FNA Documents & Resources | Food and Nutrition Administration

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Title	Comment Period End Date
SNAP: Changes in Federal-State Administrative Cost Sharing; Extension of Comment Period	09/08/2026
Information Collection Comment Request: Food Distribution Programs	09/08/2026
Information Collection: EmpowHR/Person Model Non-Employee Data Sheet—FNA-775	09/28/2026

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Resource | Guidance Documents ABAWD Question and Answers

Attached are questions posed by state agencies and Food and Nutrition Service responses that provide clarification on SNAP policy surrounding time-limited participation for ABAWDs.

12/20/2013

Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP- Able Bodied Adults without Dependents Waivers for FY 2014

This memo provides the list of states that are eligible to waive SNAP participation time limits for Able Bodied Adults without Dependents for FY 2014. Under SNAP regulations, a state can qualify for a 12-month statewide ABA WD waiver if the Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Service determines that it qualifies for extended unemployment benefits.

08/02/2013

Resource | Policy Extending Flexibility for RCCIs in the NSLP

On July 16, 2012, FNS issued memorandum SP 38-2012, which allowed Residential Child Care Institutions, with state agency approval, to serve the National School Lunch Program meal pattern in effect for the highest age/grade group served to all residential students.

06/26/2013

Resource | Training and Outreach Grow It, Try It, Like It! Nutrition Education Kit

Grow It, Try It, Like It! Nutrition Education Kit is a garden-themed nutrition education kit for child care center staff that introduces children to: three fruits - peaches, strawberries, and cantaloupe, and three vegetables - spinach, sweet potatoes, and crookneck squash.

05/13/2013

Resource | Guidance Documents USDA Foods Bone-in-Chicken Products

USDA Food and Nutrition Service policy memo SP 26-2013, "Extending Flexibility in the Meat/Meat Alternate and Grains Maximums for School Year 2013-14" extends the flexibility regarding Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA) maximums for SY 2013-13, allowing state agencies to assess compliance based on the minimum daily and weekly serving requirements only.

03/07/2013

Resource | Training and Outreach SNAP ABAWD 101 Presentation

PowerPoint presentation covering the SNAP Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) requirements.

02/22/2013

Resource | Policy Clarification of Traditional and Enhanced Food-Based Meal Pattern in the School Breakfast Program

This memorandum clarifies the term "equivalent combination" found in the traditional and enhanced food based meal pattern charts at §§ 220.8(g)(2) and 220.8(g)(3) of the School Breakfast Program regulations.

10/29/2001

Resource | Research and Data | Policy Analysis Imposing a Time Limit on Food Stamp Receipt: Implementation of the Provisions and Effects on Food Stamp Program Participation

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 imposed a work requirement and time limit on food stamp recipients viewed as fit to work – able-bodied adults without dependents. ABAWD participants are limited to three months of benefits in a three-year period unless they meet a work requirement. This study provides a national picture of how states implemented the ABAWD provisions and who was affected.

09/01/2001

Resource | Research and Data | Policy Analysis State Food Stamp Policy Choices Under Welfare Reform: Findings of 1997 50-State Survey

The report presents the results of a survey conducted with every state during November and December 1997 to gather detailed information on state options taken in six main areas, with particular focus on time limits and work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) and on food stamp sanctions.

05/01/1998