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Thursday, March 31, 2016
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Part 246
RIN 0584–AE21
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC): Implementation of
Electronic Benefit Transfer-Related
Provisions
Correction
In rule document 2016–04261
beginning on page 10433 in the issue of
Tuesday, March 1, make the following
correction:
§ 246.12
[Corrected]
On page 10450, in the second column,
in § 246.12(y)(3), in the second line,
‘‘May 31, 2016’’ should read ‘‘August 1,
2016’’.
[FR Doc. C1–2016–04261 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
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amends SNAP regulations to implement
section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act
(FNA) of 2008, as added by section 241
of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
(HHFKA) of 2010, to award grants to
States for provision of nutrition
education and obesity prevention
programs. These programs provide
services for eligible individuals that
promote healthy food choices consistent
with the current Dietary Guidelines for
Americans (DGAs). The rule provides
State agencies with requirements for
implementing section 28, including the
grant award process and describes the
process for allocating the Federal grant
funding for each State’s approved
SNAP-Ed plan authorized under the
FNA to carry out nutrition education
and obesity prevention services each
fiscal year. This final rule also
implements section 4028 of the
Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill of
2014), which authorizes physical
activity promotion in addition to
promotion of healthy food choices as
part of this nutrition education and
obesity prevention program.
DATES: This rule is effective March 31,
2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane
Duffield, Chief, State Administration
Branch, Program Accountability and
Administration Division, Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program, USDA,
3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA
22302, Jane.Duffield@fns.usda.gov,
(703) 605–4385.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
I. Executive Summary
Food and Nutrition Service
A. Purpose of the Regulatory Action
7 CFR Part 272
[FNS 2011–0017]
RIN 0584–AE07
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program: Nutrition Education and
Obesity Prevention Grant Program
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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AGENCY:
This rule adopts the interim
rule implementing the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
nutrition education and obesity
prevention grant program with changes
as provided in this rule. This rule also
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The HHFKA removed the existing
nutrition education program under
section 11(f) of the FNA (7 U.S.C. 2011
et seq.), commonly known as SNAP
Education (SNAP-Ed), and added in its
place section 28, the nutrition education
and obesity prevention grant program.
This rule implements the new program,
which the Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) continues to refer to as SNAP-Ed,
and seeks to improve its operation and
effectiveness to make the program easier
for States to administer while improving
the health of the low-income
population.
The implementation of this program
provides a focus on the critical problem
of obesity and allows coordinated
services to be provided to participants
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in Federal assistance programs and
other low-income persons. This action
broadens collaboration efforts and
relationships in order to provide more
flexibility to include a wider range of
evidence-based intervention strategies.
The interim rule published at 78 FR
20411 (April 5, 2013) is adopted as a
final rule with changes as provided in
this rule.
B. Summary of the Major Provisions of
the Regulatory Action in Question
Target Population
The FNA defines individuals eligible
for SNAP-Ed as those who receive
SNAP or National School Lunch/School
Breakfast Program free or reduced price
benefits, individuals residing in a
community with a significant lowincome population, and other lowincome individuals as defined by the
Secretary. FNS decided to include lowincome individuals eligible to receive
benefits under SNAP or other meanstested Federal assistance programs such
as Medicaid or Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF), etc., in this
definition to ease administrative burden
on States. This definition more closely
aligns SNAP-Ed with other FNS, Federal
and State-administered benefit
programs.
Nutrition Education State Plans
This rule requires States to submit a
Nutrition Education State Plan (SNAPEd Plan) in order to receive a SNAP-Ed
grant, essentially the same procedure as
before. FNS decided to strengthen
SNAP-Ed Plan requirements to better
assure that the Plans adequately address
HHFKA requirements and public
comment. The Plans must: (1) Present
valid and data driven needs assessments
of the nutrition, physical activity, and
obesity prevention needs of the target
population; (2) identify the use of
funding for evidence-based State or
local projects that meet those needs; (3)
ensure that interventions are
comprehensive in scope and
appropriate for the eligible low-income
population and communities; (4)
recognize the population’s constrained
resources and potential eligibility for
Federal nutrition assistance; and (5)
demonstrate and follow evidence-based
strategies for effective nutrition
education and obesity prevention. The
rule allows States to propose
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Part 246
RIN 0584-AE21
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC): Implementation of Electronic Benefit Transfer-Related
Provisions
Correction
In rule document 2016-04261 beginning on page 10433 in the issue of
Tuesday, March 1, make the following correction:
Sec. 246.12 [Corrected]
On page 10450, in the second column, in Sec. 246.12(y)(3), in the
second line, ``May 31, 2016'' should read ``August 1, 2016''.
[FR Doc. C1-2016-04261 Filed 3-30-16; 8:45 am]
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