Clarifying that although a voided Puerto Rican birth certificate may not be used to verify identity for SNAP, other documents may be used to satisfy the verification of identity requirement. Read More

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

Finding that Haitian nationals granted TPS do not meet the definition of Haitian entrant and therefore are not qualified aliens eligible for SNAP (food stamp) benefits.  However, iff the household con Read More

Quality Control: The SNAP Quality Control System measures the accuracy of State eligibility and benefit determinations. 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 Food and Nutrition Services of USDA provides guidance to the states on implementing SNAP/ Food Stamps program policy.  This guidance is available on the USDA website. 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

This Policy Memo supersedes Policy Memos 80-060 and 85-015. The information has been updated and consolidated. Read More

Expands definition of disabled and hardship criteria for waiving in-office interview; requires phone access for reporting changes; provisions related to income and verifications; procedural provisions Read More

Attached is an 11/13/08 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 workin Read More