Governor Ralph DLG. Torres announced on Wednesday morning (ChST) that the US Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the CNMI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will grant $30 million for the CNMI Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) and will increase benefit amounts for NAP recipients, expand eligibility, and create a contingency reserve fund for the CNMI, effective November 1, 2021.