By this further revised guidance, state agencies are advised DHS on June 6, 2025, released Litigation-Related Update: Supreme Court stay of CHNV Preliminary Injunction, providing notice that on May 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States lifted the District Court’s preliminary injunction. This decision permits DHS to proceed with terminating parole granted under CHNV programs.
Section 4006(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2018 authorizes us to allow up to five Mobile Payment Pilots to allow the use of personal mobile devices, such as cellular phones, tablets and smart watches in place of SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to conduct SNAP transactions. Respondents (SNAP state agencies and their SNAP business partners) will conduct pilots to test the use of mobile payment technologies for the redemption of SNAP benefits by SNAP households at participating retailers, to determine their feasibility and implications for program integrity.
We are pleased to approve the request dated May 16, 2025, from the Utah Department of Workforce Services to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
We are pleased to approve the request dated May 16, 2025, from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
We are pleased to approve the request dated April 15, 2025, from the Arkansas Department of Human Services to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of ineligible food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
This retailer notice serves as a reminder that SNAP retailers that it is a program violation to accept SNAP benefits for foods and drinks containing controlled substances such as cannabis/marijuana.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is an extension, with change, of a currently approved collection associated with waiver request and reporting by state agencies to operate a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to temporarily provide food assistance to households following a disaster.
Iowa SNAP Food Restriction Waiver
Indiana SNAP Food Restriction Waiver
Nebraska SNAP Food Restriction Waiver