Program
Let’s Move! usesProgram Food and Nutrition Service
subject surface form: Let's Move!
this entity surface form: MyPlate nutrition guidance
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program monitoredBy Food and Nutrition Service
FNS fullName Food and Nutrition Service
National School Lunch Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
School Breakfast Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
School Breakfast Program monitoredBy Food and Nutrition Service
WIC administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
Child and Adult Care Food Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
Summer Food Service Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
TEFAP administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
subject surface form: The Emergency Food Assistance Program
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
FDPIR administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
FDPIR monitoredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service regional offices
FDPIR dataCollectedBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service Office of Policy Support
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Special Milk Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
Special Milk Program monitoredBy Food and Nutrition Service
Special Milk Program category Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service program
Community Eligibility Provision administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Team Nutrition partOf Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program monitoredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program monitoredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
Commodity Supplemental Food Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Commodity Supplemental Food Program monitoredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
The Emergency Food Assistance Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
The Emergency Food Assistance Program monitoredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Public Law 111-296 administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
Commodity Procurement Program administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Title VII – Child Nutrition Programs implementedBy Food and Nutrition Service
EBT card regulatedBy Food and Nutrition Service
Thrifty Food Plan administeredBy Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Illinois Department of Human Services fieldOfWork Food and Nutrition Service
this entity surface form: food assistance administration