Food Stamp Program Sample Clauses
Food Stamp Program. (i) Discrimi- nation by a State agency in certifying households as eligible for the Program.
(ii) Segregation or other discrimina- tion in the manner in which or the times at which eligible households are issued food coupons.
Food Stamp Program. A food assistance program governed by FNS that helps low- income people buy the food they need for good health. The program is operated under the authority of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended.
Food Stamp Program. In an effort to achieve compatibility with the CRDP, the CDSS Food Stamp Program Bureau intends to seek waivers necessary to allow for participation in the project. These waivers will address the differences between the income and resource reporting thresholds of the CalWORKs and Food Stamp Programs. If CDSS is unable to obtain approval of the Food Stamp Program waivers, participating counties may opt out of CRDP. Further information regarding the details of participation, i.e., population to be included (public assistance households, non- assistance households) and other eligibility criteria, will be determined when the representatives from the participating counties meet with Department staff to finalize the CRDP model design. We are currently exploring the inclusion of Medi-Cal Only program cases in the CRDP at county option. These cases would include Medically Indigent and Medically Needy Only cases, except the aged, blind, and disabled (ABD) cases which do not require status reporting. To participate in CRDP counties must: - Guarantee to participate in the demonstration project for one year. Selected counties may opt out of CRDP if CDSS is unable to obtain approval of federal Food Stamp Program waivers. - Operate within current allocations and cover all costs, including expenses associated with data collection and transmission, travel and the county coordinator’s salary and expenses. CDSS will try to minimize data collection requirements. - Designate a single point of contact to work with CDSS staff to develop and implement the demonstration project. This county staff person must be able to meet in Sacramento with CDSS staff and representatives from other counties to exchange ideas and work out the details of the project. The travel expenses will be paid by the county. - Maintain efforts to identify and collect overpayments, including those resulting from this project. - Have the ability to track or identify program participants and gather needed information and provide monthly data to the evaluator no later than 30 days after the end of each month. - Appoint a county coordinator who will fully cooperate with the evaluator and provide all data required by the evaluator in a machine readable format specified by the evaluator. The coordinator’s salary and expenses will be paid by the county. - Provide all necessary data to CDSS for purposes of creating public use data sets. - Provide historical data at the case level on earned income and grants for the ...
Food Stamp Program. A Federal program designed to permit low income households to obtain a more nutritious diet.