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Resource | Guidance Documents | FNS-GD-1996-0008 Guidance for States on Use of Discretionary Food Stamp Program Time Limit Exemptions

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 stipulates that able-bodied, childless adults may only receive food stamps for 3 months in a 36-month period unless they work at least 20 hours a week; participate in an approved work or training program; or live in an area that has been waived from the time limit due to either an unemployment rate higher than 10 percent, or insufficient jobs.

08/14/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1996-0007 Limitations on Reimbursement for Meals Served in CACFP and SFSP

This memorandum addresses provisions which reduce the number of reimbursable meals that can be claimed by camps and migrant site in SFSP and child care centers in CACFP.

08/13/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1996-0006 WIC FMNP Recipient/Farmers Survey and FMNP Recipient Report

This is to provide you with clarification regarding the recipient/farmer surveys and the FNS-203, FMNP Recipient Report.

FMNP 96-2
05/20/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1996-0005 CACFP Seriously Deficient Providers

This memorandum responds to regional requests at the Seattle meeting for clarification regarding States’ authority to maintain a list of seriously deficient day care home providers.

05/03/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1996-0004 Claims when Court Orders Individual to Perform Public Work

This policy memo supersedes the first question in Policy Memo 86-21. The change is being made to increase flexibility in reporting in this area.

04/30/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1996-0003 Farmer and Market Identifiers on FMNP Coupons

This is to provide you with clarification concerning the use of farmer and market identifiers on FMNP coupons. FMNP regulations require that each coupon be marked with a farmer identifier.

FMNP 96-1
03/14/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1996-0002 WIC Infant Formula Rebate Reviews

The purpose of this policy memorandum is to provide guidance concerning a state's responsibility to properly conduct rebate billing and collection activities and provisions which should be included in a state agency's RFPs or IFBs and contracts for infant formula rebates to avoid rebate billing discrepancies.

WIC 1996-6
03/12/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1996-0001 Criteria for Sponsoring Organizations under the CACFP Exempt Organizations Handbook, Section 34 (14)

On Oct. 10, 1995, we transmitted questions to the IRS regarding concerns raised by state administrators of the CACFP at the September 1995  CACFP Initiative Task Force meeting. These concerns related to the recent revision to the criteria for granting tax exemption to sponsoring organizations of family day care homes from the IRS’s Exempt Organizations Handbook.  

02/06/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1995-0012 Non-Birth Mothers Certified as Breastfeeding Women

The purpose of this policy memorandum is to clarify that women who breastfeed infants that they did not give birth to ("nonbirth mothers"), may be certified to participate in the WIC program as breastfeeding women at state option.

WIC 1996-1
10/04/1995
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1995-0011 WIC Allowable Costs and Additional Issues with a Dietetic Supervised Practice Program or Other Out-of-Service Training Program

The attached policy memorandum clarifies the requirements WIC agencies must meet to spend federal WIC grant funds on a dietetic supervised practice program or other out-of-service training program for WIC staff and eligible in-kind staff. WIC agencies that incurred WIC-allowable training costs.

WIC 1995-22
09/28/1995
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