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Resource | Policy Update of Food Crediting in the Child Nutrition Programs

This memorandum informs stakeholders on the progress made by FNS in updating the food crediting system for all child nutrition programs. This is a first step towards improving the crediting system to best address today’s evolving food and nutrition environment and meet the needs of those operating and benefiting from the CNPs.

12/04/2018
Resource | Training and Outreach A Short History of SNAP

1939 – The First Food Stamp Program

09/11/2018
Resource | Research and Data | General/Other CACFP Sponsor and Provider Characteristics Study

The CACFP Sponsor and Provider Characteristics Study is focused on the child care component of the CACFP, which provides federal funds for meals and snacks served to children in public or private child care centers, Head Start programs, outside-school-hours care centers, afterschool care programs, emergency shelters, and day care homes. The study also covered centers that participate in the At-Risk Afterschool (At-Risk) component, which provides meals to children and youth through age 18.

08/28/2018
Resource | Policy Memos National and State FY 2019 Target Memos

The purpose of this memo is to transmit national target areas and procedures for SNAP Management Evaluations for FY 2019. The FNS national office, in collaboration with FNS regional offices, has identified three national target areas and eight at-risk program areas where resources should be directed for FY 2019.

07/20/2018
Resource | Policy Conducting Five-Day Reconciliation in the CACFP

The purpose of this memorandum is to highlight state flexibilities and local choices for complying with the five-day reconciliation requirement in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

04/04/2018
Basic page SNAP Staple Foods

Retail food stores must meet Criterion A or Criterion B staple food requirements in order to be eligible to participate in SNAP. Staple foods are the basic foods that make up a significant portion of a person’s diet and are usually prepared at home and eaten as a meal.

03/05/2018
Resource | Policy Memos Benefit Adjustments in Combined Application Projects

This memorandum sets forth the adjustments to be made by states operating Combined Application Projects.

08/14/2008
Resource | Policy Questions and Answers on the Farm Bill

Attached are questions and answers providing policy clarification on issues related to the Employment and Training provisions of the Farm Bill.

08/01/2008
Resource | Guidance Documents Conducting Program Access Reviews at Local Food Stamp Offices

This guidance, which updates the original August 2000 guidance, is provided to assist FNS regional offices in conducting PARs. It is intended that state agencies will adapt this guidance when monitoring the program access portion of the ME reviews of their food stamp project areas (or counties).

07/31/2008
Resource | Policy Memos Demonstration Authority Required for Non-Merit Employee Interview Projects

This memo provides guidance to state agencies regarding the enactment of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. FSP announce its conclusion that the best approach to such projects, given the statutory authority, is to approve them as demonstration projects under Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act.

07/29/2008
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