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Resource | Guidance Documents Income Excluded by Federal Law—Disaster Relief Employment Funded Under National Emergency Grants

We received a question as to how to treat disaster relief employment income received from a National Emergency Grant.

12/22/2004
Resource | Guidance Documents New Medicare Prescription Drug Card Q&As

We have been asked whether to adopt for food stamp benefit purposes the $48.17 average cost for prescription drug purchases that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) calculated. The answer is yes, with some caveats. We have prepared two new Q&As to outline how this should work.

12/02/2004
Resource | Policy Nutrition Requirements: Special Assistance: Amendment Expanding Provisions 2 & 3 District-wide

This memo provides the basic procedures for implementing Provision 2 or 3 SFA-wide or for a subgroup of schools within an SFA.

08/06/2004
Resource | Policy Implementation of the Infant Formula Cost Containment Provisions of PL 108-265

This memorandum provides guidance on the implementation of the nondiscretionary infant formula cost containment provisions of PL 108-265, the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004. 

07/30/2004
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: FSP Vehicle and Maximum Excess Shelter Expense Deduction Provisions of PL 106-387

This rule allows state agencies the option to use their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program vehicle allowance rules rather than the vehicle rules ordinarily used in the Food Stamp Program where doing so will result in a lower attribution of resources to food stamp households.

07/29/2004
Resource | Policy Treatment of Medicare Prescription Drug Card and Related Transitional Assistance in WIC Income Eligibility Determinations

Authorized by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), the prescription drug discount card provides Medicare beneficiaries with negotiated prices that should be lower than the regular price of prescription drugs.

06/29/2004
Resource | Proposed Rule Proposed Rule: FSP Eligibility and Certification Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002

This rulemaking proposes to amend Food Stamp Program regulations to implement 11 provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 that establish new eligibility and certification requirements for the receipt of food stamps.

04/16/2004
Resource | Policy WIC Racial/Ethnic Data Collection

This policy memorandum provides guidance to state and local agencies on the WIC Racial/Ethnic Data Collection.

04/07/2004
Resource | Guidance Documents Nutrition Education: USDA Provides Services through Multiple Programs, but Stronger Linkages among Efforts Are Needed

GAO Report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry U.S. Senate on Nutrition Education: USDA Provides Services through Multiple Programs, but Stronger Linkages among Efforts Are Needed

04/01/2004
Resource | Proposed Rule Proposed Rule: FSP Employment and Training Program Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002

The Department proposes to establish a reasonable formula to allocate 100 percent federal funds authorized under the Farm Bill to carry out the E&T program each fiscal year.

03/19/2004
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