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FNS works with state agencies to ensure eligible individuals and households can make informed decisions about applying for the program and access nutrition assistance benefits. FNS also provides technical assistance as needed.

12/13/2022
Resource | Policy SNAP QC Review Clarification for Cases with Back-to-Back Certification Extensions in 2020 or 2021

FNS determined there are Quality Control cases in the Fiscal Year 2022 active frame with back-to-back certification period extensions that have been treated inconsistently by QC reviewers. This memo is intended to clarify the QC procedures for cases that were impacted by these extensions.

12/08/2022
Resource | Research and Data | Food Security Trends in USDA SNAP Participation Rates: Fiscal Years 2016 to 2020

This report is the latest in a series on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation rates, which estimate the proportion of people eligible for benefits under federal income and asset rules to those who actually participate in the program. Because the coronavirus COVID-19 public health emergency affected data collection starting in March 2020, this summary covers only the pre-pandemic period of October 2019 through February 2020.

12/07/2022
Resource | Policy Federal Access to State Systems for Quality Control Purposes

The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify how federal access to state systems will be monitored by FNS.

11/10/2022
Resource | Policy Updates to the SNAP Quality Control Review Handbook

This memo transmits technical updates to specified sections of Chapters 1, 3, 6, 7, 13 and Appendix A of the FNS Handbook 310 currently issued through QC Policy Memo 23-01. 

10/21/2022
Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP - Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Percentage Exemption Totals for FY 23 - Not Adjusted for Carryover

FNS has estimated the number of new discretionary exemptions each state has earned for FY 2023. States that operated under a statewide waiver of the ABAWD time limit did not earn any new exemptions.

09/28/2022
Resource | Policy SNAP Quality Control Error Tolerance Threshold for FY 2023

The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, 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.

09/07/2022
Resource | Policy Clarifying use of certain coding on the FNS 380-1, The QC Review Schedule, and the End of the Annual Review Period

This memorandum clarifies existing policy to ensure the data collected through SNAP’s QC system produces reliable program information.

09/02/2022
Resource | Policy Updates to the FNS Handbook 310, SNAP Quality Control Review Handbook

This memo transmits technical updates to appendices B through D of the FNS 310 Handbook currently issued through QC Policy Memo 22-02

06/10/2022
Resource | Program Data FY 2019 Reported Application Processing Timeliness

FY19 Reported APT Rates

05/13/2022
Page updated: October 14, 2021