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Resource | Policy Coordination between SNAP State Agencies and FDPIR Administering Agencies

We are committed to upholding Secretary of Agriculture Rollins’ priority to take swift action to minimize instances of fraud, waste, and program abuse, and to ensure American taxpayer dollars are spent with integrity and accountability. We are issuing this memo, both in support of that priority and in response to requests from SNAP state agencies and FDPIR administering agencies, for additional guidance on preventing dual participation and ensuring comparable disqualifications are applied in SNAP and FDPIR.  

05/14/2025
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 | Technical Assistance SNAP Fraud Notification Letter to Retailers

This SNAP retailer reminder emphasizes Secretary Rollins and FNS are committed to fighting fraud, waste, and abuse in all USDA programs. We are equally committed to taking swift action aimed at eliminating fraud occurring in the SNAP retailer community and rooting out bad actors who take advantage of the taxpayer’s generosity.

03/19/2025
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
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 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 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
Resource | Technical Assistance عنایة: تجَّار تجزئة بطاقات التحویل الإلكتروني للمزایا التابعة لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائیة التكمیلیة )SNAP EBT ) في الولایات المجاورة لكالیفورنیا وأوكلاھوما

أو أوكلاھوما (CA ) لقد استلمتَ ھذه الرسالة لأنك تاجر تجزئة معتمد لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائیة التكمیلیة في ولایة مجاورة لولایة كالیفورنیا
و نظرًا لأن ھذه الولایات ستصدر قریبًا البطاقات الذكیة واللمسیة الخاصة بالتحویل الإلكتروني للمزایا التابعة لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائیة .(OK)
SNAP EBT) التكمیلیة ) للعملاء، یجب أن یكون تجَّار التجزئة على استعداد لقبول ھذا النوع من البطاقات.

11/18/2024
Page updated: October 14, 2021