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Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1997-0015 Guidance on State Option Food Stamp Programs

Attached is guidance for your staff and state agencies on submitting a request to purchase food stamps for use in state-funded nutrition programs. The guidance includes information on the terms for reimbursing the federal government for the value of food stamps distributed and the federal administrative costs incurred under such state programs.

08/08/1997
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1997-0001 WIC Program – Immigration Participation in the WIC Program

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, restricts participation in most food assistance programs based on citizenship and alien status. WIC is specifically exempted from these restrictions, however, states have the option to limit participation to citizens and qualified aliens. 

WIC 1997-3
01/13/1997
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