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ResetResource | FAQs/Q&As | FNS-GD-2019-0056
    WIC Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
        Pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 are eligible. They must meet income guidelines, a state residency requirement, and be individually determined to be at "nutritional risk" by a health professional.
      04/04/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    FY 2024 Priority Areas for State Outreach Plans
        FNS strongly recommends that all states develop a SNAP outreach plan. In addition to increasing enrollment among eligible non-participating households, SNAP outreach can help reduce churn by encouraging existing SNAP households to recertify.
      02/01/2023
    Resource | Guidance Documents
    2022 Farm to School Grantee Checklist
        This checklist is intended to help new Farm to School grantees complete the "new grantee enrollment process." Grantees must complete all the necessary steps of the enrollment process prior in order to begin receiving grant funding.
      07/28/2022
    Resource | Guidance Documents | FNS-GD-2019-0098
    FNS Handbook 501 for FDPIR
        The FNS Handbook 501 provides ITOs and state agencies guidance on the administration of FDPIR. The chapters within the handbook cover all aspects of the program including financial management, certification of households, food ordering, and inventory control.
      06/02/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0087
    SNAP FY 2022 Cost-of-Living Adjustments
        This memorandum provides the federal FY 2022 Cost-of-Living Adjustments to the SNAP maximum allotments for the 48 contiguous states and D.C., Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, COLAs are effective as of Oct. 1, 2021.
      08/16/2021
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance | FNS-GD-2021-0067
    SNAP E&T Program Toolkit
        The purpose of this Toolkit is to provide state agencies with guidance and resources to plan and implement Employment and Training (E&T) Programs under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program).
      06/16/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0033
    SNAP – Emergency Allotments
        FNS intends to issue updated SNAP – Emergency Allotments guidance to provide benefits to certain eligible households, including those receiving SNAP benefits at the statutory maximum, that were previously deemed ineligible for emergency allotments by USDA.
      04/01/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0025
    WIC 2021-22 Income Eligibility Guidelines
        This memo is inform FNS regional offices and state agencies of the release of the 2021-22 WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines. The 2021-22 Income Eligibility Guidelines are used by state agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in WIC.
          WIC Policy Memorandum: #2021-5
    03/15/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0024
    SFMNP  2021-22 Income Eligibility Guidelines
        This memo is inform FNS regional offices and state agencies of the release of the publication of the 2021-22 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Income Eligibility Guidelines. The 2021-22 Income Eligibility Guidelines are used by state agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in SFMNP. These income eligibility guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the SFMNP regulations
          SFMNP Policy Memorandum #2021-1
    03/15/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2020-0094
    Publication of the 2020-2021 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Income Eligibility Guidelines
        This policy memorandum transmits the 2020-2021 Income Eligibility Guidelines for the Senior Farmers’ Market National Program.
          SFMNP Policy Memo #2020-1
    05/26/2020

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