The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative’s legal and policy team have compiled a comment template letters that Tribes and Tribal leaders can use to help responses to a proposed study by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service on the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).  FNS seeks updated information about the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), including participant characteristics, program operations, and why FDPIR participation has been declining. This study will also include an evaluation of the self-determination demonstration projects allowing certain FDPIR Tribes to directly purchase food for the food packages.  

Download comment template here.

Comments may be sent to Kavitha Sankavaram, Office of Policy Support, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Comments may also be submitted via email to kavitha.sankavaram@usda.gov or accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically. 

All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will be a matter of public record.