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Resource | Policy Memos FY 2024 Food and Administrative Funding for TEFAP

The FY 2024 TEFAP funding memorandum provides guidance on full-year food and administrative funding allocations.

04/23/2024
Resource | Federal Register Documents Comment Request - Understanding Risk Assessment in SNAP Payment Accuracy

FNS is conducting a study, Understanding Risk Assessment in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Payment Accuracy, to develop a comprehensive picture of whether and how SNAP state agencies use RA tools and determine if these tools create disparate impacts on protected classes. 

04/09/2024
Resource | Federal Register Documents Information Collection - Request for Comments on Evaluating the Interview Requirement for SNAP Certification Study

This is a new information collection for the contract of the study titled “Evaluating the Interview Requirement for SNAP Certification.” The purpose of this collection is to help FNS describe the effects of waiving the interview requirement, including SNAP agency processes and staff experiences with implementing the no-interview demonstration, analyzing the differences in outcomes for SNAP applicants and recipients, and identifying key lessons to inform future policy or implementation.

04/04/2024
Resource | Toolkits Toolkit for State's Use of Nonmerit Personnel in the Administration of SNAP

The toolkit is meant to improve states’ understanding of the possibilities and requirements of using nonmerit personnel and expedite state deliberations on employing nonmerit personnel relative to other strategies they are considering.

03/22/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP Use of Nonmerit Personnel in SNAP Administration

This memo seeks to clarify existing policy and flexibilities regarding the use of nonmerit personnel in the administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

03/21/2024
Resource | Webinars/Videos 2024 National Multi-Food Warehouse Transition Status Update

A summary of the current warehouse transition and what states/ITO’s receiving multi-food deliveries need to know about what comes next.

03/13/2024
Resource | Federal Register Documents SNAP Forms: Applications, Periodic Reporting and Notices

The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (the Act), requires verification of household eligibility for SNAP benefits, confirm household eligibility throughout participation in the program, and ensure that households receive the correct benefit amount. State agencies are responsible for determining the eligibility of applicant households and issuing benefits to those households entitled to benefits under the Act.

02/23/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP Online Application Policy Clarification

This memo reiterates and clarifies existing online application policy for state agencies. 

02/20/2024
Resource | Policy Memos CSFP: Income Guidelines for 2024

This memorandum transmits the 2024 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in CSFP.

02/07/2024
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