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
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1996-0014
PL 104-193: Changes to Applications for Waivers in the Child Nutrition Programs
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 made a number of changes to the National School Lunch Act which governs the waiver process in the child nutrition programs. This memorandum identifies the changes and provides guidance to be used in developing and submitting waiver requests to the child nutrition division.
12/02/1996