FNS Documents & Resources | Food and Nutrition Service

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Title	Comment Period End Date
Comment Request: State Administrative Expense Funds	04/15/2026
Information Collection: SNAP - Requirement for Interstate Data Matching to Prevent Multiple Issuances	05/04/2026
Information Collection: SNAP Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations (Card Replacement)	05/11/2026

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Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP - FY 2014 Cost of Living Adjustments and ARRA Sunset Impacts on Maximum Allotments for Alaska and Hawaii

This memorandum is a follow-up to the FNS memorandum dated Aug. 1, 2013, announcing the Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Sunset (ARRA Sunset) Impact on Allotments.

08/30/2013

Resource | Research and Data | Food Security SNAP: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy

The purpose of this study was to examine how to define “adequacy” of SNAP allotments objectively in the context of program goals to reduce hunger and improve access to a healthy diet, existing data sources that could inform an assessment of the adequacy of existing and potential alternative SNAP allotments, and new data requirements to strengthen the evidence-base and allow for further rigorous analyses.

01/01/2013