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Resource | Policy Proposed Rule - Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in SNAP

This rule proposes to codify a new framework for determining distinct staple food varieties and accessory foods for purposes of meeting the staple food requirements for retailer participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 

09/25/2025
Resource | Guidance Documents Texas SNAP Food Restriction Waiver

We are pleased to approve the request from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

08/04/2025
Resource | Guidance Documents Oklahoma SNAP Food Restriction Waiver

We are pleased to approve the request from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

08/04/2025
Resource | Guidance Documents Louisiana SNAP Food Restriction Waiver

We are pleased to approve the request from the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

08/04/2025
Resource | Guidance Documents West Virginia SNAP Food Restriction Waiver

We are pleased to approve the request from the West Virginia Department of Human Services to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

08/04/2025
Resource | Policy Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit”

This notice sets forth the interpretation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses for the term “Federal public benefit” as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. In doing so, this notice supersedes any prior interpretation in any notice or other document issued by any USDA agency. This notice also describes and preliminarily identifies the USDA programs that provide “Federal public benefits” within the scope of PRWORA.

07/10/2025
Resource | Policy Information Collection: SNAP - Reporting of Lottery and Gambling, and Resource Verification

This is a revision of a currently approved collection and existing burden in use in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This information collection captures the burden associated with the requirement that states make ineligible SNAP participants with substantial lottery or gambling winnings and establish cooperative agreements with gaming entities within their states to identify SNAP participants with substantial winnings. Individuals and households are required to report substantial winnings.

06/16/2025
Resource | Guidance Documents Utah SNAP Food Restriction Waiver

We are pleased to approve the request dated May 16, 2025, from the Utah Department of Workforce Services to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

06/10/2025
Resource | Guidance Documents Idaho SNAP Food Restriction Waiver

We are pleased to approve the request dated May 16, 2025, from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to allow the state to operate a novel demonstration project to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

06/10/2025
Resource | Guidance Documents Iowa SNAP Food Restriction Waiver

Iowa SNAP Food Restriction Waiver

05/23/2025
Page updated: October 14, 2021