This memorandum provides CSFP state agencies, including ITOs, with guidance on the requirements  for conferring CSFP income eligibility through participation in  specific federal  programs  or state programs with income eligibility guidelines at or below the state agency’s CSFP threshold.

This memorandum provides FDPIR administering agencies with guidance on changes to household eligibility requirements.

This memorandum clarifies that telephonic and virtual fair hearings and administrative disqualification hearings are allowed, reminds state agencies of related requirements, and recommends various best practices when conducting telephonic or virtual hearings. This memo rescinds and supersedes previous telephonic hearing guidance provided in FNA policy memos 82-14 and 83-05.

This memorandum provides interim guidance on new FDPIR regulatory waiver authority that became effective on Oct. 31, 2024.

This memorandum expands on guidance previously provided in SP 18-2009 Equipment Assistance Grants for School Food Authorities, dated March 9, 2009, and on SP 20-2009 Equipment Assistance Grants for School Food Authorities - Questions and Answers, dated March 20, 2009.

This memorandum provides CSFP state agencies, including ITOs, with guidance on the requirements for verifying the identity of CSFP participants prior to the distribution of USDA Foods.

This memorandum provides CSFP state agencies, including ITOs, with guidance on the submission of proposed amendments to CSFP state plans under regulatory requirements.

This TEFAP program guidance policy manual provides updated information for TEFAP state agencies on establishing criteria and methods for determining the eligibility of households to receive USDA Foods for home consumption in TEFAP.

This policy memorandum provides guidance to WIC state agencies on how to address corporate changes of ownership, including existing vendor authorization flexibilities, and on how to mitigate any resulting impacts on vendor authorization and participant access.

This memo addresses whether state agencies should count certain Medicare Advantage (MA) supplemental benefits as income for SNAP purposes.