Resource | Guidance Documents | FNS-GD-1997-0016
Guidance on State Option Food Stamp Programs
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.
08/14/1997