The final rule, SNAP Employment and Training Program Monitoring, Oversight and Reporting measures, was published in the Federal Register on Nov.18, 2024. This final rule makes changes to the SNAP regulations implemented through the interim final rule. The provisions of this final rule are effective Jan. 17, 2025. However, to allow sufficient time for state agencies to make necessary modifications to their collection and reporting processes, state agencies must implement all provisions of this rule no later than Oct. 1, 2025.
This memo transmits technical updates to the FNS Handbook 310 issued through QC Policy Memo 24-03.
Here are some resources to find out more about SNAP ABAWDs and related information.
On Sept. 26, 2024, President Joseph R. Biden signed into law the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (continuing resolution). This memorandum is intended to clarify the impact of the continuing resolution on upcoming SNAP benefit issuance and stolen benefits replacements.
FNS has estimated the number of new discretionary exemptions each state has earned for FY 2025. States that operated under a statewide waiver of the ABAWD time limit did not earn any new exemptions.
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 requires the SNAP QC system use a tolerance level to set a monetary threshold for determining which QC errors are included in the calculation of payment error rates. This threshold is adjusted annually to correspond with changes in the Thrifty Food Plan.
This memorandum provides the FY 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustments to the SNAP maximum allotments, income eligibility standards, and deductions. Under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, COLAs are effective as of Oct. 1, 2024.
The purpose of this memorandum is to advise state agencies on the steps FNS will take to monitor and engage state agencies with poor SNAP recertification application processing timeliness rates.
This memorandum extends the existing Quality Control face-to-face interview waiver through Sept. 30, 2025.
Per SNAP regulations, state agencies are required to disposition and transmit the results of all cases sampled for Quality Control review as either complete, incomplete, or not subject to review.