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Employment and Training Programs: Jobs and So Much More

June 14, 2017 Jesus Mendoza, Jr., USDA Food and Nutrition Service Regional Administrator for the Western Region

Recently, I was privileged to visit Portland, Ore., and had yet another opportunity to appreciate why the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) Program is so important. SNAP E&T, which is available in all 50 states, is a skills and job training program designed...

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SNAP E&T Boosts Job Skills, Transforms Lives

December 15, 2016 Audrey Rowe, Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

On a recent trip to California, I took part in a wonderful event in San Francisco’s Mission District - also known as “The Mission” - one of the most racially and economically diverse areas in the nation. After parking the car, Jesus Mendoza Jr., Regional Administrator of the Food and Nutrition...

Food and Nutrition

The Many Reasons USDA is Celebrating 50 Years of SNAP

November 20, 2014 Jessica Shahin, Associate Administrator for SNAP

Half a century ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Food Stamp Act of 1964, making the Food Stamp Program (FSP), which at the time was a series of pilot projects, permanent. Despite the post-World War II economic boom felt by many Americans, some rural and urban areas of the country...

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