Legal Advocacy Guides (EA, TAFDC, SNAP, EAEDC)
Welcome to the Benefits Practice Area section. Benefits is a large practice area including food stamps, cash assistance (TAFDC, EAEDC), emergency assistance, and welfare-related employment support services such as child care and transportation.
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Resource Library Materials: Browse the library by topic by clicking on a link in the sidebar to the left. If a listed topic also has subtopics, you can find out what these are by clicking on the triangle. Or, use the search, particularly if you want information on cross substantive issues or wish to restrict your search to a particular kind of document.
Field Operations Memo 2010-17 informed TAO staff that changes to the Virtual Gateway Common Intake Application was to take place on February 24, 2010. This deployment has been postponed. Read More
This State Letter transmits a change in the TAFDC Eligibility, Need and Payment Standards regulations for the month of March 2010 and thereafter. Beginning in 2010, the Department will be able Read More
Suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNA) Benefits Field Operations Memo 2008-25 advised TAO staff about the issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefits to certain households Read More
NOTE: The 2/24/2010 implementation date referred to in the Memorandum has been delayed. Overview Since its inception in August 2004, the Common Intake version of the Virtual Gateway (VG) o Read More