News & Notes
Fiscal Year 2024 Farm to Food Bank Projects Are Awarded
On January 21st, FNS awarded nearly $3.8 million in Farm to Food Bank project funds to 27 TEFAP State agencies. This is the fifth round of funding for Farm to Food Bank projects. Farm to Food Bank projects benefit both producers and emergency feeding organizations, such as food banks, soup kitchens, food pantries and more, by harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting foods donated by agricultural producers, processors, or distributors for use by emergency feeding organizations. For more information on the FY 2024 Farm to Food Bank projects, please click the button below:
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Policy Corner
CSFP Income Guidelines for 2024
On February 6, 2024, FNS released the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) Income Guidelines for 2024 memorandum, which transmits the 2024 Income Guidelines for States Agencies and Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in CSFP.
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Conference Clips
American Commodity Distribution Association (ACDA) Conference Preview
The USDA Foods team plans to attend the ACDA Annual National Conference on April 21-24 in St. Louis, MO. During the conference, the team will provide relevant TEFAP and CSFP program updates during the USDA Foods General Session and various breakout sessions. Updates will cover hot topics, such as program funding, Foods Available List development, managing USDA Foods deliveries, and food safety oversight. The team also looks forward to hearing from recipient agencies during the USDA/RA breakfast. We hope to see many program partners at this event!
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Technology Synopsis
New Stop Order Percentage Options for SDAs in WBSCM
With the January 2024 release, the Web-based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system has new options for entitlement tolerance management to support State Distributing Agencies (SDAs) who have rolled down WBSCM to their respective recipient agencies (RAs). In addition to the previously available values of 100% and higher, SDAs are now able to select the following Stop Order percentages: 80%, 85%, 90%, and 95%. If an SDA chooses to implement a Stop Order percentage, RAs will not be able to place any additional orders once the selected entitlement percentage threshold has been met. These new options are available for all programs that currently have the Stop Order percentage function.
The Stop Order Percentage drop-down menu with the new percentage options.
All monthly changes are documented in the Release Notes, which may be accessed in WBSCM at Help > Training > Release Notes.
For questions about WBSCM, please contact the WBSCM Service Desk or call (877) 927-2648.
WBSCM User Feedback Sessions
The USDA Foods Technology Branch hosts monthly WBSCM user feedback sessions for State and local/recipient agency users. These sessions are intended to identify challenges and opportunities for potential enhancements and future trainings in WBSCM. The meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month; the next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 3 PM ET. If you are interested in participating in future sessions, please contact Samantha Escamilla.
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