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Administrative Notice 07-01 – Gift Cards and Food Stamps
Good for them. FNS decided that gift cards, which can be used as cash, but generally only at specific businesses, will not count as a resource. [Download]
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ACIN I-52-06E – Food Stamp Questions And Answers (Q&As) (September 21, 2006)
This errata corrects the example on how to budget the shelter deduction when there are excluded household members. Oops. You don’t deduct the amount paid; you prorate the rent. [Download]
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ACIN I-72-06 – Federal Fiscal Year 2006, 15% Exemption Allocations For Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) (September 22, 2006)
Listing the number of exemptions per county, plus which counties have waivers for what period of time. A reminder that if counties are under an ABAWD waiver (they don’t limit FS recipients to 3 in 36 months), they…
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ACL 06-37 – EBT Support Services for the Disaster Food Stamp Program (September 12, 2006)
Information to help counties “evaluate the needs for benefit issuance in the event of a disaster.” Learn about such things as pre-embossed disaster EBT cards, EBT “interface systems” (with the scar reminder that they may require “priority modifications”…
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ACIN I-69-06 – New Implementation Date for Food Stamp Simplification Options (September 12, 2006)
Well, it’s not October 1, 2006 anymore, it’s November 1, 2006. A few new words, and a few new forms. [Download]
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ACIN I-67-06 – Disaster Food Stamp Program Increased Excess Shelter Deduction (September 11, 2006)
This notice, ironically issued on 9/11, transmits the higher shelter costs (a whopping $17) effective October 1, 2006, as well as a new eligibility/verification chart, income and resource guidelines and disaster verification requirements. [Download]
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ACIN I-61-06E – Errata: Corrected COLA benefits Tables (September 6, 2006).
Ooops. Here are the correct benefits amounts. [Download]
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ACIN I-66-06 – Food Stamp Policy Interpretations and Staff Assignment (September 8, 2006).
Who’s who in the zoo. Did you know there is an “employment, forms, and disaster” unit? The policy interpretations are still limited to counties, after review by the FRAT team (no keg party) for “statewideness.” [Download]
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ACL 06-31 – Implementation of Food Stamp Simplification Options (August 16, 2006)
This letter explains the new Food Stamps changes, hitting the street 10/1/06. Changes include: (1) legally obligated child support payments will be an income exclusion rather than as an income deduction (so lowers income prior to gross income…
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ACL 06-14 – Food Stamp Standard Utility Allowance Increase Effective August 1, 2006 (June 2, 2006)
The Standard Utility Allowance is up (21.5%!), to address rising utility costs. This increase is to be treated as a county-initiated mid-quarter change for all cases for the month of August 2006. Technology pulling the cart, the state…