FNS Documents & Resources

This collection is for providing SNAP households advance or concurrent notice of state agency action to store unused SNAP benefits offline due to three or more months of account inactivity and for those households to seek reinstatement of benefits prior to permanent expungement. Additionally, this collection is for providing SNAP households advance or concurrent notice prior to the state agency expunging unused SNAP benefits from the household's Electronic Benefit Transfer account due to nine months of account inactivity.

Retailer reminder with instructions for SNAP EBT chip card transactions at point of sale. Customers who have EBT chip cards should always attempt a chip (insert or tap) transaction first. The transaction may need to be completed with a swipe of the magnetic stripe, but the first transaction attempt should always use the chip. 

This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the levels of monthly benefits in the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Program. These adjustments reflect changes in the Thrifty Food Plan, as required under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

This retailer reminder is for California and bordering states SNAP retailers. The purpose of this communication is to remind you of the impact to you as an authorized SNAP retailer if you have not prepared your stores to accept EBT chip card technology.

This memorandum covers questions related to provisions in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standardization of Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances rule and the implementation process. FNS plans to publish additional question and answer guidance in the following months.

The final rule, SNAP: Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances, was published in the Federal Register on Nov.18, 2024. This final rule amends SNAP regulations for calculating standard utility allowances (SUAs) and expands allowable shelter expenses to include basic internet costs. The rule also finalizes updates to the treatment of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program payments. This memo provides a summary of the final rule provisions.

This proposed rule would update the method for calculating the Thrifty Food Plan cost adjustment for Hawaii to incorporate food prices from throughout the state of Hawaii rather than from Honolulu alone.

تتلقى هذه الرسالة بما أنك تاجر تجزئة معتمد من برنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية؛ حيث تُطرح البطاقات الذكية واللمسية للتحويل الإلكتروني للمزايا التابعة
لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية ) SNAP EBT ( قريبًا لولايتي كاليفورنيا وأوكلاهوما. مع تخطيط المزيد من الولايات لإضافة خاصية الشريحة واللمس إلى
البطاقات الذكية واللمسية للتحويل الإلكتروني للمزايا التابعة لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية، فمن الضروري تحديث أجهزة نقاط البيع لدى تجار التجزئة
لتتمكن من قراءة هذه البطاقات بنجاح، مما يضمن لحاملي البطاقات إمكانية الاستفادة من مزاياها في المتاجر التي يتعاملون معها.

This final rule amends SNAP regulations for calculating standard utility allowances (SUAs) and expands allowable shelter expenses to include basic internet costs. The rule also finalizes updates to the treatment of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program payments.