FS Income

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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