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Resource | Policy CACFP – Budget Approval Issues

This memorandum is intended to clarify when the state agency can require an institution to devote a specific amount or percentage of CACFP funds to pay for food or other costs.

06/30/2003
Resource | Policy Applicability of FNS Instruction 788-16 to Multi-State Proprietary

This memorandum is intended to clarify that the provisions of FNS Instruction 788-16 also apply to proprietary multi-state CACFP sponsors.

06/25/2003
Resource | Guidance Documents Clarification of WIC Food Delivery Systems Final Rule Q&A

This policy memorandum updates our response to an issue regarding incentive items that was addressed in Final WIC Policy Memorandum #2002-1, includes answers to other questions that have been raised since the issuance of that policy memorandum, and incorporates the original and new questions and answers in a new format.

06/10/2003
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: Food Stamp Program Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Systems Interoperability and Portability

This rule finalizes revisions to the Food Stamp Program regulations to ensure that recipients can use their electronic food stamp benefits across state borders.

06/05/2003
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: FSP Anticipating Income and Reporting Changes

This rule revises the current requirement that households report a change of more than $25 in monthly gross income by increasing the reporting threshold for unearned income to $50 and by allowing state agencies two options for reporting requirements for changes in the amount of earned income.

06/03/2003
Resource | Policy Review Requirements for At-Risk Afterschool Care Centers Participating in the CACFP

The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify that state agencies and sponsoring organizations must use the review procedures outlined in the current CACFP regulations to review at-risk afterschool care centers.

06/03/2003
Resource | Policy Single Inventory and Related Commodity Issues—Clarification of Regulatory Changes and Other Guidance

The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify the recent regulatory changes, and to provide interim guidance for taking additional actions in advance of further regulatory amendments. 

05/23/2003
Resource | Policy Pasteurized Juice

This memorandum is to clarify the use of pasteurized juice in the child nutrition programs.

05/22/2003
Resource | Proposed Rule Proposed Rule: FSP Reauthorization - Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) and Retail Food Stores Provisions of the Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002

This action proposes to revise Food Stamp Program regulations pertaining to the standards for approval of Electronic Benefits Transfer systems, the participation of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns, and the state agency liabilities and federal sanctions.

05/06/2003
Resource | Research and Data | Participation Rates Food Stamp Participation Rates and Benefits: An Analysis of Variation Within Demographic Groups

Previous studies have shown that participation rates are higher among people eligible for a relatively large food stamp benefit than among those eligible for a comparatively small benefit. This analysis seeks to determine whether or not this relationship between participation rates and benefits holds for different demographic groups within the food stamp population. This analysis confirms that the relationship holds for most demographic groups. Surprisingly, the analysis also shows that there are many nonparticipating individuals eligible for relatively large benefits

05/01/2003
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