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Resource | Technical Assistance CAM Tool Examples

There are four different types of CAM Tool (MS - Excel) examples that are available to assist the user.

10/30/2020
Resource | Technical Assistance CAM Tool (Excel)

The Cost Allocation Methodologies (CAM) provides a consistent, objective cost allocation process for identifying all federal and state benefiting programs and calculating an equitable distribution of software development costs among those benefiting programs. A series of worksheets walks the use through the cost allocation process.

10/29/2020
Resource | Technical Assistance CAM Tool User Guide

CAM Tool User Guide - supplements the on-screen help available in the CAM-Tool, itself.  It contains step-by-step procedures and screen displays to illustrate how to capture and analyze the data needed to produce equitable distributions of software development costs to federal and state benefiting programs.

10/29/2020
Basic page APD Contacts

FNS has seven regional offices located in: Boston; Robbinsville, NJ; Atlanta; Dallas; Chicago; Denver; and San Francisco.  Each is responsible for a serving a specific geographical area. A virtual team of FNS staff with expertise in systems, technology and the Advance Planning Document (APD) process comprise the State Systems Office (SSO).

08/11/2020
Basic page APD Statutes and Regulations

The Advance Planning Document process is a series of successive steps through which state agencies obtain federal prior approval of and federal financial participation in automation projects supporting FNS programs. This includes all Electronic Benefit Transfer projects.

03/11/2020
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance FNS Handbook 901 - Advance Planning Documents

The primary objective of this Handbook is to help state agencies navigate FNS requirements to secure approval, and get the requested funding, for modern eligibility systems and EBT benefit delivery services.

01/08/2020
Page updated: October 14, 2021