USDA Efforts to Reduce Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
USDA Efforts to Reduce Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Letters to Governors
Strengthening SNAP integrity, rooting out waste, fraud and abuse so that federal dollars are used appropriately.
SNAP - Use of FNS Provided Data on Retailer Disqualifications to Investigate Suspicious Recipient Transactions
The purpose of this memo is to transmit guidance regarding the use of data that the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) provides to states documenting retailer disqualifications as a potent source of evidence in recipient trafficking cases.
USDA Takes Aggressive Action to Fight Trafficking
The sale or exchange of SNAP benefits for anything other than food sold by an authorized retailer is illegal – and is neither accepted nor tolerated by USDA.
Proposed Rule: Updated Trafficking Definition and SNAP-FDPIR Dual Participation
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is proposing changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations pertaining to SNAP client benefit use, participation of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns in SNAP, and SNAP client participation in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).
Final Rule: Exclusion of Combat Pay From WIC Income Eligibility Determinations
This final rule excludes combat pay from inclusion in the WIC income eligibility determination for deployed service members.
Corporations Get Involved
Corporations often have branches or foundations that focus on social responsibility and philanthropic activities.
Final Rule: FDPIR Amendments Related to the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
This rule permanently excludes combat pay from being considered as income and eliminates the maximum dollar limit of the dependent care deduction.