Resource | FAQs/Q&As | FNS-GD-1998-0007
Balanced Budget Act of 1977 - Q&As Set 2
Balanced Budget Act of 1977 (PL 105-33) Questions and Answers - Set 2
04/23/1998
Resource | Guidance Documents | FNS-GD-1996-0008
Guidance for States on Use of Discretionary Food Stamp Program Time Limit Exemptions
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 stipulates that able-bodied, childless adults may only receive food stamps for 3 months in a 36-month period unless they work at least 20 hours a week; participate in an approved work or training program; or live in an area that has been waived from the time limit due to either an unemployment rate higher than 10 percent, or insufficient jobs.
08/14/1996
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1988-0016
Rescission of a Portion of PIRS Memo 85-05, Enhanced Funding for Food Stamp Investigations, and Prosecutions.
PIRS (Policy Interpretation Response System) Memo 85-05 deals primarily with funding aspects of state food stamp investigations, as its title indicates.
08/12/1988