FNS Documents & Resources

We recently received a request from a state agency to completely waive the requirement that the state agency conduct an interview at recertification for all households

Form FNS-101: Participation in Food Programs - by Race 

The national office recently has received several questions from regional offices concerning what should be considered "known to the state agency" for SNAP reporting purposes.

Attached are additional questions and answers in response to issues raised by state agencies on SNAP certification and eligibility provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008.

It has come to our attention that there is confusion over the Quality Control application of the certification policy that allows state agencies to disallow deductions when the households fails to provide requested verification or fails to report an expense after being advised that failure to do so would result in the loss of a deduction.

Questions and answers on the certification issues in the 2008 Farm Bill. 

Attached are questions and answers in response to issues raised by states during nationwide teleconferences on the Food Stamp Program provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.

Form FNS-667 is used by state agencies to report use of TEFAP administrative funds.  

Form FNS-57 is used by consignees to report overages and shortages in a shipment and commodities damaged in transit.

This memo address under what circumstances a state agency may disallow a deduction based on failure to report or verify expenses.