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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $1.668 million to Muscogee Creek Nation on October 1, 2025, under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR, CFDA 10.567). The award funds administration of the FDPIR program through September 30, 2027, with Muscogee Creek Nation, doing business as Agri-Business Complex Division, operating the program for income-eligible households on tribal lands.

Under FDPIR, Muscogee Creek Nation certifies eligible households, maintains program records, and distributes monthly food packages selected by participating households from over 100 available USDA Foods including frozen and canned meats and fish, beans, peanut butter, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, grains, dairy, and oil or butter. The Nation also coordinates with the Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency to include domestically grown fresh fruits and vegetables and fresh eggs in the food package. FDPIR serves as a nutrition assistance alternative to SNAP for income-eligible Indian households residing on the reservation or in approved service areas, particularly those without convenient access to SNAP offices or authorized food stores.

Program eligibility is limited to income-eligible households based on SNAP net monthly income standards increased by the applicable SNAP standard deduction for the area. Household certification periods may not exceed one year, except elderly or disabled households, which may be certified for up to 24 months if circumstances are stable. All work is performed in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, within the Nation's reservation jurisdiction and eleven-county tribal lands.