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Resource | Policy Comment Request - SNAP 2008 Farm Bill Provisions

This collection is for providing SNAP households advance or concurrent notice of state agency action to store unused SNAP benefits offline due to three or more months of account inactivity and for those households to seek reinstatement of benefits prior to permanent expungement. Additionally, this collection is for providing SNAP households advance or concurrent notice prior to the state agency expunging unused SNAP benefits from the household's Electronic Benefit Transfer account due to nine months of account inactivity.

04/24/2025
Resource | Technical Assistance Retailer Instructions for SNAP EBT Chip Card Transactions at Point of Sale

Retailer reminder with instructions for SNAP EBT chip card transactions at point of sale. Customers who have EBT chip cards should always attempt a chip (insert or tap) transaction first. The transaction may need to be completed with a swipe of the magnetic stripe, but the first transaction attempt should always use the chip. 

04/02/2025
Resource | Policy Summer EBT for Children Program - 2025 Benefit Levels

This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the levels of monthly benefits in the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Program. These adjustments reflect changes in the Thrifty Food Plan, as required under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

03/10/2025
Resource | Technical Assistance Attention: California and Bordering State SNAP EBT Retailers

This retailer reminder is for California and bordering states SNAP retailers. The purpose of this communication is to remind you of the impact to you as an authorized SNAP retailer if you have not prepared your stores to accept EBT chip card technology.

02/04/2025
Basic page Civil Rights - FAQs

La CRD provee liderazgo y una amplia protección contra la discriminación en las prácticas laborales y la entrega de programas al público del FNS.

02/03/2025
Resource | Policy FY 2025 Commodity Credit Corporation TEFAP Funding

This memorandum provides information about the approximately $500 million in additional support for emergency food programs that USDA is providing in FY 2025 under the statutory authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act for distribution through The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

12/17/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP – Revised Memo on Telephonic Fair Hearing and Administrative Disqualification Hearings Procedures

This memorandum clarifies that telephonic and virtual fair hearings and administrative disqualification hearings are allowed, reminds state agencies of related requirements, and recommends various best practices when conducting telephonic or virtual hearings. This memo rescinds and supersedes previous telephonic hearing guidance provided in FNS policy memos 82-14 and 83-05.

12/12/2024
Resource | Policy Proposed Rule - SNAP: Thrifty Food Plan Cost Adjustment for the Price of Food in Hawaii

This proposed rule would update the method for calculating the Thrifty Food Plan cost adjustment for Hawaii to incorporate food prices from throughout the state of Hawaii rather than from Honolulu alone.

12/03/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance قريبًا تتوفر البطاقات الذكي ة واللمسية للتحويل الإلكتروني للمزايا التابعة لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلي ة ( SNAP EBT )

تتلقى هذه الرسالة بما أنك تاجر تجزئة معتمد من برنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية؛ حيث تُطرح البطاقات الذكية واللمسية للتحويل الإلكتروني للمزايا التابعة
لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية ) SNAP EBT ( قريبًا لولايتي كاليفورنيا وأوكلاهوما. مع تخطيط المزيد من الولايات لإضافة خاصية الشريحة واللمس إلى
البطاقات الذكية واللمسية للتحويل الإلكتروني للمزايا التابعة لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية، فمن الضروري تحديث أجهزة نقاط البيع لدى تجار التجزئة
لتتمكن من قراءة هذه البطاقات بنجاح، مما يضمن لحاملي البطاقات إمكانية الاستفادة من مزاياها في المتاجر التي يتعاملون معها.

11/20/2024
Basic page WIC MIS and EBT System Providers

List of WIC Management Information System support providers and Electronic Benefit Transfer processors. This list will be updated quarterly.

11/18/2024
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