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
Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request - WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence	05/11/2026

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Resource | Guidance Documents Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household

This memorandum modifies the policy related to categorical eligibility for free meals or free milk for children who are members of a household receiving assistance under SNAP, the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations or the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program.

08/27/2009

Resource | Guidance Documents U.S. Armed Forces Family Supplemental Subsistence Allowance – Permanently Excluded from Income Consideration for the Child Nutrition Programs

PL 109-163 made the Department of Defense’s Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance permanently available.

08/25/2006

Resource | Guidance Documents Verification Sample Size

The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act was amended by the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 to specify verification sample sizes for local educational agencies .

07/25/2006