FNS Documents & Resources

Pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 are eligible. They must meet income guidelines, a state residency requirement, and be individually determined to be at "nutritional risk" by a health professional.

Questions and answers regarding the SNAP eHIP cooperative agreement project.

Webinar on the SNAP eHIP cooperative agreement project presented in February 2023

Informational webinar/Q&A on SNAP grants for states using third party income databases for verification.

FNS is issuing this memorandum in fulfillment of the commitment made in the preamble of the SNAP: Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 final rule to provide additional guidance for state agencies on how to carry out the exclusion of certain military combat-related pay from income for purposes of SNAP eligibility determinations.

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide questions and answers to help Indian Tribal Organizations and state agencies implement provisions of the final rule: Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Income Deductions & Resource Eligibility.

-- Pilot Questions:  Features to Promote Healthy Food Choices   

-- Pilot Questions: Evaluation Features

-- Pilot Questions:  System Features

Additional questions and answers for the HIP request for application issued in March 2010.

Additional questions and answers for the HIP request for application issued in March 2010.

Additional questions and answers for the HIP request for application issued in March 2010.