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Resource | Policy Memos SNAP – Ensuring Timely Benefits to Eligible Households

This memorandum provides a reminder to state agencies that under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, all eligible households must have the opportunity to participate in SNAP within 30 days of application or seven days if they are entitled to expedited service.

12/02/2022
Resource | Federal Register Notices SNAP: Requirement for Interstate Data Matching To Prevent Duplicate Issuances

FNS is delaying the effective date for the interim final rule - SNAP: Requirement for Interstate Data Matching to Prevent Duplicate Issuances - until Dec. 6, 2022.

11/15/2022
Resource | Research and Data | Report to Congress Update to Feasibility Study of Implementing USDA’s SNAP in Puerto Rico

Congress directed FNS to update findings on administrative, operational, and program integrity changes needed to update Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) to SNAP as presented in the 2010 USDA report, Implementing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Puerto Rico: A Feasibility Study and develop a detailed implementation plan for reestablishing SNAP in Puerto Rico. The study findings are presented in a report and an implementation plan. 

07/18/2022
Resource | Policy SNAP- Clarification on Treatment of Meal Plans at Institutions of Higher Education

Clarification on SNAP eligibility for residents of institutions of higher education with meal plans.

06/07/2022
Resource | Research and Data SNAP State Activity Reports

These are reports of state activity in SNAP.  The data they contain is state reported data or calculated from state reported data.

03/04/2022
Resource | Tools and Applications FNS Form 252-2: SNAP Application for Meal Services

The Restaurant Meals Program is a state option to allow certain SNAP clients, who might not be able to prepare meals for themselves or who do not have permanent housing for storing and preparing food, to be able to buy prepared meals at restaurants with their SNAP benefits. If you are a restaurant owner that has a signed agreement with the state and is ready to apply for SNAP authorization, you will need to download and submit a completed FNS 252-2 application to FNS.

02/23/2022
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