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ResetResource | 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 | Guidance Documents
    2022 Commissioners Letter on New DHS Public Charge Final Rule
        DUSEC letter to Commissioners on the new DHS rule on public charge (2022)
      09/13/2022
    Resource | Final  Rule
    Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
        The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is amending its regulations to prescribe how it determines whether noncitizens are inadmissible to the United States because they are likely at any time to become a public charge.
      09/08/2022
    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.
      01/05/2022Page updated: October 14, 2021 Return to top

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