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Resource | Notices CFR Correction: Performance Reporting System

In Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 210 to 299, revised as of Jan. 1, 2015, on page 944, in 275.11, in paragraph (g), remove the fourth sentence which reads ‘‘However, all results of reviews of active and negative demonstration project/SSA processed cases shall be excluded from the determination of state agencies’ active and negative case error rates, payment error rates, and under-issuance error rates as described in 275.23(c).’’

12/23/2015
Resource | Notices CFR Correction: Donation of Foods for Use in the United States, Its Territories and Possessions and Areas Under Its Jurisdiction

Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 210 to 299, is revised as of Jan. 1, 2015, on page 566, in § 250.30, in paragraph (f)(2).

12/22/2015
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2015-0061 Deductible Excess Medical Expenses

On Nov. 23, 2015 the SNAP Program Development Division issued a memo in response to multiple inquiries received regarding the SNAP excess medical expense deduction for elderly and disabled households. FNS is reissuing this memo.

12/21/2015
Resource | Webinars/Videos Demystifying the USDA Foods Complaint Process Part One

This is Part One of a three-part webinar series that explains the USDA Foods Complaint Process. In this Dec. 11, 2015, webinar, Andre Orange and Tony Wilkins of the Food Distribution Division provide an overview of the USDA Foods complaint process.

12/11/2015
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2015-0060 ABAWD Time Limit Policy and Program Access Memo

This memorandum provides guidance to states in taking the balanced approach necessary to properly implement the SNAP time limit for able-bodied adults without dependents.

11/19/2015
Resource | Forms FNS-834: State Agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report

This annual interagency report collects data elements from the state agencies that administer SNAP and from the state agencies that administer the National School Lunch Program.

11/05/2015
Resource | Policy FY 16 SNAP QC Tolerance Level

SNAP’s QC system uses a tolerance level to set the threshold for determining which errors are included in the national payment error rate calculation. The tolerance threshold will remain at $38 for FY 2016.

SNAP QC PM 16-01
10/29/2015
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: SNAP Agricultural Act of 2014 Nondiscretionary Provisions

This final rule excludes medical marijuana from being treated as an allowable medical expense for the purposes of determining the excess medical expense deduction under SNAP.

09/03/2015
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2015-0041 FDPIR - Student Financial Assistance (Revised)

The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify which student financial assistance programs are excluded as income for the purposes of determining eligibility under FDPIR. 

FD-046
08/26/2015
Resource | Comment Request Food Program and Reporting System (FPRS)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on a proposed information collection. The purpose of the Food Programs Reporting System is to facilitate data gathering for the reporting of data for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Special Nutrition Programs.

08/15/2015
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