The Model Notice Toolkit is a set of tools designed to help SNAP state agencies improve the notices they send to clients. The toolkit is designed to help state agencies evaluate their SNAP notices and make targeted improvements that fit the needs of their clients, work within system constraints, and comply with federal policy. The toolkit includes model notices with examples of plain language and formatting that state agencies can adapt to fit their own needs.
The toolkit also provides customizable tools to help promote continuous improvement practices. These tools focus on ten types of SNAP notices; however, many of the tools will also be helpful in making changes to other types of notices.
For each of the ten types of notices, the following components are provided:
- Notice Review Tools (NRT): These are checklists for evaluating SNAP notices. They include federal requirements, as well as comprehension, readability, usability and presentation principles, and electronic notice (e-notice) considerations.
- Model Notices: These sample notices illustrate policy compliance and communication best practices.
- Annotated Model Notices: These are versions of the model notices with comments to highlight, at a glance, how the sample notice meets SNAP policy requirements and considerations for state customization.
To see these components for each of the ten notices, please click the white arrow to the left of each notice name to expand the section:
- Notice of Adverse Action (NOAA)
- Notice Review Tool (NRT) - NOAA
- NOAA for ABAWDs 3rd Countable Month
- Note: Materials updated July 3, 2023 to incorporate changes from the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
- NOAA for Termination:
- Notice of Consolidated Work Requirements
- Note: Materials updated July 3, 2023 to incorporate changes from the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
- Notice of Denial
- Notice Review Tool (NRT) - Notice of Denial
- Denial for Failure to Complete the Interview:
- Denial for Income:
- Denial for Verifications:
- Notice of Eligibility
- Notice of Expedited Approval with Postponed Verification
- Notice of Expiration (NOE)
- Interview Scheduling Notice
- Notice of Missed Interview (NOMI)
- Notice of Requested Verification
- Notice of Required Verification
- Notice of Subject to Work Requirement - see NOTE in dropdown
- NOTE: This notice will be replaced by the Notice of Consolidated Work Requirements on October 1, 2021.
- Notice Review Tool (NRT)- Notice of Subject to Work Requirement
- Model Notice - Notice of Subject to Work Requirement
- Model Notice (Annotated) - Notice of Subject to Work Requirement
- Project Support Materials
These materials include a notice improvement team charter, a list of notice performance and comprehension and usability indicators, tips on collecting feedback from SNAP clients, a Plan-Do-Study Act (PDSA) form, and a communication plan worksheet.