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ResetResource | FAQs/Q&As | FNS-GD-2021-0011
    Q&A on Sections 702(a), (b), and (d) of The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
        The Q&A describes the temporary increase to the maximum monthly allotments and exclusion of pandemic unemployment compensation payments from SNAP income.
      02/18/2021
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
    Funds Provided to American Indians/Alaska Natives that are Excluded by Law
        This document describes funds provided to American Indians/Alaska Natives that are excluded by federal law when determining eligibility for the FDPIR program.
      08/09/2018
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0050
    Q&As regarding Military Combat Pay
        FNS is issuing this memorandum in fulfillment of the commitment made in the preamble of the SNAP: Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 final rule to provide additional guidance for state agencies on how to carry out the exclusion of certain military combat-related pay from income for purposes of SNAP eligibility determinations.
      08/28/2017
    Resource | Fact Sheets
    Excluded Retirement Accounts
        The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, limits the amount of resources that a household may have and still receive SNAP benefits. Resources can include, but are not limited to, cash and funds in checking or savings accounts.
      04/14/2017
    Resource | Final  Rule
    Final Rule: Exclusion of Combat Pay From WIC Income Eligibility Determinations
        This final rule excludes combat pay from inclusion in the WIC income eligibility determination for deployed service members.
      06/16/2011
    Resource | Final  Rule
    Final Rule: FDPIR Amendments Related to the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
        This rule permanently excludes combat pay from being considered as income and eliminates the maximum dollar limit of the dependent care deduction.
      04/06/2011
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2010-0032
    Exclusion of Military Combat Pay
        This supersedes the Jan. 7, 2010, version of the policy memo, Exclusion of Military Combat Pay. In addition to combat pay and other income received by deployed service members, this memorandum addresses Deployment Extension Incentive Pay.
          SP06 CACFP03 SFSP04-2010r
    09/15/2010
    Resource | Proposed Rule
    Proposed Rule: FDPIR Amendments Related to the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
        When determining eligibility for FDPIR, the proposed rule would permanently exclude combat pay from being considered income and eliminate the maximum dollar limit of the dependent care deduction.
      04/27/2010
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2010-0010
    Payments to Certain Filipino World War II Veterans - Exclusion from Income and Resources
        The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund for certain veterans, or surviving spouses of veterans, who served in the military of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
          SFMNP 2010-1
    03/10/2010
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2010-0009
    Payments to Certain Filipino World War II Veterans - Exclusion from Income and Resources
        The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund for certain veterans, or surviving spouses of veterans, who served in the military of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II and directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide one time payments of up to $15,000 to eligible persons.
          WIC 2010-5
    03/10/2010

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