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Resource | Policy Memos Homeless Shelters Receiving Commodities in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

This memorandum clarifies our policy with regard to those situations in which homeless shelters participating in CACFP receive and use commodity foods.

08/18/1999
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1999-0010 WIC Information for CACFP State Agencies

The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998  requires CACFP state agencies to distribute WIC benefits and eligibility standards information to child care centers and each family and group day care home.

04/14/1999
Resource | Research | Participation Characteristics Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: FY 1997

This report provides information about the demographic and economic circumstances of food stamp households. 

02/01/1999
Resource | Guidance Documents | FNS-GD-1997-0016 Guidance on State Option Food Stamp Programs

The fiscal year 1997 Supplemental Appropriations Act gave states the option of purchasing federal food stamps for use in state-funded food assistance programs that provide nutrition assistance to legal immigrants and childless, able-bodied adults ineligible for the Food Stamp Program because of the three-month food stamp time limit.

08/14/1997
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1997-0014 Overclaims Resulting From Misclassification of Tier I Family Day Care Homes in CACFP

Attached is a memorandum to be issued to the state agencies responsible for administering the CACFP. The purpose of the memorandum is to provide guidance for use by state agencies on determining when to assert an overclaim against a sponsoring organization for misclassification of a day care home as a tier I home.

08/06/1997
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-1997-0003 Changes to the CACFP as Mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 amends a number of provisions in the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. This letter provides implementation guidance on the provisions contained in PL 104-193 which affect the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Welfare Reform Advisory Memo #2
01/27/1997
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