The approximate number of people served by this program monthly in Federal Fiscal Year 2014 totaled to 85,400 individuals.
[5] Foods contained in packages include frozen and/or canned meats and poultry, canned and fresh fruits and vegetables, juices, dry cereals, cornmeal, flour, butter, macaroni, cheese, evaporated and UHT lowfat milk, oats, peanuts and peanut butter, cereals, and oils.
For households dependent on FDPIR, individual recipients may be susceptible to developing additional health consequences due to the absence of fresh produce in their diet.
In the United States from 2000-2010, twenty-five percent of indigenous folk reported that they consistently face food insecurity.
This leads to only a select few market stores being available for indigenous folk to get their groceries from, causing higher inaccessibility of food.
[14] Households are certified based on income and non-financial standards determined by the Federal government, and must be recertified at least every 12 months.
[18] These options have been valuable with the increase in laws that sometimes ban indigenous folk from hunting, care of livestock, and farming on traditional agricultural lands.
[19] The FDPIRs design places a large responsibility on individual participants to create and prepare a nutritious diet from the foods provided.
Participants are responsible for selecting their foods, developing cooking skills, and designing meals that constitute a nutritious diet.