Historical (policies, reg comments, etc.)
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ALL Agency Rules & Procedures Practice Materials
Title  | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Federal Poverty Guidelines | |||
 | Food Stamp application: Simplified Food Stamp Application for Elderly Applicants Can be used by applicants over 60 who live alone, live with a spouse, or live with others but buy and prepare most food separately. | 7/5/2008 | |
 | Food Stamp Eligibility and Allotment Charts Various charts showing the gross income tests and maximum benefits for households in various categories. These charts are general in nature. If you are trying to figure out eligibility and allotment for a particular household,be sure to check the more specific allotment charts in the FS regulations for their household size and actual amount of countable income. | 10/14/2005 | |
| | Food Stamps - APPLICATON FORM - English (FSA- 1) as of March 2005 See also Field Operations Memo 2005-16 describing changes in form. | 3/1/2005 | |
| | Food Stamps - Informational Brochure 2005- English (DTA Form FSP- INFO) | 4/22/2005 | |
| | Food Stamps - Semi-anual reporting - Income Guidelines Form (English & Spanish) | 4/14/2005 | |
| | Food Stamps - SSI Recipient One-Page Application According to DTA Field Operations Memo 2005-4, this one page FS application form is used only by SSA District Offices for "pure" SSI households that do not qualify for Bay State CAP, or wish to apply for regular food stamps to get expedited or higher FS benefits. SSA offices have an obligation to take FS applications "at any time" and not refer SSI applicants or recipients to the local DTA office. See 7 USC 2020(I). Manchaca v Chater, 927 F. Supp. 962 (E.D. Tex 1996), see also SSA Policy Operations manuarl, Section SI 01801.005. | 1/2/2005 | |
| FY 06 Food Stamp Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) The federal food stamp benefit levels, shelter related deductions and | 10/25/2005 | ||
| | Jan 2006 Federal Poverty Guidelines; 200% Food Stamp Categorical Eligibility Rules Attached is a chart with the recently updated FPL. It was prepared with EA in mind, as the EA guidelines changed based on the FPL change. But in addition to EA, the 200% gross income test used for families under the "categorically eligibility" food stamp rules (106 CMR 364.976) should also increase immediately. Although the 130% gross income test and the net income tests do not increase until October 1st, the gross income test for categorical eligibility is pegged to the FPL and historically DTA has revised it when HHS revises the numbers. | 1/24/2006 | |
| | October 2007 Food Stamp increases Federal food stamp allotments and deductions increase effective October 1, 2007. DTA's notices for October still use the old amounts, but people should receive the increased amounts in October. A chart from the Food Research Action Center with the new amounts is attached. | 9/30/2007 | |
| | Shelter Verification - Landlord Form (LL/Ver - Revised September 2005) | 4/14/2005 | |
