Pandemic Oversight — USDA COVID-19 Funding Dashboard (U.S. Department of Agriculture OIG)

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Pandemic Oversight page of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General. It describes the USDA COVID-19 Funding Dashboard, which shows unaudited amounts of USDA COVID-19 funding enacted, budgeted, obligated and spent by appropriations act, agency, program area and use. It also describes OIG Data Stories on the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, administered by the Farm Service Agency, and on the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. Recent reports listed include a February 15, 2024 final report on Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer and a September 25, 2023 report on whether FSA made timely and accurate CFAP direct payments.

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Pandemic Oversight

USDA COVID-19 Funding Dashboard

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Funding Dashboard allows stakeholders to explore an overview of the sources and uses of USDA’s COVID‑19 funding. This interactive dashboard displays the amounts of USDA COVID‑19 funding enacted, budgeted, obligated, and spent, by appropriations act, agency, program area, and use of funds, as identified by USDA’s Office of Budget and Program Analysis and by the Forest Service.

The COVID-19 Funding Dashboard allows users to see how much of the funding has been obligated; search for funding under particular appropriations acts or agencies or program areas; or explore how much of the funding has been, or remains to be, spent. The unaudited data include the amounts budgeted where the appropriations acts specified only “such sums as may be necessary."

For Questions: Office of Analytics and Innovation, U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General ( OAI-ADMINS@oig.usda.gov ).

Hint: Click the left/right arrows to scroll through various pages of the dashboard. Click the arrows in the bottom right to expand the dashboard to full screen.

USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has launched a new data product called Data Stories. This product’s purpose is to enhance transparency of significant USDA programs using data analytics and visualizations while integrating data storytelling methods.

This data story focuses on the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) , administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). It is the second in USDA OIG’s series of data stories (the first focused on USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program ).

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USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program

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The first story in the Data Story series focuses on USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program . Using unaudited data from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Census Bureau data, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Opportunity Zone data, and other data sources, OIG explores the program (distributors, food boxes, and recipients) and invites readers to examine the data in different ways.

Recent Pandemic Oversight Reports

February 15, 2024

COVID-19 - Food and Nutrition Service’s Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer - Final Report

Report Number:

27801-0001-23

In our final report, we reviewed key aspects of the Food and Nutrition Service funding and administration of Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer assistance.

Inspection / Evaluation

Pandemic

Food and Nutrition Service

September 27, 2023

COVID 19 - ReConnect Program

Report Number:

09801-0001-23

This informational report provides general information and highlights CARES Act funding as of June 30, 2023. This informational report does not contain any findings or recommendations, and it was prepared using information obtained during the audit work and from public sources.

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Pandemic

September 25, 2023

COVID-19 - Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Direct Support

Report Number:

03801-0001-31

We determined whether Farm Service Agency (FSA) provided timely and accurate Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) direct payments to eligible recipients.

Inspection / Evaluation

Pandemic

Farm Service Agency

August 15, 2023

COVID-19—Farmers to Families Food Box Program Administration

Report Number:

01801-0001-22

In our final report, we assessed the controls Agricultural Marketing Service developed and implemented to ensure awardees fulfilled the obligations of their contracts.

Inspection / Evaluation

Pandemic

Agricultural Marketing Service

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