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Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP - Employment and Training Subsidized Work-Based Learning Activities

The following provides policy clarification to state agencies implementing work-based learning activities as part of the state E&T program where participant wages are subsidized including programs where wage subsidies are not reimbursed with federal E&T funds.

11/17/2021
Resource | Policy Memos SNAP Employment & Training Subsidized Work-Based Learning Activities

This policy memo provides guidance on implementing subsidized wages in work-based learned activities in SNAP E&T.

11/17/2021
Resource | Policy Guide to Supporting Requests to Waive the Time Limit for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWD)

This guide consolidates and underscores FNS policy concerning waivers of the ABAWD time limit and replaces its predecessor, FNS' December 2016 Guide to Supporting Requests to Waive the Time Limit for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWD). FNS advises state agencies to use this guide to understand, obtain, and prepare evidence that successfully supports an ABAWD time limit waiver request based on relevant sections of the Act; federal regulations; and historical SNAP policy.

09/30/2021
Basic page About Area Eligibility

The Richard B Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) allows the use of school data to establish area eligibility in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program. The NSLA also allows the use of census data to establish tier I eligibility for CACFP day care homes and area eligibility for SFSP sites.

09/30/2021
Resource | Policy Final Rule: Employment and Training Opportunities in SNAP – Questions & Answers Part 2

FNS has received additional questions from state agencies and other stakeholders, and has responded with a second Question and Answer policy clarification memorandum.

07/15/2021
Basic page SNAP – Other Application Processing Waivers in Response to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

FNS has approved a number of adjustments to support application processing by state agencies given pandemic conditions.

05/05/2021
Resource Comment Request - SNAP-Ed Toolkit Intervention Submission Form and Scoring Tool

the Food and Nutrition Service  is publishing for public comment a summary of a proposed information collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection.

04/27/2021
Resource | Guidance Documents FDPIR, TEFAP, and CSFP Income Exclusions under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

This memorandum provides information on the exclusion as income of rebates under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in FDPIR, TEFAP, and CSFP.

04/23/2021
Resource | Policy Final Rule: Employment and Training Opportunities in SNAP – Questions and Answers

Question and answer document to provide policy clarification on state agency implementation of the final rule: Employment and Training Opportunities in SNAP.

03/26/2021
Resource | Training and Outreach USDA Designation to Use FAFSA data

The U.S. Department of Education has designated USDA, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as an entity that may use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid data.

03/17/2021
Page updated: October 14, 2021