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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 | 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 | Research | Participation Characteristics Characteristics of SNAP Households: FY 2014

This is the latest in a series of annual reports providing information about the demographic and economic circumstances of households participating in SNAP at both the national and state level. In fiscal year 2014, as in prior years, nearly two-thirds of SNAP participants were children (44 percent), elderly (10 percent), or disabled nonelderly adults (10 percent).

12/21/2015
Basic page Multi-Store Owners (MSO)

A multi-store owner is a person or company that owns 10 or more eligible retail food stores.

12/16/2015
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 | Research | Participation Rates Trends in SNAP Participation Rates: FY 2010-2013

This report provides estimates of the percentage of individuals eligible for SNAP under the Federal income and asset guidelines who participated in an average month in 2013. It provides national estimates for the general population and for subgroups, including children, the elderly, people living in households with various income sources, and noncitizens.

08/28/2015
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