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Resource | Technical Assistance SNAP Retailer Reminder: Cannabis-Derived Products are NOT Eligible for SNAP Purchase

This retailer reminder letter 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.

06/05/2025
Resource | Technical Assistance SNAP Food Restriction Waivers

We are ensuring programs work harder to encourage healthy eating and lifestyle habits, including through the SNAP Food Restriction Waivers.

05/13/2025
Basic page Publicaciones en las redes sociales de SUN Meals To-Go

Ejemplos de publicaciones y gráficos en redes sociales para SUN Meals To-Go. Incluye gráficos con y sin marca. El texto de la publicación se puede personalizar según sea necesario.

05/07/2025
Resource | Policy FNS Data Sharing Guidance

On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14243, Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos. Among myriad important directives, this Executive Order required agency heads to “take all necessary steps, to the maximum extent consistent with law, to ensure the Federal Government has unfettered access to comprehensive data from all state programs that receive federal funding, including, as appropriate, data generated by those programs but maintained in third-party databases.”

05/06/2025
Basic page Publicaciones en las redes sociales de SUN Meals

Ejemplos de publicaciones y gráficos en redes sociales para SUN Meals, incluidos gráficos con y sin marca. El texto de la publicación se puede personalizar según sea necesario.

05/06/2025
Resource | Policy SNAP Further Guidance on Termination of CHNV Parole Programs

Generally speaking, immigration status has changed recently for many aliens and state agencies are encouraged to continuously verify immigration status of all aliens in the state who receive SNAP.

04/22/2025
Resource | Training and Outreach SUN Programs Communications Toolkit - Customization Tutorial

Instructional video showing how to easily customize the print materials included in the SUN programs communications toolkit.

04/09/2025
Resource | Policy SNAP Guidance on Termination of CHNV Parole Programs

The March 25, 2025, notice issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security entitled “Termination of Parole Processes: Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans” terminates the categorical parole programs established in 2022 and 2023 for aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members (known as “CHNV parole programs”). Parole status for all aliens under the CHNV parole programs will terminate by April 24, 2025, if such status has not already expired before that date.

04/03/2025
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 SNAP Application Processing Timeliness Letter to Governors

USDA letter to Governors about SNAP Application Processing Timeliness.

04/01/2025
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