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ResetResource | Policy Memos
    Updates to Paper-Based Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) and Cuban Haitian Entrants
        This memo clarifies processes to reflect system updates for state agencies pursuing additional verification through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program that have caused an area of SNAP regulations to become outdated and no longer applicable. This memo also explains how to request information on SNAP applicants who are claiming Cuban-Haitian Entrant designation.
      04/11/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0110
    SNAP Provisions in the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act
        This memorandum describes the provisions of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act that affect SNAP. Section 2502 of the Act provides that Afghan nationals, citizens, or those who last habitually lived in Afghanistan who are granted parole between July 31, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2022, are eligible to receive resettlement assistance, entitlement programs (including SNAP), and other benefits available to refugees admitted under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
      01/06/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    2022 Commissioners Letter - SNAP Policy on Public Charge
        This is a letter clarifying public charge policy as it pertains to SNAP participation. The letter was sent to SNAP state commissioners in Jan. 2022.
      10/19/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Joint Letter on Public Charge
        This is a letter clarifying public charge policy as it pertains to SNAP participation. The letter is jointly signed by FNS and USCIS.
      10/19/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0037
    DHS Letter - Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
        This letter provides key information about a change in the way the Department of Homeland Security is administering the public charge ground of inadmissibility.
      10/19/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos
    DHS Letter - Update to Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Letter
        This letter is an update to the April 12, 2021 letter that USCIS issued concerning public charge and how it interacts with the food assistance programs, including SNAP.
      10/19/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Carta de los Comisionados de 2022- Política SNAP sobre la Carga Publica
        Esta es una carta que aclara la política de la carga publica en lo que se refiere a participación de SNAP. La carta fue enviada a los comisionados estatales de SNAP en enero de 2022.
      01/12/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Carta conjunta sobre la carga publica
        Esta es una carta que aclara la política de carga pública en lo que respecta a la participación en SNAP. La carta está firmada conjuntamente por FNS y USCIS.
      01/05/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0067
    United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Restated its Longstanding Policy Regarding Public Charge
        Letters to various directors of Human Services with attached public charge fact sheet.
      08/23/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2015-0004
    Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program
        FNS has received several inquiries regarding the eligibility of participants in the Department of Homeland Security's new Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program for SNAP benefits.
      01/28/2015

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