🥦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.
Learn More🚫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.
Learn More📜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.
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