SNAP-ED provides educational information and classes to improve the likelihood that low-income families will make healthy food choices within a limited budget and choose active lifestyles that are consistent with the current MyPlate Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a Federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost.

Through TEFAP, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchases a variety of nutritious, high-quality USDA Foods, and makes those foods available to State Distributing Agencies. The amount of food each State receives out of the total amount of food provided is based on the number of unemployed persons and the number of people with income below the poverty level in the State. States provide the food to local agencies that they have selected, usually food banks, which in turn distribute the food to local organizations, such as soup kitchens and food pantries that directly serve the public.

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The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a Federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost.

Through TEFAP, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchases a variety of nutritious, high-quality USDA Foods, and makes those foods available to State Distributing Agencies. The amount of food each State receives out of the total amount of food provided is based on the number of unemployed persons and the number of people with income below the poverty level in the State. States provide the food to local agencies that they have selected, usually food banks, which in turn distribute the food to local organizations, such as soup kitchens and food pantries that directly serve the public.

Click here for Nondiscrimination Statement /Aviso de No Discriminación / Tuyên Văn Không Kỳ Thị

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to improve the health of low-income elderly persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foods. CSFP food packages do not provide a complete diet, but rather are good sources of the nutrients typically lacking in the diets of the beneficiary population.

Local agencies determine the eligibility of applicants, distribute the foods, and provide nutrition education. Mississippi establish income limits for the elderly that are at or below 130 percent of the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines.

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) provides a monthly food package tailored for older adults age 60 or above that can help stretch their food dollars and add nutritious foods to their diet for good health.

The Office of Quality Assurance is responsible for evaluating the accuracy of SNAP benefits issued to the State’s SNAP population.

This office reviews a portion of the State’s SNAP cases to determine the accuracy of active cases, closed cases and denied applications.  The findings are reported to state and federal entities.

The goal of this office is to provide reliable information needed to validate the integrity of the SNAP Program and to be a viable resource to the counties, assisting with corrective action and continuous efforts to improve service delivery.

The SRAE program is designed to teach youth personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision making, and the prevention of risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse without normalizing teen sexual activity.