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U.S. Armed Forces Family Supplemental Subsistence Allowance – Permanently Excluded from Income Consideration for the Child Nutrition Programs

EO Guidance Document #
FNS-GD-2006-0042
FNS Document #
SP30 CACFP14 SFSP07-2006
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DATE:August 25, 2006
MEMO CODE:SP-30-2006; CACFP-14-2006; SFSP-07-2006
SUBJECT:U.S. Armed Forces Family Supplemental Subsistence Allowance – Permanently Excluded from Income Consideration for the Child Nutrition Programs
TO:Regional Directors
Special Nutrition Programs
All Regions		State Directors
Child Nutrition Programs
All States

PL 109-163 (Jan. 6, 2006) made the Department of Defense’s Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA) permanently available. Therefore, the exclusion of the FSSA as income for the Child Nutrition programs is also permanent. Attached for your information is the memorandum dated Aug. 31, 2005 which explains FSSA.

Please contact your regional office you have questions.

STANLEY C. GARNETT
Director
Child Nutrition Division

 

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