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Freedom of Information Act

Index of Records

1980

80-5 2-6-80 MPRO
     Claims Against Households: State and Local Recordkeeping Procedures 
     273.17; 273.18
80-10 2-5-80 WRO
     Application Processing: Filing an Application 273.2(e)
80-14 3-24-80 NERO
     Publication of Procedure for Fair Hearings and Disqualification Hearings 
     (Changed per PM 83-11.) 273.15(i); 273.16(e)(2)(v)
80-l6 3-24-80 MWRO
     Calculation of Inadvertent Household and Administrative Error Claims 
     (Replaced PM 04-79; changed per PM 83-11.) 273.18(c)(1)(i)
80-18 3-24-80 SERO
     Income From Repatriated Americans Program 273.9(c)
80-20 3-27-80 SWRO
     Incorrect Notice of Eligibility and the Notice of Adverse Action Requirement 
     273.10(g)(1)(i); 273.13(a)
80-25 4-28-80 WRO
     Anticipation of Migrant Farm Worker Income 273.10(c)(1)
80-26 4-30-80 MPRO
     Distinguishing Retroactive Benefits From Restored Benefits (Replaced PM 
     06-37 and all previous memoranda issued on the subject.) 273.17(d)(4)
80-28 5-6-80 MPRO
     Food Stamp as In-kind Income (Reg citation changed per PM 83-11.) 
     273.18(g)(1)
80-30 5-19-80 SERO
     Fair Hearing Rights of Household Moving From One Project Area to Another 
     (Three questions) 273.13(b); 273.15
80-31 5-19-80 MARO
     Signing a Food Stamp Program Application With An "X" 273.2(c)(i)
80-32 5-21-80 WRO
     Display of the Food Stamp Rights and the "And Justice For All" Posters 
     (See ALRO memo of 5-6-81 re last paragraph of memo.) 272.6(f)(2); 
     273.2(c)(4)
80-36 6-4-80 SERO
     Verification of Changes at Recertification (Supersedes PM 79-142.) 
     273.2(f)(8)(i); 273.12 (a)(1)(i)
80-37 6-12-80 NERO
     Claims Computation for Households Who Have Averaged Fluctuating 
     Income and/or Expenses (Changed per PM 83-11.) 273.18
80-38 6-13-80 ALRO
     Status of Cubans, Haitians, and Other Alien Groups 273.2(f)
80-41 6-24-80 NERO
     Eligibility of Residents of Detoxification Centers 273.1(e)(2)
80-45 6-24-80 ALRO
     State Agency Signature on Form FNS-250 274.4(b)
80-47 6-27-80 SERO
     Liability for Mail Issuance Losses 274.3(c)(4)
80-51 7-9-80 MPRO
     Calculating Utility Costs (Five questions) 273.10
80-55 7-17-80 MPRO
     Medical Insurance Premiums (Two questions) 273.9(d)(3)(iv)
80-59 8-1-80 ALRO
     Distinction Between Travel or Wage Advances (Replaced PM 6-85.) 
     273.10(e)(3)(v)
80-62 8-8-80 NERO
     Request for Policy Classification - Racial/Ethnic Data 272.6
80-63 8-13-80 ALRO
     Medical/Shelter Deductions - Averaging and Verification (Seven questions - 
     question 3 superseded by PM 80-71. See PM 82-12.) 273.9(d)
80-66 8-13-80 MARO
     Handling Civil Rights Complaints, Fair Hearing Requests, and Other 
     Complaints in Joint Processing Cases 273.2(k)
80-69 8-29-80 ALRO
     Medical/Shelter Deductions - Household Members (Three questions) 
     273.9(d)
80-70 9-2-80 MWRO
     Money Given to Students by Parents Is Income(Three questions) 
     273.9(c)(5)(iv)
80-71 9-17-80 ALRO
     Medical/Shelter - Averaging and Verification (Partially supersedes PM 
     80-63.) 273.9(d)
80-72 9-18-80 ALRO
     Medical/Shelter Deductions - Allowable Expenses (Five questions; Q&A #1 
     superseded by PM 91-9.) 273.9(d)

1981

81-1 l0-10-80 ALRO
     Basic Allowance for Quarters and Basic Allowance for Subsistence 
     Considered Earned Income (Replaces PM 79-205.) 273.9(b); 273.9(c)
81-2 10-15-80 ALRO
     Work Registration Requirements as Applied to Aliens Without Work 
     Permits 273.4; 273.7
81-5 10-15-80 ALRO
     Military Housing and Food Allowances (19 questions) 273.9(b); 273.9(c)
81-10 11-19-80 MWRO
     Status of Teenagers Residing in Chemical Dependent Treatment Centers 
     273.1(a)
81-13 11-21-80 ALRO
     Military Allowance for Uniforms (Four questions) 273.9(c)(5)(i)
81-14 11-28-80 MWRO/SERO
     The '12-Month' Limit for Audit-Cited Cases (Changed per PM 83-11.) 273.17; 
     273.18
81-16 11-28-80 NERO
     Maximum Time Period for Requesting a Fair Hearing After a Mass Change 
     273.15(g)
81-17 11-28-80 NERO
     Continuation of Benefits After a Mass Change 273.15(k)(1)
81-22 12-8-80 NERO/WRO
     Fair Hearings: Postponements 273.15
81-27 1-12-81 ALRO
     Medical/Shelter Deductions: Installments and Loans (Four questions; last 
     question superseded by PM 82-20.) 273.9(d)
81-29 1-27-81 MWRO/SERO
     Clarification of Earned Income 273.9(b)(1)(i)
81-30 1-26-81 SERO
     Work Registration Exemption for Migrants With Contracted Work 273.7
81-37 2-18-81 NERO
     Handling Fluctuating Hours of Employment (Supersedes PM 80-67. 
     Corrected by PM 85-02.) 273.7(b)
81-41 3-10-81 ALRO
     Eligibility of Aliens (Supersedes PM 80-49.) 273.2; 273.4
81-43 4-9-81 SERO
     Timeframe for Sending PA/FS Joint Notice of Adverse Action 273.13(a)(1)
81-44 4-9-81 SERO
     Distinguishing Retroactive From Restored Benefits (Three questions. See 
     PM 79-257 and 80-26.) 273.2(a); 273.2(b); 273.14(c); 273.17
81-52 6-1-81 SERO
     Dependent Care 273.9(d)(4)
81-55 6-26-81 SERO
     Work Registration Exemption-Win Participation 273.7
81-56 7-21-81 MWRO
     Work Registration Exemptions (Supersedes PM 3-42.) 273.7
81-60 8-19-81 WRO
     Nationals From American Samoa or Swain's Island 273.4(a)

1982 82-2 10-8-81 MWRO
     Mass Change in Public Assistance 273.12
82-5 ll-13-81 MPRO
     Telephone Equipment for Handicapped Persons 273.9(d)(3); 273.9(d)(5)
82-6 11-17-81 ALRO
     Work Registration Exemptions for the Care-taker of a Child and for the
     Care of an Incapacitated Person (Supersedes PM 2-157 and subsequent 
     clarification memo of 79/03/02. Per PM 85-2 change l2 yrs to 6 yrs.) 
     273.7(b)(iv)
82-7 11-20-81 MPRO/SERO
     Work Registration: Disqualification (Per PM 85-2, the second paragraph is 
     obsolete and is rescinded per the October 3, 1984 regulations.) 273.7
82-14 5-21-82 ALRO
     Telephone Fair Hearings (Supersedes PM 80-50.) 273.15
82-19 6-29-82 SERO
     Late Charges on Shelter Costs 273.9(d)(5)
82-20 6-29-82 SWRO
     Medical Deductions-Installments/Loans 
     (Supersedes last question in PM 81-27.) 273.10(d)
82-23 8-30-82 SWRO
     MRRB - Action on Unverified Earned Income (Changed per PM 84-17.) 
     273.21(j)(3)
82-25 9-1-82 ALRO
     Use of Net Income Standard and Medical and Unlimited Excess Shelter 
     Deductions 273.9(a) and (b)
82-29 9-28-82 SWRO
     Certification Periods (Changed by PM 84-5. Reg cite changed by PM 
     84-17.) 273.21(a)
1983

83-3 10-22-82 SWRO
     MRRB - Migrant Households 273.21(b)
83-5 11-22-82 ALRO
     Telephone Disqualification Hearings
     (Changed by PM 83-11.) 273.16
83-7 12-3-82 MPRO
     Offsetting Claims With Restored Benefits 273.17
83-8 2-8-83 ALRO
     $10 Minimum for One- and Two-Person Households 273.10(e)
83-12 4-19-83 ALRO
     Proration of Initial Month's Benefits
     (Three questions. Supersedes PM 82-21. Q&A #2 canceled per PM 87-14.) 
     273.10(a)(1)(iii)
83-13 6-9-83 NERO
     Vacation Pay for Laid Off Employees 273.8(c)
83-15 7-8-83 ALRO
     Clarification of Reduction/Suspension/Cancellation Regulations (30 
     questions. Supersedes PM 81-31.)
83-16 7-21-83 MARO
     Collection of Multiple Claims Via Allotment Reduction 273.18(d); 273.18(g) 
     (Revised by PM 93-2.)
83-17 7-21-83 ALRO
     Handling Income and Deductions for Households With Ineligible Aliens and 
     SSN Disqualified Individuals (Three questions. Supersedes PM 81-45. 
     Changed per PM 86-16.) 273.11(c)
83-18 7-25-83 WRO
     Income From a Sales Contract 273.9(b)
83-20 9-28-83 ALRO
     Allocated Tips 273.9(b)

1984

84-2 10-12-83 ALRO
     Medical Expenses Under Retrospective Budgeting (Two questions. Reg 
     citation changed per PM 84-17.) 273.21(j)(1)(vii)(C)
84-3 l0-12-83 MWRO/SERO
     Requests That FNS Pay Half the Cost of Insurance for Protection Against 
     Liability for Mail Losses Exceeding Tolerance Levels 277
84-5 10-18-83 ALRO
     Monthly Reporting Retrospective Budgeting (MRRB) (Four questions. 
     Clarifies wording in PM 82-29. Q&A #2 canceled per PM 92-3.) 273.21
84-8 10-24-83 ALRO
     Income and Deductions for Change Reporters (Four questions. Regulation 
     citation changed to 273.21(f) per PM 84-17.) 273.10(c); 273.10(d); 273.21(f); 
     273.21(j)
84-9 10-26-83 ALRO
     Effective Date of Adverse Actions 273.12(c)(2)
84-10 10-25-83 ALRO
     Rent Payments by Sharing Households 273.9(c)(6)
84-12 10-25-83 SERO
     MRRB (Nine questions. Q&A #1 and #7 superseded by PM 84-35. Q&A #3 
     canceled by PM 84-21. Answer to Q&A #4 changed by PM 95-1. Q&A #6 
     and #9 deleted by PM 95-1. Regulation citation changed per PM 84-17.) 
     273.21(f); 273.12(c)
84-15 11-15-83 ALRO
     Termination of Strike for Food Stamp Purposes When Job Ceases To Exist 
     273.1(g)
84-16 12-19-83 NERO
     Retail Ownership--Conditional Bills of Sale (Not for State Agency Action.) 
     278.1
84-20 1-26-84 ALRO
     Intentional Program Violation Penalties 273.16(b)
84-22 3-7-84 SERO
     Eligibility in More Than One Household (Rescinds PM 81-6.) 273.3; 
     273.12(c); 273.21(f)(1)
84-23 3-16-84 ALRO
     Verification of Alien Status by Canadian Indians (Issued to settle Vielle v. 
     USDA & Washington.) 273.2(f)(1)(ii)
84-25 3-23-84 MPRO
     MRRB--Adding a New Household Member
     (3 questions. Q&A #1 changed by PM 95-1. Q&A #3 superseded by PM 
     84-32.) 273.21(f); 273.21(j)|
84-26 3-27-84 NERO
     Food Taken Out From Communal Dining Facilities 271.2; 278.1(d)
84-32 6-18-84 MARO
     Terminated Income When PA Is Counted Prospectively (Five questions. 
     Supersedes Q&A #3 of PM 84-25. 2nd and 3rd introductory paragraphs and
     Q&A #5 deleted; Q&A #4 changed to "No" per PM 92-3.) 273.21(f)(1)(vii)(B)
84-33 6-29-84 ALRO
     Averaging Student Grants and Loans (Supersedes PM 79-93. Last sentence 
     of PM 84-33 canceled per PM 84-40.) 273.10(c)(3)(iii)
84-34 7-3-84 SWRO
     Misuse of Food Coupons by Drug/Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation 
     Programs 273.11(e)
84-36 8-9-84 ALRO
     Utility Costs and the Standard Allowance (Two questions) 273.9(d)(6)(vi)
84-37 8-13-84 ALRO
     Retroactive and Restored Lump-Sum Payments 273.9(c)(8); 
     273.21(j)(1)(vii)(B)
84-38 8-24-84 ALRO
     State's Failure To Apply Disqualification Penalties 273.16; 273.18
84-39 9-26-84 ALRO
     Effect of IV-D Support Payments to Households 273.9(b); 273.12; 273.13
84-40 9-27-84 ALRO
     Averaging Student Grants and Loans (Cancels last sentence of PM 84-33.) 
     273.10(c)(3)(iii)

1985

85-1 10-11-84 WRO
     Replacement of Mutilated ATP's (Regulation citation changed per 2-15-89 
     rule.) 274.6(a)(1)(i)
85-3 11-26-84 SERO
     Shortening Certification Periods (Supersedes PM 79-108, 80-27, and 81-39.) 
     273.10(f); 273.12(f); 273.21(a) and (m)
85-4 11-30-84 ALRO
     Mail Issuance Losses Due to Postal Service Operations (Three Q&As) 
     276.2(b)
85-5 1-17-85 ALRO
     Enhanced Funding for Food Stamp Investigations and Prosecutions 
     (Originally dated 12-10-84 but not sent. Revised and mailed 1-17-85. 
     Sentence deleted per PM 88-15.) 277.15(e) and (f)
85-7 1-15-85 MPRO
     Mail Loss Replacements 274.6(a)(1)
85-8 1-30-85 WRO
     Voluntary Quit Disqualifications for Households With Certain Ineligible 
     Household Members (Changed per PM 86-16.) 273.7(n)
85-9 2-4-85 MARO
     Medical Deductions for the Elderly 273.21(f)
85-10 3-7-85 ALRO
     Funding for Food Stamp Investigations, Prosecutions and Claims (Two 
     questions) 277.15(e) and (f)
85-12 3-28-85 ALRO     
     Converting Weekly and Biweekly Income Amounts to Monthly Amounts 
     (Four questions. Supersedes PM 80-39 and deletes Q&A #2 of PM 84-11.) 
     273.10(c)(2) and (3); 273.21(j)(l)(vii)(A)
85-14 4-2-85 SERO
     Action To Be Taken on Changes 273.12(f)
85-17 4-18-85 ALRO
     Supplemental Heating Costs and Costs of Wood (Two questions) 
     273.9(d)(6)
85-18 4-22-85 ALRO
     Enhanced Funding for Indirect IPV Costs 277.15(e)(l)
85-22 8-13-85 ALRO
     Enhanced Funding for Food Stamp Investigations and Prosecutions (Two 
     questions) 277.15(c) and (e)
85-23 8-23-85 SERO
     Increase in Medicare Payments 273.12(e)(3)
85-24 8-23-85 ALRO
     Reporting Changes (Three questions. Q & A #1 superseded by PM 86-7.) 
     273.12(a)

1986

86-3 l0-25-85 ALRO
     Income Reporting Requirements 273.12(a); 273.21(h)(3)
86-4 ll-1-85 ALRO
     Recoupments for Intentional Noncompliance With SSI Procedures 
     (Supersedes PM 85-13.) 273.11(k)
86-7 2-4-86 ALRO
     Reporting Changes (Two questions. Supersedes Q&A #1 of PM 85-24. 
     Changed by PM 97-1.) 273.12(a)
86-8 2-4-86 ALRO
     State Agency Action on Reported Changes (Supersedes PM 86-5.) 
     273.12(c)(2)
86-10 3-3-86 ALRO
     Eligibility of Shelter Residents Unable To Eat Provided Meals 273.1(e)
86-ll 3-13-86 ALRO
     Offsetting Farm Losses Against Other Income (Q&A #1 and #2 superseded 
     by PM 86-13; last Q&A deleted by PM 95-2.) 273.10(e)(1)(i)(A) 
     273.11(a)(2)(iii)
86-12 3-19-86 MPRO/MARO
     Money Received From Sale of Person's Blood/Plasma 273.9(b)
86-14 4-18-86 ALRO
     Rescinded Policy Memoranda (Rescinded PM 79-104, 79-118, 80-61, 
     81-25, 83-9, and 84-28.)
86-15 4-29-86 ALRO
     Claims Reporting - Policy Interpretations (17 questions) 273.18(h)
86-16 5-5-86 ALRO
     Rescinded and Corrected Policy Memoranda (Rescinded PM 79-32, 79-160, 
     79-231, 81-19, 81-59, 82-16, 83-10, 83-14, 84-29, 84-31, 86-2, and 86-6 per 
     3-28-86 final rule and PM 81-65. Corrected PM 79-82, 79-110, 79-131, 
     79-185, 79-187, 83-17, 84-l, 84-35, 85-8, and 85-15.)
86-17 6-5-86 ALRO
     Rescinded Policy Memoranda (Rescinded PM 79-263, 80-57, 81-7, 81-63, 
     and 84-21. Removed PM 82-12, 82-15, 83-1, 83-11, 84-13, 84-17, 84-30, 
     85-2, and 85-16 from Index.)
86-18 7-15-86 MARO
     Perjury Statement 273.2(b); 273.1(f)(1)(i); 273.1(f)(3); 273.2(g)(1)
86-19 7-24-86 ALRO
     Students 273.5
86-21 8-27-86 ALRO
     Claims Reporting--Policy Interpretations (18 questions. Q&A #1 superseded 
     by PM 96-4. Q&A #3 superseded by PM 86-25. Part of Q&A #4 and all of 
     #12 superseded by PM 87-8.) 273.18(h)
86-22 8-27-86 MARO
     Security Guidelines for IEVS Data 272.1(c)(2)
86-23 9-12-86 MPRO
     Public Assistance (PA) Work Reimbursements 273.9(c)(5)
86-24 9-23-86 ALRO
     Jointly Owned Resources 273.8(d)
86-26 9-29-86 MPRO
     Retirement Benefits for Ex-Spouses
     (Four questions. Q&A #4 superseded by PM 92-11.) 273.9(b)(2)(ii); 
     273.9(c)(1)(iii)(C)

1987

87-2 10-8-86 MPRO
     Resolving Discrepancies in Social Security Numbers 273.6(d)
87-3 10-10-86 SERO
     Security of IRS Data 272.1(c)(2)
87-7 12-5-86 WRO
     Income Averaged Over the Period Intended (Five questions) 273.10(c)(3)
87-8 12-19-86 ALRO
     Claims Reporting--Policy Interpretations (Five questions. Supersedes parts 
     of PM 86-21. Q&A #1 and #4 superseded by PM 87-12.) 273.18(h)
87-9 1-13-87 ALRO
     Holding Administrative Fraud Hearings Without Household Represented 
     When Household Has Not Signed for Written Notice on Hearing (Rescinds 
     PM 85-21.) 273.16(e)(3) and (4)
87-10 1-22-87 ALRO
     Final Rule: Treatment of Certain Education Expenses and Correction and 
     Retroactive Benefits 273.5(a); 273.7(b)(1)(ii)
87-11 3-9-87 ALRO
     Discount Coupons, Container Deposits and Charges, and the Sales Tax 
     Provision (Three questions) 272.1(b)
87-12 3-26-87 ALRO
     Claims Reporting (Supersedes Q&A #4 of PM 87-8.) 273.18(h)
87-13 6-10-87 ALRO
     Title IV-D Child Support Payments (Changed by PM 88-006.) 273.21(j)
87-14 6-30-87 SERO
     Canceled Policy Memoranda (PM 82-17 was superseded by 8-22-86 rule. In 
     PM 83-12 the second question and response is canceled due to change in 
     rule.) 273.9(b) and (c); 273.10(a)
87-15 7-1-87 ALRO
     Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) and Sharing Utility Expenses 
     273.9(d)(6)(viii)
87-16 8-10-87 ALRO
     Claims Reporting (Supersedes PM 86-25.) 273.18(h)

1988

88-1 10-15-87 ALRO
     Quarterly Wage Match Requirements Under IEVS (Two questions) 
     272.8(f)(1)
88-2 10-21-87 ALRO
     Change in Military Pay Day 273.10(c)(2)
88-4 11-13-87 ALRO
     Proration of Initial Month's Benefits (This policy interpretation originally 
     provided in PM 84-31 which was inadvertently rescinded.) 273.10(a)(1)(ii); 
     273.2(h)(2)(ii)
88-6 ll-13-87 ALRO
     Title IV-D Child Support Payments (Revises part of PM 87-13.) 273.21(j)
88-9 4-19-88 MPRO
     Federally Subsidized Housing for the Elderly 273.1(e)
88-10 4-20-88 NERO
     Jury Duty Payments 273.9(c)(2) and (5)
88-11 4-21-88 SWRO
     Recoupment of One Program's Overpayment by Another Program 
     273.9(b)(5)(i)
88-13 5-10-88 MPRO
     Hospitalization Insurance (Two questions) 273.9(d)(3)(iv)
88-14 7-21-88 MARO/MPRO
     Treatment of Accrued IV-D Child Support Payments 273.9(c)(8); 273.9(b)(2); 
     273.21(j)(l)(vii)(B)
88-15 8-12-88 ALRO
     Recision of a Portion of PIRS Memo 85-05, Enhanced Funding for FS 
     Investigations and Prosecutions (Rescinds part of PM 85-5.) 277.15(e) and 
     (f)

1989

89-1 10-17-88 ALRO
     Shortening the Certification Period When the Person Who Signed Has 
     Moved 273.2(c); 273.12(c)
89-3 12-13-88 MARO/SWRO/SERO
     Unverified Social Security Numbers (Supersedes all previous policy 
     clarifications on this issue.) 273.2(d); 273.6(c)
89-6 2-6-89 SWRO/MPRO/SERO
     Money Received by a Household as Protective Payee (This memo 
     supersedes all previous policy clarifications on this subject.) 273.9(b); 
     273.9(c)(6)
89-7 2-6-89 SWRO/MPRO/SERO
     Income From Closely-Held Corporations (Three Q&As) 273.8(d); 273.8(e)(5); 
     273.11(a)(2)
89-9 3-9-89 MPRO
     Alien Verification (Two Q&As) 273.2(f)(1)(ii); 273.2(f)(10)(ii)
89-10 4-7-89 ALRO
     Treatment of Income of Ineligible Aliens (Two Q&As) 273.11(c)(2); 
     273.11(d)(1)
89-11 4-28-89 ALRO
     Strikers in Private Industry 273.1(g)
89-14 8-10-89 ALRO
     Treatment Under E&T of AFDC Recipients Who Are Participating in the 
     Jobs Program (Three Q&As. Changed by PM 97-1.) 273.7(b); 273.7(d)
89-15 8-21-89 MPRO
     Self-Employment Income of Farmers (Rescinds PM 86-9.) 273.11(a)
89-16 8-21-89 MPRO
     Disabled Members (Supersedes PM 80-60 and 85-l5. Three Q&As.) 271.2; 
     273.9(d)(3) and (5)
89-19 9-1-89 WRO
     Employment and Training (E&T) Policy Clarification (12 Q&As; Q&A #11 
     superseded by PM 90-18.) 273.7(b), (c), (g), (h), and (o)

1990

90-1 11-8-89 NERO
     Special and Emergency GA Payments 273.9(c)(l)(iv)(B)
90-2 11-l7-89 ALRO
     Enrolled at Least Half Time in a School or Institution of Higher Education 
     273.5; 273.9(c)(7); 273.9(c)(10)(xi)
90-4 1-23-90 MWRO
     Employment & Training--State Plan Modifications and Sanctions for 
     Noncompliance 273.7(g)(1)
90-5 1-25-90 MWRO
     Exclusion of Income Returned to Repay a Prior Overpayment (Supersedes 
     PM 80-2.) 273.9(b)(5)(i)
90-7 2-20-90 WRO
     Accessibility of Resources Unknown to the Household 273.8(e)(8)
90-8 2-20-90 WRO
     Date of Initial Eligibility and Proration (6 Q&As) 273.10(a)(1) and (b); 
     273.12(a)(3) and (c)
90-10 3-23-90 WRO
     E&T: Resumption of Program Participation After a Disqualification Period 
     273.7(g)
90-11 4-6-90 SWRO
     Vehicles for the Disabled (Supersedes PM 82-10) 273.8(h)(1)(v)
90-12 4-25-90 ALRO
     Standard Utility Allowance for Households That Share a Utility Meter 
     (Supersedes all previous memoranda on this subject.) 273.9(d)(6)(ii)
90-13 4-25-90 SWRO/MARO
     Fishermen 273.11(a)(2)(iii)
90-14 5-31-90 ALRO
     Training Wage 273.7(b, f, and i); 273.22(e)
90-15 5-30-90 MARO
     E&T Program Volunteers 273.7(b); 273.7(f)(2)
90-16 6-7-90 SERO/MPRO
     VA Disability Pension Payment Annual Adjustment 273.9(c)(8)
90-17 6-7-90 ALRO
     Home and Lot Resource Exclusion 273.8(e)(1)
90-18 6-12-90 WRO
     Untimely NOAA's for Failure to Comply With Work Requirements Under 7 
     CFR 273.7 (Supersedes response to Q&A #11 of PM 89-19.) 273.7(g)
90-19 6-19-90 SWRO
     Disqualification for Failure to Comply With E&T Program Requirements 
     273.7(g)(1)
90-20 7-2-90 ALRO
     Treatment of Expenses for Service Animals (Supersedes PM 90-3.) 
     273.9(c)(5)(i)(C);273.9(d)(3)(vii)
90-21 7-12-90 MWRO
     Date of Allowable Expenses 273.10(d)(2)
90-22 7-12-90 ALRO
     Definition of Disabled-Vehicle Resource Exclusion (Supersedes PM 81-3.) 
     273.8(h)(1)(v)
90-24 8-2-90 ALRO
     Updating Category 3's (Rescinds PMs 86-20 and 88-8; corrects 90-9.) 
     273.9(c)(10)
90-27 9-14-90 ALRO
     Disaster Assistance Payments Made to Farmers Under Public Law 100-387 
     (Supersedes PM 89-4.) 273.9(b)(1); 273.9(c)(5), (8), and (10)

1991

91-1 10-11-90 ALRO
     Repatriates and Aliens From Kuwait and Other Parts of the Middle East 
     Paroled Into the United States as a Result of the Persian Gulf Crisis of 1990 
     273.4; 273.9(c)(4)
91-2 12-12-90 ALRO
     Providing Program Information to Non-Participating Low-Income Households 
     272.5(c)
91-3 12-17-90 MARO/SWRO/SERO
     Transfer of Food Stamp Case From Project Area to Project Area Within a 
     State 273.3; 273.12
91-5 1-7-91 MARO
     Multi-Lingual Notices to Households 272.4(b)(3)(ii)(B)
91-6 1-11-91 ALRO
     Categorical Eligibility 273.2(j)(2)
91-7 2-15-91 MWRO
     On-the-Job Training Program (Q&A #2 obsoleted by PM 96-1.) 273.5(a)
91-8 5-8-91 MPRO
     Citizenship and Alien Status Signature (Rescinds PM 89-2.) 273.2(b)
91-9 5-29-91 MPRO
     Transportation To Obtain Medical Treatment or Services (Supersedes Q&A 
     #1 of PM 80-72.) 273.9(d)(3)
91-10 6-7-91 MPRO
     Combined Allotment for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Households That 
     Apply After the 15th of the Month 274.2(b)(2)
91-11 8-2-91 ALRO
     Sending Notices of Adverse Action 273.7(n)(1)(vi); 273.13(a); 273.21(k)(2)

1992 92-1 10-3-91 WRO
     Cafeteria Plans and Flexible Benefits 273.9(b)(1) and (c)(1)
92-2 11-20-91 ALRO
     Treatment of Payments to Qualified Organizations Serving as 
     Representative Payees in the SSI Program 273.9(c)(1)
92-3 1-7-92 ALRO
     Update of Indexed Policy Memoranda Based on the 12/4/91 Regulations 
     (Canceled PMs 82-27, 84-4, 84-6, 84-19, 87-4, 87-6, and 90-25.) 273.4(a); 
     273.12(e)(1); 273.21(e)(2); 273.21(f)(1); 273.21(f)(3); 273.21(g)(3); 
     273.21(j)(1)
92-4 2-6-92 ALRO
     Update of MRRB Policy Memorandum Based on the 12-4-91 Regulations 
     (Canceled PM 89-8.) 272.1(g); 273.21(s)
92-5 3-26-92 MPRO
     Business and Personal Loans (Canceled PM 79-9.) 273.8(e)(9); 273.9(c)(4); 
     273.11(a)
92-6 4-17-92 ALRO
     Update of Educational Income Memoranda (Canceled PMs 82-28 and 88-5.) 
     273.9(c)(3)
92-8 6-4-92 ALRO
     Finality of Administrative Disqualification Hearing Decisions 273.16(e)(2)(ii); 
     273.15(q)(1)
92-9 6-4-92 ALRO
     Issuance Memoranda (Canceled PMs 79-23, 79-210, 80-7, 81-48, and 
     85-20.) 273.1; 273.10; 273.11; 274
92-10 6-8-92 NERO
     Shelter Costs and Self-Employment (Canceled PM 92-7.) 273.9(d)(5); 
     273.9(d)(6); 273.11(a)(4)
92-11 6-26-92 ALRO
     Retirement Benefits for Ex-Spouses (Supersedes Q&A #4 of PM 86-26.) 
     273.9(c)(1)(iv)
92-12 9-14-92 MWRO
     Installment Contracts (Supersedes PM 79-149.) 273.8(e)(6)
1993 93-1 11-2-92 SERO
     U.S. Savings Bonds 273.8(c)(1) and (e)
93-2 12-2-92 ALRO
     Collection of Multiple Claims via Allotment Reduction (Revises PM 83-16.) 
     273.18(d) and (g)
93-3 1-15-93 ALRO
     Child Care Deductions (Cancels PM 90-26.) 273.9(c)(10); 273.9(d)(4); 
     273.10(d)(1) and (2)
93-4 3-16-93 SERO
     Verification of Matches in the Disqualified Recipient Subsystem (DRS) 
     273.2(f) and (h); 273.11(c); 273.13(b); 273.16(e), (g), and (i)
93-5 3-24-93 SWRO/MPRO
     ASCS Payments 273.9(b)(1); 273.9(c)(8); 273.11(a)
93-6 3-26-93 MPRO
     Natural, Adopted, and Stepchildren (Cancels PMs 79-185 and 84-1.) 
     273.1(a)(2)
93-7 4-8-93 NERO
     FSP - Standard Utility Allowance 273.9(d)(6)
93-8 5-13-93 ALRO
     Issuance: Affidavits/Statements Signed by Authorized Representatives for 
     Replacements of Lost, Stolen, Unreceived, or Destroyed Coupons 
     (Rescinds PM 80-44.) 274.6(a)(2); 274.6(c)
93-9 5-14-93 WRO
     Shelter and Medical Expenses for Group Home Residents (Supersedes PM 
     90-9.) 273.11(f)(1)
93-10 5-28-93 MPRO
     Budgeting of Student Educational Income 273.10(c)(3)(iii)
93-11 6-16-93 MPRO
     Allowable Shelter Expense When There Is a Moratorium on Mortgage 
     Payments 273.10(d)(2)
93-12 7-2-93 MPRO
     Termination of Self-Employment Income in a Prospective System 
     (Supersedes PM 89-5.) 273.9(b)(1)(ii); 273.11(a)(1)(ii); 273.11(a)(2)
93-13 8-3-93 MPRO
     Categorical Eligibility 273.2(j)(2); 273.2(j)(4)
1994 94-1 12-16-93 WRO
     Indian Income and Resource Exclusions 273.9(c)(10)
94-3 7-12-94 ALRO
     Cancelled Policy Memoranda (Cancels PMs 90-6 and 91-4.) 273.9(b)(2); 
     273.9(c)(1)
94-4 7-18-94 NERO/MPRO/MARO
     Annuities and Annual Lottery Payments 273.10(c)(3)
1995 95-1 10-20-94 ALRO
     Update of MRRB Policy Memos (Cancels PMs 84-11, 85-11, and 88-7; 
     revises PM 84-12 by changing answer to Q&A #4 and deleting Q&A #6 and 
     #9; and revises PM 84-25 by changing Q&A #1.) 273.21(f)(1)(iii); 
     273.21(f)(2)(i); 273.21(r)(1)
95-2 12-30-94 MWRO
     Offsetting Farm Losses Against Other Income (Replaces PM 86-13; deletes 
     last Q&A of PM 86-11.) 273.11(a)(2)(iii)
95-3 6-9-95 MWRO/SERO/WRO
     Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Title II Social Security 
     Disability Insurance (SSDI) Payments to Individuals Whose Disability Is 
     Based on Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism (DAA) 273.2(j); 273.9(c)(1); 
     273.9(c)(8)
95-4 6-23-95 SWRO
     Rental Fee for Propane Tank as Part of Utility Cost 273.9(d)(5)(ii)
1996 96-1 12-7-95 ALRO
     Update of Indexed Policy Memos (Obsoletes PM 81-62, 84-18, and 85-19; 
     obsoletes Q&A #2 of PM 91-7.) 273.5
96-2 12-21-95 ALRO
     Comparable Employment and Training Requirements 273.7(g)(2)
96-3 1-23-96 SWRO
     EBT Access for Mobile Route Vendors 274.12(g)
96-4 1-24-96 ALRO
     Claims--When Court Orders Individual to Perform Public Work (Supersedes 
     first Q&A in PM 86-21.) 273.18(i)
96-6 3-14-96 MWRO
     Averaging Shelter Costs (Supersedes PM 79-94, 79-75, and previous 
     interpretations.) 273.10(d)
96-7 6-5-96 ALRO
     Licensed Vehicles (Supersedes PM 96-5.) 273.8(d); 273.8(e); 273.8(h)
96-8 8-7-96 MWRO
     Income Earned in Foreign Currencies 73.21(f)(2)
1997 97-1 2-19-97 ALRO
     Update of Indexed Policy Memoranda (Rescinds as obsolete: PMs 82-3, 
     87-1, 87-5, 88-3, 88-12, 89-13, 89-17, 89-18, 90-23, 94-2; and changes 86-7 
     and 89-14.) 273.1(a)(2); 273.2(i)(4); 273.7(d)(1)(ii)(A); 273.8(e)(2); 
     273.9(c)(3); 273.10(c)(3)(iii); 273.11(b)(2); 273.12(a); 273.14(e)(2)(iii); 
     273.14(f)
97-2 2-28-97 ALRO
     Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Payments to Individuals 
     Under the New PRWORA Provision 273.2(j); 273.9(c)(1); 273.9(c)(8)
97-3 4-2-97 MARO
     SSI Dedicated Accounts 273.8(e)(17); 273.9(c)(8); 273.9(b)(2)
97-4 5-9-97 ALRO
     Mandatory SUAs 273.9(d)(6)
97-5 7-2-97 ALRO
     Action on Changes Not Reported by Household (Supersedes PM 81-32.) 
     273.2(d); 273.12(d)
1998 98-1 10-1-97 ALRO
     Claims Against Households (Corrects regulation cites for PMs 86-15, 86-21, 
     87-8, 87-12, and 87-16.) 273.18
98-2 8-20-98 MARO
     Individuals Disqualified From the TANF Program 273.2(j) and 273.8(e)(17)
1999 99-2 5-25-99 MPRO
     Determining Monthly Income 273.10(c)(2)(iii)
99-3 06-14-99 ALRO
     Required Casefile Documentation 273
2000 00-1  02-09-00 ALRO
     Benefit Expungement 274.12(f)(7)
01-1 3-3-01 ALRO
     Key Entered Transactions Card Presence (274.12(I)(9)
  
  
QUALITY CONTROL (QC) MEMORANDA
1984 QC-84-6 4-9-84 SERO/WRO|
     Changes to the Sample Size 275.11(b)
QC-84-11 5-14-84 SERO
     Disposition Standards, Completion Standards, and Double-Billing 
     275.25(e)(4)(ii)
1987 QC-87-1 10-30-86 ALRO
     QC Policy Memo Update (List of Canceled QC Memos) FNS Handbook 310
QC-87-4 6-30-87 SERO
     Changing State Agency Findings in Negative Reviews FNS Handbook 
     3l5--Chapter 3
1989 QC-89-1 2-7-89 MPRO
     Variances Related to Terminated Income in Beginning Months FNS 
     Handbook 310--214.2; 700
QC-89-2 2-28-89 ALRO
     Retention of QC Records by State Agencies 272.1(f); 275.4(c);
     FNS Handbook 315--1300
QC-89-3 9-22-89 ALRO
     Child Support Not Transferred to IV-D   Agency FNS Handbook 310--l041.1
1990 QC-90-3 4-25-90 ALRO
     QC Policy Memo Update (Cancels QC-87-2; QC 87-3; QC 87-5; and QC 
     87-6.) FNS Handbook 310
QC-90-4 8-2-90 ALRO
     Restitution Payments to Persons of Japanese Ancestry FNS Handbook 
     310, Section 1030
QC-90-5 8-6-90 ALRO
     Combined Coupon Benefits 274.2(b)(2) and (3)
1991 QC-91-1 7-17-91 ALRO
     Indefinite Certification Periods FNS Handbook 310, Section 762
1993 QC-93-1 l0-7-92 ALRO
     QC Policy Memo Update (Cancels QC-86-5; QC-90-1; and QC-90-2.) FNS 
     Handbook 310
QC-93-2 11-12-92 ALRO
     Medical Expenses FNS Handbook 3l0, Section 1166.2
1994 QC-94-1 10-20-93 ALRO
     Expedited Service and Combined Allotments FNS Handbook 310, Section 
     763
QC-94-2 11-23-93 ALRO
     Medical Expenses FNS Handbook 310, Section 1167.1A
QC-94-3 11-23-93 ALRO
     Failure To Cooperate With Quality Control Reviews - Verification 
     Requirements (Supersedes QC-84-12.) 273.2(d)
QC-94-4 5-18-94 WRO
     Cases Not Subject to Review in the Active Sample FNS Handbook 310, 
     Section 332
QC-94-5 9-27-94 MWRO
     Unimplemented Waivers and Quality Control Reviews FNS Handbook 310, 
     Section 110
1995 QC-95-1 11-9-94 ALRO
     Sections 844.1, 844.2, and 844.3 of FNS Handbook 310 FNS Handbook 
     310, Sections 844.1 - 844.
1996 QC-96-1 12-1-95 WRO
     Correction of a Cross Reference in Section 1159.3 of FNS Handbook 310 
     FNS Handbook 310, Section 1159.3
1998 QC-98-1 12-1-97 ALRO
     Noncompliance With Other Program Rules FNS Handbook 310, Sections 
     232 and 1080
1999 QC-99-1 1-19-99 ALRO
     Arbitration and Informal Resolution Handbook 310; Sections 1410 and 1433
QC-99-4 1-26-99 ALRO
     Transmission of Federal Findings to State Agencies; Handbook 315 All 
     References
QC-99-3 2-5-99 ALRO
     Waiver of Mandatory Home Visit in the Quality Control Review; 7 CFR 
     275.12 (c)(1)
2000 QC-00-1 9-12-00 ALRO
     Use of checklists when requesting records for the Quality Control (QC) 
     Review; Handbook 310; Section 154
2001 QC-01-02 1-9-01 ALRO
     Typographical Errors, Out of Date References, and Addition to the Quality 
     Control (QC) Review Handbook (Handbook 310: Pages 2-4, 4-2, 4-6, 4-8, 
     4-14, 7-6, 8-4, 8-10, 8-11, 8-14, 8-29, 8-33, 11-5, 11-29, 11-30, 12-4, 12-5, 
     13-6, 16-10,16-21, 16-23, 17-4, 17-5, D-8, G-1)
QC-01-01 1-23-01 ALRO
     Reviewing a Household When a Member has Chosen Not to Apply for Food 
     Stamp Program and Therefore Has Not Provided a Social Security Number 
     (Handbook 310; Sections 512, 806.1, 941, 1021.3, 1180.2)
QC-01-03 6-14-01 ALRO
     Revisions and Additions to the Procedures of the Quality Control (QC) 
     Review Handbook (Handbook 310; Sections 725(new), 726 (new), 913, 932, 
     1042, and 1157 (new)
2002 QC-02-01 11-8-01 ALRO
     Identifying Cases with Earnings and Noncitizens in the Quality Control (QC) 
     Review Beginning Fiscal Year (FY) 2002

 

 

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