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The '''Food and Nutrition Service''' ('''FNS''') is an agency of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA). The FNS is the federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s domestic nutrition assistance programs. The service helps to address the issue of [[hunger in the United States]]. | The '''Food and Nutrition Service''' ('''FNS''') is an agency of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA). The FNS is the federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s domestic nutrition assistance programs. The service helps to address the issue of [[hunger in the United States]]. | ||
FNS administers the programs through its headquarters in [[Alexandria, VA]]; regional offices in | FNS administers the programs through its headquarters in [[Alexandria, VA]]; regional offices in San Francisco, [[Denver]], [[Dallas]], [[Chicago]], [[Atlanta]], [[Boston]], and [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville]] (NJ); and field offices throughout the US. While its staff number among the USDA's fewest, its budget is by far the largest. | ||
The Food and Nutrition Service is funded under the umbrella of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the annual Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naco.org/resources/maintain-funding-usda-rural-development-programs-3|title=Maintain Funding for USDA Rural Development Programs|date=February 28, 2019|first=Arthur|last=Scott|website=NACo|language=en|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> In 2019, $27 billion was allocated for discretionary funding for USDA, which is spread out over many services including WIC, food safety, and other services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.obpa.usda.gov/budsum/fy2020budsum.pdf|title=FY 2020 Budget Summary}}</ref> Of the expected people to be served in 2019, the estimate for SNAP recipients is 40.8 million, 30 million to have received school lunches, 15 million to have received school breakfast, 6.6 million participating in WIC, and 690,000 elderly people receiving Commodity Supplemental Food Program. | The Food and Nutrition Service is funded under the umbrella of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the annual Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naco.org/resources/maintain-funding-usda-rural-development-programs-3|title=Maintain Funding for USDA Rural Development Programs|date=February 28, 2019|first=Arthur|last=Scott|website=NACo|language=en|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> In 2019, $27 billion was allocated for discretionary funding for USDA, which is spread out over many services including WIC, food safety, and other services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.obpa.usda.gov/budsum/fy2020budsum.pdf|title=FY 2020 Budget Summary}}</ref> Of the expected people to be served in 2019, the estimate for SNAP recipients is 40.8 million, 30 million to have received school lunches, 15 million to have received school breakfast, 6.6 million participating in WIC, and 690,000 elderly people receiving Commodity Supplemental Food Program. | ||