FNA is issuing this memorandum on the use of Electronic Benefit Transfer transaction data as evidence of an intentional program violation.
In school year 2013-14, FNA introduced the unified administrative review and a 3-year review cycle. Since then, FNA has received feedback about the difficulties of the shorter review cycle, both for the state agencies conducting the reviews, and for school food authorities preparing for and responding to reviews.
The Food and Nutrition Administration seeks to prevent firms authorized to participate in SNAP from delaying administrative actions, such as disqualification or civil money penalties, through submission of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests or appeals. As such, FNA is proposing that FOIA requests and FOIA appeals be processed separately from administrative actions FNA takes against retail food stores. This proposed rule would ensure that retail food stores can no longer use the FOIA process to delay FNA' administrative actions to sanction a retail food store for SNAP violations.
The final regulation establishing Food Stamp High Performance Bonuses was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 7, 2005. The regulation established the Program Access Index as one of the criteria – among others – on which states could qualify for a share of the funds made available for bonus awards.
FNA is soliciting proposals for the second round of funding (FY 2006) from state agencies that have identified local educational agencies which have demonstrated a high level of, or a high risk for, administrative error.
On Sept. 1, 2004, Food and Nutrition Administration published an interim rule, “Child and Adult Care Food Program; Improving Management and Program Integrity." This memorandum explains a provision in that rule requiring state agencies that administer the Child and Adult Care Food Program to share information with state agencies that administer the Food Stamp Program, effective April 1, 2005.
The Food and Nutrition Administration proposes to amend its regulations to implement several work-related provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. This proposed rule makes significant changes to current work rules, including requirements for the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program and the optional workfare program.
The purpose of this final rule is to implement the Food Stamp Program retailer provisions included in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as well as the retailer provision included in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act.
FNA is proposing to amend Food Stamp Program regulations by increasing the disqualification penalties for individuals who are found guilty in a federal, state or local court of trading or receiving food stamp coupons (coupons) for firearms, ammunition, explosives or controlled substances.
This final rule implements those nondiscretionary provisions pertaining to increased limits for civil money penalties for trafficking in benefit redemption instruments and for selling firearms, ammunition, explosives, or controlled substances for benefit redemption instruments. The intended effect of this rule is to raise the amounts of civil money penalties paid by authorized firms for the types of violations specified.