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Resource | Technical Assistance FAQs for Suppliers and Manufacturers Publishing Data for the Child Nutrition Database

Frequently asked questions and answers for suppliers and manufacturers publishing data for the Child Nutrition Database.

07/01/2025
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 Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2025-2026)

This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals, free milk, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for the period from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. 

03/13/2025
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
Resource | Research Reports Alternative Approaches to Reevaluating the Thrifty Food Plan

This report explores different approaches to reevaluating the Thrifty Food Plan, which represents a low-cost, nutritious diet comprised of foods and beverages consumed at home and is used to calculate SNAP benefit amounts. 

12/09/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP - Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Excluded from Income

This memo addresses whether state agencies should count certain Medicare Advantage (MA) supplemental benefits as income for SNAP purposes. 

12/05/2024
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
Resource | Technical Assistance 請注意: 加利福尼亞州和奧克拉荷馬州毗鄰州的美國 補充營養協助計畫電子福利轉移卡 (SNAP EBT) 零售商

您之所以收到此訊息,是因為您是加利福尼亞州 (CA) 或奧克拉荷馬州 (OK) 毗鄰州的 SNAP 授權零售商。由於上述兩州即將向客戶發行 SNAP EBT 晶片卡,因此零售商須做好接受此類卡片的準備。

11/18/2024
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