FNS Documents & Resources | Food and Nutrition Service

Resource | Notices SNAP: Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Approval of Information Collection Request

This document announces approval of an information collection requirement regarding the final rule titled Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008.

11/02/2017

Resource | Interim Final Rule Interim Final Rule: Delay of Effective Date - SNAP: Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008

FNS is putting a stay on the effective date of the interim final provisions in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 final rule. The effective date will be delayed for 120 days to Oc. 5, 2017.

06/07/2017

Resource | Comment Request Comment Request - Evaluation of Alternatives To Improve Elderly Access

This study will provide FNS with a better understanding of the barriers to serving elderly populations in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the extent to which available policy options improve program access, whether certain program models or combinations are more effective than others, and what tradeoffs exist between program simplification/access goals and ensuring benefit adequacy.

05/30/2017

Resource | Notices Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2017-2018)

This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals and free milk for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

04/10/2017

Resource | Comment Request Request for Information: SNAP Income Conversion Factors for Anticipated Income

The Food and Nutrition Service seeks input on the use of the current SNAP income conversion factors used to anticipate a household's income for the purposes of SNAP eligibility when a household's income is received on a weekly or biweekly basis. FNS hopes to obtain perspective from state agencies and other stakeholders as it considers how to best balance the flexibilities states are granted in calculating anticipated monthly income under current SNAP regulations, while adhering to the legislative intent of reducing administrative burden on state agencies and removing barriers to eligibility for needy households.

03/15/2017

Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: FSP Noncitizen Eligibility and Certification Provisions of PL 104-193, as Amended by PL 104-208, 105-33 and 105-185 (Announcement of Effective Date)

This document announces the effective date of the final rule published on Nov. 21, 2000 at 65 FR 70133.

11/28/2001

Resource | Notices WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines (2001-2002)

These income eligibility guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the WIC regulations.

07/01/2001

Resource | Notices Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Elderly Income Guidelines (Effective April 30, 2001)

This notice announces the adjusted income guidelines to be used by state agencies in determining the eligibility of elderly persons applying to participate in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.

04/30/2001