The fiscal year 1997 Supplemental Appropriations Act gave states the option of purchasing federal food stamps for use in state-funded food assistance programs that provide nutrition assistance to legal immigrants and childless, able-bodied adults ineligible for the Food Stamp Program because of the three-month food stamp time limit.
Attached is a memorandum to be issued to the state agencies responsible for administering the CACFP. The purpose of the memorandum is to provide guidance for use by state agencies on determining when to assert an overclaim against a sponsoring organization for misclassification of a day care home as a tier I home.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 amends a number of provisions in the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. This letter provides implementation guidance on the provisions contained in PL 104-193 which affect the Child and Adult Care Food Program.