Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2009-0052
SNAP - Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) Annual Review and Adjustment Biennial Option
It has come to FNS's attention that, due to unusual shifts in utility costs, SNAP benefits to needy families may decrease when states make annual SUA adjustments this year - even if the circumstances of those households remain constant.
08/18/2009
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2009-0047
SNAP - Non-Land-Line Telephone Expenses Allowances and Deductions
For over thirty years, SNAP has deducted the cost of telephones in determining a household's eligibility and benefit amounts, either by deducting actual telephone bills or standard telephone allowances.
07/14/2009
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2000-0016
Department of Defense - Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance for Certain Members of the Armed Forces
Included in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 is a provision requiring the Department of Defense to pay certain service members and their families a Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance so they will not have to rely on food stamps to make ends meet.
10/30/2000