This memorandum provides the fiscal year 2027 inflation adjustments to the monthly cash-value voucher/benefit amounts for fruit and vegetable purchases in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
The FNA-380-1, Quality Control Review Schedule, was developed by FNA for state use to collect both quality control data and case characteristics for SNAP and to serve as the comprehensive data entry form for SNAP QC reviews.
This memo transmits technical updates to the FNS Handbook 310 issued through QC Policy Memo 24-03.
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, requires the SNAP QC system use a tolerance level to set a monetary threshold for determining which QC errors are included in the calculation of payment error rates. This threshold is adjusted annually to correspond with changes in the Thrifty Food Plan. The threshold will increase from $58 in FY 2026 to $59 for FY 2027.
Fiscal year 2025 SNAP application processing timeliness rates.
Fiscal year 2025 SNAP recertification processing timeliness rates.
Retailer notice that SNAP EBT chip and tap cards will be rolling out soon in various states. As states plan to add chip and tap functionality to SNAP EBT cards, it is imperative that retailer point of sale devices be updated to successfully read these cards to ensure SNAP cardholders can redeem their SNAP benefits at their store.
The purpose of this study is to describe the foods and beverages purchased by SNAP households, by using the most current data available.
This is a revision of the information collection under the burden number 0584-0293. This ICR will renew the previous collections associated with 0584-0293 and implement the two revised and seven new collections associated with the Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity final rule.
The purpose of these grants is to support SNAP state agencies in meeting these requirements and testing different income verification services to determine the most cost-effective solution.