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Resource | FAQs/Q&As SNAP Electronic Healthy Incentives Project (eHIP) Q&As

Questions and answers regarding the SNAP eHIP cooperative agreement project.

03/24/2023
Resource | Webinars/Videos SNAP Electronic Health Incentives Project (eHIP) Webinar

Webinar on the SNAP eHIP cooperative agreement project presented in February 2023

03/24/2023
Resource | Report | Promoting Healthy Eating Evaluation of the FY 2020 Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Project

This report presents findings from the evaluation of the first Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives project. The project tested take-up of incentives delivered through coupons issued to SNAP participants when they purchased "qualifying fluid milk" with their SNAP benefits at four pilot stores in west Texas.

03/16/2023
Resource | Infographics SNAP Healthy Incentives Infographic

SNAP healthy incentive programs encourage healthy eating by making nutritious food more accessible and affordable through coupons, discounts, gift cards, bonus items, or extra funds.

01/19/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance Attracting SNAP Customers to Your Farmers' Market

This information s for market managers to help them attract SNAP customers to their markets.

01/17/2023
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0049 2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant RFA

The fiscal year 2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant Request for Applications are available to state agencies that administer the National School Lunch and the School Breakfast programs to fund the costs of improving your direct certification rates with SNAP, and other needs-based assistance programs.

SP41-2017
08/15/2017
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2013-0088 Attachments to SP12-2014: RFA for Participation in Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid in SY 2014-15

FNS invites state agencies that administer the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program to apply to participate in demonstration projects that will evaluate the effectiveness of conducting direct certification with the Medicaid program.

12/06/2013
Resource | FAQs/Q&As | FNS-GD-2013-0077 SNAP: Healthy Incentives Pilot Roundtable Questions

-- Pilot Questions:  Features to Promote Healthy Food Choices   

-- Pilot Questions: Evaluation Features

-- Pilot Questions:  System Features

09/19/2013
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2013-0069 Transmittal of Q&As on Computation of Direct Certification Performance Rate with SNAP

The attached Q&As are issued in follow-up to Policy Memorandum SP 50-2013, Release of the new state agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report.

SP54-2013
08/16/2013
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2013-0059 Data Exchange between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) for Direct Certification with SNAP

This memo is to inform you of recent changes related to data exchanges for the purposes of direct certification for NSLP with SNAP. Please share this information with state agencies administering SNAP and continue to encourage them to fully cooperate with their NSLP counterparts to improve the direct certification of children in SNAP households.

07/16/2013
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