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The purpose of this policy bulletin is to inform Job Center and Non Cash Assistance Food Stamp (NCA FS) Center staff of a change in the treatment of adoption subsidy payments and foster care payments for Food Stamp (FS) budgeting purposes.
The Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002 permitted the exclusion of certain types of income for purposes of determining FS eligibility and benefit amounts for individuals included in the FS household. New York State determined that the entire amount of adoption subsidy payments and foster care payments should be excluded as income for individuals included in the FS household.
However, based on a recent clarification from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), New York State may no longer automatically exclude the entire amount of adoption subsidy payments and foster care payments as income when determining FS eligibility and benefit amounts.
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