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📊USDA SNAP Database Regulation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, notice is hereby given that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposes to create a new system of records (SOR) entitled USDA/FNS-15, "National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Database." This system is owned, administered, and secured by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The primary purposes of this system are to validate the accuracy of eligibility determinations and strengthen SNAP and government program integrity.

📋Update on SNAP Work Requirements and Information Collection

The Department of Agriculture has issued a notice regarding new information collection requirements related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It aims to review the program's work requirements and implement updates based on recent regulatory changes, requiring state agencies to enhance screening processes for various exemptions and potentially impacting program participants.

🎰SNAP Reporting Requirements for Lottery and Gambling Winnings

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection and existing burden in use in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This information collection captures the burden associated with the requirement that States make ineligible SNAP participants with substantial lottery or gambling winnings and establish cooperative agreements with gaming entities within their States to identify SNAP participants with substantial winnings. Individuals and households are required to report substantial winnings.

📱Analysis of SNAP Mobile Payment Pilots Regulatory Notice

The Department of Agriculture is requesting comments on information collection requirements for Mobile Payment Pilots (MPPs) in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This initiative aims to test mobile payment technologies for SNAP transactions, assessing their feasibility and implications for program integrity. State agencies and businesses will be involved in the collection and reporting processes necessary for these pilots.

🥦Submission for OMB Review

The Department of Agriculture has submitted an information collection requirement for SNAP, requesting comments on its necessity and utility. The collection involves notifying households about the status of their benefits, particularly regarding inactivity and potential expungement. The notice encourages public participation via comments by a specified deadline.

📊USDA's SNAP Certification Interview Requirement Review Notice

🚫USDA Withdraws Proposed SNAP Quality Control Rule for 2025

This document informs the public that FNS is withdrawing the proposed rule titled, "Provisions to Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control System," that published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2023, and its correction on December 19, 2023. This rule proposed amendments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations to strengthen and improve the integrity and accuracy of the SNAP quality control (QC) system as requested by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.

📜Proposed Rule for SNAP Quality Control Handbook by USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (the Department) is issuing this proposed rule to formally incorporate by reference the FNS Handbook 310 into SNAP regulations. By doing so, the Department is ensuring that the public receives a notice and comment period prior to implementation of revisions to the Handbook, which is the standard operating procedure manual for conducting quality control (QC) reviews of SNAP cases. The Department also proposes to remove reference to FNS Handbook 311 until it can be incorporated by reference. The Department requests comment on these proposed provisions.