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ResetResource | Policy Memos
    Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers - Revised
        This guidance updates previously issued Questions and Answers to clarify SFSP requirements. It supersedes SFSP 05-2017, Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers, Dec. 1, 2016.
          SFSP 05-2017
    09/28/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    FD-154: TEFAP, CSFP - Cancellation of Policy Memoranda FD-138 and FD-141
        In order to update and streamline policy guidance for CSFP and TEFAP, FNS is cancelling Policy Memoranda FD-138 and FD-141.
          FD-154
    09/12/2023
    Resource | Guidance Documents
    FDPIR Monthly Distribution Guide Rates By Household Size
        FNS Handbook 501, Exhibit O shows the FDPIR monthly distribution guide rates by household size effective Sept. 1, 2023. This document is commonly referred to as the "FDPIR Guide Rate."
          FNS Handbook 501, Exhibit O
    08/16/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    SNAP FY 2024 Cost-of-Living Adjustments
        This memorandum provides the FY 2024 Cost-of-Living Adjustments to the SNAP maximum allotments, income eligibility standards, and deductions. Under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, COLAs are effective as of Oct. 1, 2023.
      08/03/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Updated Guidance for Improving State Agency Application Processing Timeliness Rates: Standardizing the Escalation Process
        The purpose of this memorandum is to advise state agencies on the steps the Food and Nutrition Service will take to monitor and engage state agencies with poor SNAP initial application processing timeliness rates.
      08/02/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Guidance for Submitting Amendments to TEFAP State Plans per 7 CFR 251.6
        This memorandum provides guidance to TEFAP state agencies on how to submit proposed amendments to their TEFAP state plans as discussed in existing regulations.
      07/05/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    SNAP Use of Information Received from Other Public Assistance Programs
        This guidance clarifies how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may use information it receives from other public assistance programs that are part of the same state agency.
      06/21/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Implementation of Summer EBT in 2024 by WIC Indian Tribal Organizations
        This memorandum provides information to assist Indian Tribal Organizations (ITO) in preparing to implement Summer EBT.
          SEBT 02-2023
    06/13/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Initial Site Visits in the Summer Food Service Program
        This guidance memo addresses sponsors’ monitoring requirements of its sites and food service operations in the SFSP. This guidance applies to sponsors’ management responsibilities of conducting initial site visits and full reviews of food service, including visits of non-congregate rural meal sites.
          SFSP 10-2023
    05/30/2023
    Resource | FAQs/Q&As | FNS-GD-2019-0012
    Summer Food Service Program FAQs
        Questions and answers regarding why the SFSP is important and how it operates.
      05/18/2023

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