Eligibility Eligibility Students Persons on Strike Deductions Income Resources Rules The Interview Did I Qualify? EBT Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) EBT Alternative Analysis Farmers' Market EBT Projects Status Food Stamp Program State-by-State EBT Map EBT Regulations Frequently Asked Questions About EBT State EBT Websites Common Acronyms EBT Contract Expiration Calendar Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Highlights EBT Status Report
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Legislation Food Stamp Legislation 2002 Farm Bill A Short History of the Food Stamp Program 2002 Farm Bill Guidance on Non-Citizen Eligibility Questions and Answers on the Performance Measures for the High Performance Bonuses Memo Questions and Answers: Food Stamp Program High Performance Bonuses Performance Measures 2002 Farm Bill Resource Issues Cover Memo for Regions To Use To Forward Guidance to State Directors Guidance for State Agencies in Implementing Immigrant Provisions Performance Measures FY 2002 $20 Million ABAWD E&T Allocation FY 2002 E&T Allocations to "Pledge" States Fiscal Year 2003 Federal Employment and Training Program Grants Farm Bill Commissioners Letter Food Stamp Provisions of the Farm Bill Commissioners Regulations Food Stamp Regulations Waivers Waivers of Rules Memos 1996 Letter to State Commissioners on Implementing Welfare Reform in the Food Stamp Program 1998 Budget and Finance 1999 Universal Quarterly Reporting Waivers Quarterly Reporting Clarification and Expansion of Waivers 2000 Census Demonstration Commisioner's Letter Attachment Military Subsistence Allowance Joint Guidance on Citizenship, Immigration Status and Social Security Numbers Q and A on the Noncitizen Eligibility and Certification Provisions Final Rule Policy Guidance Regarding Inquiries Into Citizenship FSSA for Certain Members of the Armed Forces 2001 Update on DoD Subsistence Supplemental Allowance for Members of the Armed Forces Fleeing Felons Fiscal Year 2001 Allocations of the 15 Percent Exemptions Adjusted for FY 2000 Carryover Data Table, FY 2000 Allocations of the 15 Percent Exemptions Adjusted for FY 1999 Carryover Q and A on the Final Rule on Noncitizen, Eligibility and Certification Provisions of PRWORA Treatment of Unearned Income from Private Sources 2002 FY 2003 E&T Allocation Table Revised FY 2002 E&T Allocations Table Under Secretary's Memo to State Commissioners on Options Improving Program Access to Working Families Retirement (Pension) Plans Sample - Important Notice to Applicants PRWORA Cumulative Questions and Answers on Certification and Work Issues in PRWORA Welfare Reform 1999 General PRWORA Section 103 - Block Grants to States Section 115 - Denial of Assistance and Benefits for Certain Drug-related Convictions Section 402 - Limited Eligibility of Qualified Aliens for Certain Federal Programs Section 421 and 423 Section 801 - Definition of Certification Period Section 803 - Treatment of Children Living at Home Section 805 - Definition of Homeless Individual Section 806 - State Option for Eligibility Standards Section 807 - Earnings of Students Section 808 - Energy Assistance Section 809 - Deductions from Income Section 811 - Vendor Payments for Transitional Housing Counted as Income Section 812 - Simplified Calculation of Income for the Self-employed Section 813 - Doubled Penalties for Violating Food Stamp Program Requirements Section 814 - Disqualification of Convicted Individuals Section 815 - Disqualification Section 816 - Caretaker Exemption Section 817 - Employment and Training Section 819 - Comparable Treatment for Disqualification Section 820 - Disqualification for Receipt of Multiple Food Stamp Benefits Section 821 - Disqualification of Fleeing Felons Section 822 - Cooperation with Child Support Agencies Section 823 - Disqualification Relating to Child Support Arrears Section 824 - Work Requirement (ABAWD) Section 827 - Benefits on Recertification Section 829 - Failure to Comply with Other Means-tested Public Assistance Programs Section 830 - Allotments for Households Residing in Centers Section 835 - Operation of Food Stamp Offices Section 849 - Work Supplementation or Support Program Section 850 - Waiver Authority Section 851 - Response to Waivers Section 852 - Employment Initiatives Program Section 854 - Simplified Food Stamp Program Section 911 - Fraud Under Means-tested Welfare and Public Assistance Programs 2002 State-Funded Food Programs for Legal Immigrants Public Charge 1999 Letter to Commissioners of CNP State Agencies FDD Letters Letter Welfare Commissioners in All States Fact Sheet on Public Charge Nutrition Benefits and Public Charge: Effect on Immigration Status Nutrition Benefits and Public Charge: Effect on Immigration Status (Part 1) Nutrition Benefits and Public Charge: Effect on Immigration Status (Part 2) Nutrition Benefits and Public Charge: Effect on Immigration Status (part3) Nutrition Benefits and Public Charge: Effect on Immigration Status U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service/Q and A Q and A: Definition of Public Charge/Q and A State Department's Cable on Public Charge White House Press Release 1999 Al Gore Press Release Reference Public Charge Letter to State Health Commissions Support General Program Requirements Immigrants Work Requirements 1996 Guidance for States on Use of Discretionary Food Stamp Program Time Limit Exemptions Summary of Food Stamp Provisions Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 Letter to State Commissioners on Changes to Immigrants' Food Stamp Certification Requirements Guidance to State Welfare Commissioners Memorandum Clarifying Immigrants' Eligibility for Food Stamps Sample Letter for Welfare Commissioners Guidance for States Seeking Waivers for Food Stamp Limits Transmittal Letter on Guidance on Time Limited Food Stamp Benefits Letter to State Commissioners on Implementing Welfare Reform in the Food Stamp Program 1997 Waivers of Work Requirement Time Limits Based on Insufficient Jobs Guidance on State Option Food Stamp Programs Memo - Guidance on State Option Food Stamp Programs Immigrant Eligibility - Implementation of Interpretation of the Qualifying Quarters of Work Provision of Pub. Law 104-193 Implementation of Provisions of Balanced Budget Act of 1997 - Exemptions for ABAWDs Passage of Murray/Gorton Amendment Immigrant Eligibility - Verification of Work History, June 23, 1997 Use of Quarters of Coverage History System (QCHS) Immigrant Eligibility - Guidelines for Making Determination Based on Work History Further Questions Answers on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Food Stamp Comparable Disqualifications Revised Food Stamp Program Guidance for Self-Initiated Workfare Programs Work Supplementation or Support Guidance Questions and Answers 1998 Guidance for States on Use of Discretionary Food Stamp Program Time Limit Exemptions Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (w/3-month Time Limits) Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (w/6-month Time Limit on the Exemptions) Implementing Alien Provisions Agriculture Research Act 1998 Implementation of Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Q's and A's on E&T Allocation and Work Provisions for ABAWDS Cumulative Questions and Answers on Certification and Work Issues in PRWORA Memo Diversion Payments - June 16, 1998 Public Assistance Diversion Payments - Further Guidance Exemptions for ABAWDS Further Questions and Answers on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (if no Time Limit is Placed on the Exemptions) Cumulative PRWORA Q's and A's on Food Stamp Fraud, Disqualifications, and Recipient Claims Balanced Budget Act of 1977 (PUB. l. 105-33) Questions and Answers - Set 2 1999 Letter to Regions on Categorical Eligibility Letter to Regions Modifying Status Reporting and Offering Quarterly Reporting to All States Fifteen Percent Allocations - Adjusted FY 1999 15 Percent Exemptions Including FY 1998 Carryover Questions and Answers on Categorical Eligibility Letter to State Welfare Commissioners on Ensuring Food Stamp Nutrition Benefits During TANF Program Changes FY 1999 Food Stamp Program ABAWD Discretionary Exemptions TANF Diversion Payments 2000 Commissioners Letter on COLAs 7/00 Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (3 Month Time Limit on Exemptions) Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (6 Month Time Limit on Exemptions) FY 2000 Allocations of 15 Percent Exemption for ABAWDS Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (If no Time Limit is Placed on the Exemptions) FY 2000 Food Stamp Program ABAWD Discretionary Exemptions Maximum Allotment Amounts1 - October 1998 as Adjusted Letters to Governors Food Stamp Recipients Leaving TANF Food Stamp Program Income Eligibility Standards Food Stamp Program Monthly Allotments and Deductions Commissioners All States State Vehicle Policy for TANF 2001 Food Stamp Program Maximum Monthly Allotments1 New York City Disaster Food Stamp Program In Response to the World Trade Center Disaster Questions and Answers On Categorical Eligibility and Vehicles Vehicle Questions and Answers Categorical Eligibility Questions and Answers and Changes in Policy State TANF/MOE Programs that Confer Categorical Eligibility Vehicle Questionnaire TANF Vehicle Rules 2002 Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) Food Stamp Program Maximum Monthly Allotments1 State Commissioners Letter-Guidance Work Supplementation Guidance for Work Supplementation or Support Programs Food Stamp Policy on Immigrants Food Stamp Program Standard Utility Allowances (SUA) Heating and Cooling SUAs 2003 Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Allocations of the 15 Percent Exemptions for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWDs) Waiver Requests -Abled Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) 2004 Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Allocations of the 15 Percent Exemptions for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWDs)
Guidance on Non-Citizen Eligibility Questions and Answers on the Performance Measures for the High Performance Bonuses Memo Questions and Answers: Food Stamp Program High Performance Bonuses Performance Measures 2002 Farm Bill Resource Issues Cover Memo for Regions To Use To Forward Guidance to State Directors Guidance for State Agencies in Implementing Immigrant Provisions Performance Measures FY 2002 $20 Million ABAWD E&T Allocation FY 2002 E&T Allocations to "Pledge" States Fiscal Year 2003 Federal Employment and Training Program Grants Farm Bill Commissioners Letter Food Stamp Provisions of the Farm Bill Commissioners
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