FS Income

04/23/2001 USDA

USDA guidance stating that AmeriCorps payments are excluded from income for Food Stamp purposes. Read More

04/29/2010 DTA

Overview In January, Field Operations Memo 2010-2 informed TAOs that the ARRA $25 weekly unemployment compensation (UC) payment would be excluded from the calculation of income and resources for SN Read More

04/01/2010 DTA

From the Hotline If you have any questions on this column or other policy and procedural material, please have your Hotline designee call the Policy Hotline at 617-348-8478. Q. Read More

03/01/2010 DTA

Clients who are participating in a Section 8 Homeownership Program use their Section 8 vouchers each month to help pay their mortgage. Read More

06/06/2006 DTA

If a Food Stamps assistance unit (AU) is certified as a USR (Universal Semiannual Reporting) AU. Read More

02/22/2010 MLRI

Food Stamp/SNAP benefit levels and gross and net income tests - current as of January 2010. Read More

01/22/2010 DTA

Overview A new law enacted on November 6, 2009 changes the treatment of the $25 weekly ARRA unemployment compensation (UC) payment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Read More

11/19/2009 USDA

USDA recently issued guidance that the $25 additional UI payment as a result of the "Worker, Home ownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009" is not countable income. Read More

11/17/2009 DTA

The 2010 Census will begin in April 2010. Some of our clients may be accepting short-term jobs with the Census Bureau. Read More

10/17/2003 USDA

States and territories must no longer count NAP (Nutritional Assistance Program-- Puerto Rico) benefits when determining Food Stamps eligibility and benefits. This policy is effective immediately. Read More