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Resource | Policy SNAP Extension of Authority for Replacement of Stolen Benefits Plans

This memorandum is intended to clarify the impact of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025  on upcoming SNAP benefit issuance and stolen benefits replacements.

10/04/2024
Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP-Ed Guidance Plan and Templates

The guidance document provides policy guidance for states regarding the operation of the SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program, referred to as SNAP-Ed.

10/01/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP FY 2025 Discretionary Exemptions for ABAWDs - Not Adjusted for Carryover

FNS has estimated the number of new discretionary exemptions each state has earned for FY 2025. States that operated under a statewide waiver of the ABAWD time limit did not earn any new exemptions.

09/30/2024
Resource | Policy Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) – Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

This memorandum addresses questions we have received about the provisions of the CAA that affect the Nutrition Assistance Programs in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico.

09/16/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP Quality Control Error Tolerance Threshold for FY 2025

The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 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.

08/23/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP FY 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustments

This memorandum provides the FY 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustments to the SNAP maximum allotments, income eligibility standards, and deductions. Under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, COLAs are effective as of Oct. 1, 2024.

08/02/2024
Resource | Guidance Documents Guidance for Improving State Agency RPT Rates: Standardizing the Escalation Process

The purpose of this memorandum is to advise state agencies on the steps FNS will take to monitor and engage state agencies with poor SNAP recertification application processing timeliness rates.

07/31/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP Extension of Waiver of Quality Control Face-to-Face Interview Requirement

This memorandum extends the existing Quality Control face-to-face interview waiver through Sept. 30, 2025.

07/25/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP Requirement to Disposition and Transmit All Sampled Cases for SNAP Quality Control

Per SNAP regulations, state agencies are required to disposition and transmit the results of all cases sampled for Quality Control review as either complete, incomplete, or not subject to review.

07/25/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 addresses questions FNS has received about the provisions that affect SNAP.

07/12/2024
Page updated: October 14, 2021