- Find the number of recipients in your county receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
- BLT Curricula Series options are available on the FCH Agent website under the Food & Nutrition and BLT Curricula links. Each of the BLT series has surveys to help identify behavior changes of the participants. For survey data entry, contact your BLT Regional Program Manager (RPM).
- Purchasing BLT programming supplies, see the Allowable – Unallowable List – May 2019. If you have questions on allowable purchases, please contact your RPM prior to making the purchase.
- Incentive/Educational Reinforcement Items may be given to participants attending a BLT educational program. BLT incentive items can be ordered at no charge to the county from the AgriLife Bookstore, or purchased with your county BLT funds. If county funds are used, the USDA’s credit statement needs to be attached to the item.
- USDA’s Credit Statement for printing labels in English and Spanish.
- USDA’s Civil Rights, credit, and Your Texas benefits statements are to be on all BLT printed materials. The English and Spanish versions are as follows.
- English: USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — SNAP. To learn more about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or to apply for benefits, visit yourtexasbenefits.com.
- Spanish: USDA es un proveedor y empleador que ofrece oportunidad igual para todos. Este material se desarrolló con fondos proporcionados por el Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP en inglés) del Departamento de Agricultura de los EE.UU. (USDA siglas en inglés). Para obtener más información acerca del programa Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) o solicitar beneficios, visite yourtexasbenefits.com.
- The USDA’s FNS requires that 25% or greater of BLT activities/programs be evidence-based. To learn more on identifying PSE change for your county BLT program reports, see the Policy, Systems & Environment Change Definitions & Examples.
- Telling our BLT story! With all the great programs and positive impact you are making in your counties, we want to share your BLT stories with our funders and legislature which are highlighted in summaries and reports to HHSC and FNS. Send your stories and pictures to your RPM and the BLT State Office.
- Instructions on Calibrating Your Food Thermometer.