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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Good news for people 60 years and above as well as those who are blind, and disabled. The Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) has received confirmation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Nutrition Service (USDA FNS), approved its request to increase...
Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga on June 24, proclaimed that throughout July 2024 the territory will celebrate 30 Years of ASNAP in American Samoa.
“I urge everyone, especially ASNAP recipients, to celebrate this significant milestone.
“We recount and reflect on the impacts that ASNAP has made on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To address food insecurity in American Samoa and provide more equitable resources to U.S. territories, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service is providing a $10 million grant to bolster the American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program, or ASNAP...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) has approved a one-time payment of end-of-year benefits of $200 to all participants in the American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program (ASNAP), using unspent funds from the ASNAP current fiscal year...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS), has approved an additional one-time payment of bonus benefits in the amount of $54 for all recipients of the American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program (ASNAP) or the Food Stamp Program. The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services (FNS), has approved an increase in the American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program (ASNAP) income eligibility standards for American Samoa’s elderly, blind, and disabled residents to qualify...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga announced last Friday that the US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) has approved American Samoa’s implementation plan to provide additional supplemental disaster recovery food assistance for American Samoa’s low-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thousands of local residents will get an early Christmas gift today when the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) starts issuing disaster relief food assistance for qualified victims of Tropical Storm Gita.
DHSS director Muavaefa’atasi John E. Suisala has...