Jun 9, 2025 | Featured Article, IFAI, News, Policy Briefing
Summary IFAI has a template letter for Tribes interested in commenting on USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service rescinding a 2023 final rule that removed “visual observation” by State agencies on the collection of race and ethnicity data. Comments are due June 15 to...
Jun 3, 2025 | Featured Article, IFAI, News, Policy Briefing
Summary IFAI has a template letter for Tribes interested in commenting on USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service rescinding a 2023 final rule that removed “visual observation” by State agencies on the collection of race and ethnicity data. Comments are due June 15 to...
May 29, 2025 | Featured Article, IFAI, News, Policy Briefing
Summary IFAI is working on a template letter for Tribes interested in commenting on USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service rescinding a 2023 final rule that removed “visual observation” by State agencies on the collection of race and ethnicity data. The template letter...
May 20, 2025 | Featured Article, IFAI, News, Policy Briefing
Summary Check out IFAI’s Blog Post about USDA’s Secretarial Memo concerning the department’s unique government-to-government and political relationship “Indian Tribes, American Indian Tribal citizens and Alaska Natives, and the Native Hawai’ian Community.” The...
May 12, 2025 | Featured Article, IFAI, News, Policy Briefing
Summary The House Agriculture Committee plans on holding a Tuesday night debate on the committee’s reconciliation bill text for the fiscal year with implications on many food and nutrition programs impacting Indian Country. The bill text is expected to be released 24...
May 5, 2025 | Featured Article, IFAI, News, Policy Briefing
Summary Mark your calendars for the upcoming USDA Tribal Advisory Committee’s hybrid meeting on May 7-8, 2025, taking place in Washington D.C. Registration details are in the full policy brief. The Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs is holding a series of...
