Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2004-0047
New Medicare Prescription Drug Card Q&As
We have been asked whether to adopt for food stamp benefit purposes the $48.17 average cost for prescription drug purchases that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) calculated. The answer is yes, with some caveats. We have prepared two new Q&As to outline how this should work.
12/02/2004
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2003-0017
Withdrawing Food Stamp Applications
Over the past few months, we have learned that some local offices suggest that clients withdraw their applications. The suggestion or recommendation that a client withdraw impinges on the voluntary character of a withdrawal.
04/17/2003
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1997-0020
Food Stamp Comparable Disqualifications
The following memo gives guidance on disqualifying a member of a food stamp household from the Food Stamp Program when that person fails to do something required by another public assistance program.
11/19/1997