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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Ending Hunger and Moving People Forward to Self Sufficiency

Nutrition Assistance

SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.

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USDA Modernizes the Thrifty Food Plan, Updates SNAP Benefits
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USDA Modernizes the Thrifty Food Plan, Updates SNAP Benefits

USDA today released a re-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan, used to calculate SNAP benefits. As a result, the average SNAP benefit – excluding additional funds provided as part of pandemic relief – will increase for Fiscal Year 2022 beginning on Oct. 1, 2021.

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COVID-19 Resources for Individuals and Families

In addition to our work to ensure that children and low-income Americans maintain access to food, FNS nutrition education programs have consumer resources to help individuals and families during this exceptional time.

SNAP Eligibility

FNS Launches the Online Purchasing Pilot

Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)

What is FNS Doing to Fight SNAP Fraud?

DHS Letter - Update to Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Letter

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed)

Process and Technology Improvement Grants Program

Ensuring access to nutritious food while helping to pave a pathway to long-term success

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SNAP COVID-19 Emergency Allotments Guidance
Technical Assistance & Guidance
Farmers' Markets Accepting SNAP Benefits
Technical Assistance
FNS Handbook 310, the Quality Control Review Handbook-October 2021
Technical Assistance & Guidance
SNAP Employment & Training Subsidized Work-Based Learning Activities
Policy Memos
State Guidance on Coronavirus P-EBT in Schools
Policy Memos
Waivers of Rules
Regulations
DHS Letter - Update to Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Letter
Policy Memos
State Agency Major Change Webinar (2021)
Webinars/Videos
Monthly SNAP Issuance Schedule for All States and Territories
Technical Assistance & Guidance
SNAP Data Tables
Data
Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program
Data
SNAP: Recipient Claims Administration Challenges as a Result of Responding to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Policy Memos
COVID Vaccines for Children and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Policy Memos
Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program
Grants
PTIG FY2021 Kick-Off Webinar
Grants
Evaluation of the Implementation of Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentives (FINI): Final Report
Research