This memo provides clarification on the application of Sections 751 and 752 of the FNS Handbook 310. The clarifications reflect long-standing review procedures and information previously provided in response to policy inquiries and during trainings.

This memorandum is to remind state agencies it is important for state SNAP QC staff to have access to WIMS. In addition, FNS encourages SNAP state agencies to regularly train all staff on the approved alternative procedures for all current SNAP waivers and demonstration projects.

This is a revision of a currently approved information collection that was formerly titled “The Integrity Profile (TIP) Data Collection.”

This notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This is a new information collection for the contract of the study titled Guidance for SNAP Certification and Quality Control Interviews.

This memo transmits technical updates to the FNS Handbook 310 issued through QC Policy Memo 24-03.

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.

Fiscal year 2023 SNAP reported application processing timeliness rates. 

This information collection request is associated with initiating collection actions against households who received an over issuance in SNAP, issuing notifications to SNAP households regarding processes related to intentional program violations, and using disqualified recipient data to ascertain the correct penalty for IPVs, based on prior disqualifications.

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