Attached is an implementation memorandum describing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Section 728 of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (P.L 111-312) disregards federal tax refunds received after Dec. 3l, 2009, as income and as resources (for a period of 12 months) in all federal means-tested programs, including the SNAP.
FNS offered state agencies the opportunity to test whether using Quarterly Wage Report data was sufficiently accurate to verify and project earned income in certain SNAP cases. Two state agencies, Texas and Utah, agreed to participate and run projects that ran through 2014 and 2015.
SNAP Questions and Answers Concerning the Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations Final Rule
This memorandum clarifies SNAP policy regarding recertification interview scheduling.
This memorandum provides additional guidance and questions and answers for state agencies to implement the Review of Major Changes in Program Design and Management Evaluation Systems final rule.
The attached questions and answers are intended to address state agency concerns regarding the Implementing Memorandum for Section 4006, "Standard Utility Allowances Based on the Receipt of Energy Assistance," of the Agricultural Act of 2014.
This memo is to inform you of clarifications related to the use of telephonic signatures in SNAP. The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 requires that state agencies consider an application to be complete if it contains the client's name, address, and signature.
This memorandum provides policy clarification that will help to ensure that eligible homeless youth can access the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide policy clarification reinforcing the importance of carefully monitoring the funding of E&T activities-especially education components-operated by state agencies as part of their SNAP E&T programs.
