FNS waiver of ABAWD work rules for certain towns and region. See charts re: which towns and region have FS work rules waived for 2008.

FNS policy concerning how employment-related cafeteria/flex benefits are counted in the FS program.

On June 12th, 2006, USDA issued policy guidance clarifying that a disabled person may be considered a food stamp household separate from a person who resides with him or her and purchases and prepares food separately on the disabled person's behalf. The issue arose in litigation in Alabama. Attached is a copy of the recently issued USDA Guidance.

Questions and answers from FNS regarding the effects of receipt of LIHEAA fuel assistance on getting the SUA. Basically any FS recipient who is approved for LIHEAA is eligible for the full SUA, even if they are not billed separately for heat. This is especially important for elders and disabled recipients who have uncapped SUA's.

USDA instructions on how states can develop and update their Standard Utility Allowances.

FNS response that led to state adopting better calculation for Food Stamps for families where a documented immigrant does not provide sponsor information.

FNS Central letter of clarification to NE Region FNS office, explaining which assisted living situations result in FS eligibility and which do not.

Attached is an 11/14/08 memo from Art Foley of USDA instructing the mid-Atlantic region (and rest of the country) that they should accept as verification of income the paystubs of an immigrant working under the name and SSN of another individual. USDA instructs states that income verification used to verify income need not match with documents used to verify identity, and that if a household has a reasonable explanation for the discrepancy in the workers name on the earnings records, the verification and that explanation should be accepted. USDA further instructs that states should not report or disclose the fact of a name and SSN of another being used by another to anyone outside of the state agency (e.g. law enforcement or immigration). This is terrific guidance and hopefully will address those few situations where households have earnings but are reluctant to report the information.

Detailed USDA Guidance of January 2003 on how states must implement various immigrant eligibility provisions including the upcoming Farm Bill five-year residency rule, sponsor-immigrant deeming, sponsor liability, determining 40 quarters of work history, treatment of income and assets of ineligible immigrants, reporting illegal and indigent immigrants, public charge, verification of immigrant status and more.

Extensive analyses by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the proposed US Department of Agriculture food stamp regulations. Included are comparison charts on the then current and proposed changes. These materials may be useful as background research on federal food stamp policy and possible arguments for challenging certain regulations.