Rural Rental Housing

Low-income rental and cooperative housing is available for low-income rural residents. Listings of participating housing projects are available through each state's Rural Development office. Potential applicants must apply directly to building...read more

School Lunch and Breakfast Programs

School lunch and school breakfast programs make nutritionally balanced meals available to children as part of their regular school day. Over 95,000 schools offer low-cost or free lunches, and more than 78,000 schools offer low-cost or free...read more

Scientific Cooperation Exchange Program

The Scientific Cooperation Exchange Program with the People??s Republic of China (SCEP) supports international exchanges that promote agricultural development and economic growth, and mitigate animal and plant health issues that impede trade. This...read more

Soil and Water Conservation

Soil and Water Conservation Assistance (SWCA) provides cost share and incentive payments to farmers and ranchers to voluntarily address threats to soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, wetlands, and wildlife habitat....read more

Special Milk Program

The Special Milk Program provides low-cost or free milk to children. Over 6,000 schools, camps, and child care institutions provide half-pints of milk to children, including children in half-day kindergarten and pre-kindergarten programs, who do not...read more

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, as well as infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk. To be...read more

State Mediation Grants

The State Mediation Grants program assists states in establishing a USDA-certification State Agricultural Mediation Program and administering mediation services to help agricultural producers, their lenders, and other persons directly affected by...read more

Summer Food Service Program

The Summer Food Service Program provides free, nutritious meals and snacks to children in low-income areas. The program helps children get the nutrition they need to learn, play, and grow, throughout the summer months and grow during other long...read more

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides benefits to low-income people that they can use to buy food to improve their diets. SNAP recipients spend their benefits (provided on an electronic card that is used like an ATM card) to...read more

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention

This program seeks to provide technical and financial assistance in carrying out works of improvement to protect, develop, and utilize the land and water resources in watersheds. read more