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bullet Food Stamp Retailer Notes -- Summer 2004
bullet Updated: Waiver Requests - Section 824 of PRWORA (ABAWDs)
bullet State Options Report -- Fourth Edition
bullet USDA Awards $30 Million to States for Exemplary Administration of the Food Stamp Program
bullet Final Rule on Vehicle and Maximum Excess Shelter Expense Deduction Provisions of Public Law 106-387
bullet Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs) for FY 2005 (Take effect Oct. 1, 2004)
bullet Treatment of Certain Attendant Care Payments and Certain Child Care Payments
bullet Updated: FY 2004 Certification Policy waiver database
bullet Updated: Waiver Requests - Section 824 of PRWORA (ABAWDs)
Promising Practices Request to FNS Regions to Report (with Reporting Form) 
Revised Policy Guidance - Medicare Prescription Drug Card
   -- Memo on Updates to Q&As on Prescription Drug Card (7/13/04)
 -- Further Q&As (No. 49, 7/29/04) 
 -- Additional Q&A (No. 50 8/5/04)
Program Access Reviews for FY 2005: Guidance for Regional Offices
State Agency Operations Review & Management Evaluation Target Areas for FY 2005
    -- Attachment 1 -- Regional Office & State Agency Review Team Guide
  -- Attachment 2 -- Target Coverage - Regional Reviews
bullet Updated Table: State-Funded Food Programs for Legal Immigrants
bullet USDA Awards $5 Million in Food Stamp Participation Grants
bullet Combined Application Projects: A Resource Guide
bullet Veneman Announces Full Implementation of Food Stamp Program Electronic Benefits Transfer System
bullet Request for Comment on Whether the Food Stamp Program Should Be Renamed
bullet Revised Policy Guidance - Medicare Prescription Drug Card
bullet Benefit Redemption Division - FY 2003 Annual Report
bullet Minnesota Waiver Request Not Approved (also available in .pdf)
bullet Proposed Rule: Food Stamp Program: Eligibility and Certification Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
bullet Further Clarification of Farm Bill Provisions (Mar. 29, 2004)
bullet FY 2004 ABAWD Waiver Request Guidelines  (Mar. 11, 2004)
bullet Proposed Rule: Food Stamp Program: Employment and Training Program Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
bullet Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Food Stamp Program Regulations, Part 275—Quality Control
bullet Adjusted FY 2004 15 Percent ABAWD Exemptions (issued 2/17/04)
bullet USDA Unveils Radio Messages for the “Food Stamps Make America Stronger” Campaign
bullet FNS Announces FY 2004 Food Stamp Program Outreach Grants
bullet FNS Announces FY 2004 Food Stamp Program Participation Grants
bullet Food Stamp Program: High Performance Bonuses
bullet Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Allocations of the 15 Percent Exemptions for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWDs)
bullet State Options Report -- Third Edition
bullet Improving Food Stamp Application Forms: Assessment Guide

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