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Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0003 Policy Clarifications for Adminstering the SNAP Employment and Training Programs

This memorandum identifies and clarifies several statutory and regulatory requirements that state agencies operating mandatory E&T programs must implement to ensure adequate protections for SNAP applicants and recipients as well as proper administration of the program.

01/19/2017
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2016-0055 Verification of Certification

This memorandum provides guidance for all state agencies administering WIC related to the issuance, acceptance, and confirmation of Verification of Certification when a WIC participant moves from one service delivery area to another, particularly in the case of participants that move from one state to another.

WIC 2016-4
08/11/2016
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2016-0014 SNAP Employment and Training Program Monitoring, Oversight and Reporting Measures

The interim final rule, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training (E&T) Program Monitoring, Oversight and Reporting Measures, was published in the Federal Register on March 24, 2016. States are required to include reporting measures in their E&T State Plans for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2017.

03/24/2016
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2016-0013 SNAP Employment and Training WIOA Unified and Combined State Plans

This memorandum provides guidance to state agencies on the SNAP Employment and Training requirements when opting to submit E&T plan components as part of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act combined state plan.

03/14/2016
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2015-0039 SNAP Recertification Interview Scheduling Memo

This memorandum clarifies SNAP policy regarding recertification interview scheduling.

07/31/2015
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0038 Revised Policy on Certification Periods for Zero Income Households

This memorandum provides revised policy guidance on certification periods pertaining to zero income households in FDPIR. FNS Handbook 501 provides that households who report zero income month after month must be asked as to how they sustain themselves and other household members.

FD-135
05/13/2014
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2012-0035 Approval of SNAP E&T Plans

This memorandum sets forth SNAP State Employment and Training plan approval policies. This guidance is based upon a similar memo regarding SNAP Nutrition Education Plans, issued June 16, 2006.

05/30/2012
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2011-0040 Questions and Answers on SNAP Online Applications

This memorandum provides questions and answers about state online application compliance with SNAP regulations. The attachment gives clarification about compliance issues emphasized in the Online Application Review Results and Action Items memorandum issued Dec. 17, 2010.

05/27/2011
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2011-0035 Required Reimbursements to Participants in the SNAP E&T Program

FNS closely reviews state spending on the SNAP Employment and Training Program. Recently, we noticed that an increasing number of state agencies do not spend money on allowable participant reimbursements, such as transportation and dependent care.

05/11/2011
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2011-0019 Zero benefit households and Employment and Training Services

This memo clarifies FNS policy on serving zero benefit households through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program employment and training program.

03/16/2011
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