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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance SNAP State Outreach Plan Guidance

This document is for state agencies that administer SNAP to use in developing and submitting their SNAP outreach plan to FNS for approval.

07/06/2017
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2015-0015 Local Foods in the Child and Adult Care Food Program

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance on the incorporation of local foods and agriculture-based curriculum in early childhood education and care settings, clarifies policies in the recently published FNS Instruction relevant to local food production and procurement, and includes questions and answers regarding procuring local food for use in the CACFP.

CACFP11-2015
03/13/2015
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0047 Approval of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Outreach Plans

This memorandum sets forth SNAP state outreach plan approval policies. This guidance is based upon a similar memo regarding SNAP Employment & Training Plans, issued May 30, 2012.

06/05/2014
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2011-0042 Outreach to Households on the Availability of the School Breakfast Program

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance on the implementation of the provision requiring schools to conduct outreach on the availability of the SBP.

SP40-2011
06/15/2011
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2009-0080 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Targeted School Selection and Outreach Process

This memorandum provides clarification on the statutory requirements for selecting schools and reiterates information from the Sept. 29, 2009 FFVP webinar on the targeting and outreach process that states must conduct in order to select schools.

SP 10-2010
12/01/2009
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2009-0025 Adherence to School Selection Criteria and Outreach to Potentially Eligible Schools

This memorandum provides a reminder of the statutory requirements for selecting schools, especially the requirement that selected FFVP schools meet the highest free and reduced price need level as required in the Act, and also provides clarification on requirements for state outreach to schools.

SP19-2009
03/18/2009
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2006-0033 Food Stamp Outreach Plan Activities

This memorandum addresses questions recently raised about the allowable scope of formal state Food Stamp Program outreach plans. The specific issue is whether state FSP outreach plans may include activities directed to access and retention of current participants in addition to outreach and education efforts directed to nonparticipating persons.

06/19/2006
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1999-0007 Strategies for Outreach to Children Eligible for CHIP or the Medicaid Program and Cost Issues

This memorandum addresses a broad range of issues regarding outreach strategies that WIC state and local agencies are encouraged to undertake to assist in identifying, educating, and referring uninsured children to and/or facilitate their enrollment in CHIP or Medicaid.

WIC Policy Memorandum #99-05
03/30/1999
Page updated: October 14, 2021