FNS Documents & Resources

Monthly SNAP benefits issuance schedule for all states and territories.

This document provides information to states to assist in the development of state plans to operate Pandemic EBT for school children and children in child care.

FNS is releasing new guidance to assist states in the development of P-EBT plans for school year 2021-2022.

FNS will not allow states to adjust adverse action requirements. States would have been allowed to suspend termination of cases and/or reducing benefit levels when cases should have been terminated or benefits reduced.

On Dec. 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 that temporarily expands student eligibility  of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

This memo is in response to questions raised through Quality Control reviews related to student eligibility for SNAP benefits. Section 6(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and federal regulations at 7 CFR 273.5(a) prohibit students enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher education from receiving SNAP benefits unless specific exemptions are met.

A number of states and regional offices have approached FNS with further questions about the use of non-merit staff in the SNAP application and recertification process. These questions primarily revolved around the use of temporary non-merit staff and staff funded with non-SNAP funds. The following Questions and Answers are meant to further clarify questions raised by states and regional offices and also expand upon prior guidance.

Attached is the second set of question and answers in response to issues raised by the states through various discussions, concerning Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding through the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010.

FNS has developed the enclosed table, the Summary of Certification Interview Policy, to highlight certification interview policy and help state agencies convey the interview provisions to community-based organizations that participate in Community Partner Interviewer Demonstration Projects.