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Expanded eligib3ility to receive food stamps and to use
them to purchase meals provided by group living
arrangements to all individuals who meet the Food Stamp
Act's definition of "disabled". |
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Limited categorical eligibility for GA recipients to
those receiving benefits from programs that have income
limits at least as stringent as the food stamp gross
income test. |
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Denied categorical eligibility to recipients of GA
programs that provide one-time emergency payments that
cannot be provided for more than one continuous month |
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Expanded the income exclusion for educational income by
excluding income either used for or made available
(earmarked) by the school, institution, program, or
other grantor for: tuition, mandatory fees (including
the rental or purchase of equipment, material, and
supplies related to pursuing the course of study
involved), books, supplies, transportation, and
miscellaneous personnel expenses (other than living
expenses). |
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Provided a food stamp income exclusion for amounts
necessary for the fulfillment of a plan for achieving
self-support (PASS) under Title XVI of the Social
Security Act. (The Farm Bill provided a resource
exclusion for such funds.) |
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Expanded the definition of an inaccessible resource: one
whose sale or other disposition is unlikely to produce
any significant amount of funds for the support of the
household. |
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Prohibited the Department from requiring State agencies
to require verification of the value of inaccessible
resources unless the State agency determines that the
information provided by the household in questionable. |
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Excluded all of the resources of recipients of AFDC; SSI;
and aid to the aged, blind, or disabled under Titles I,
II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act. |
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Included as income the portion of a transitional housing
vendor payment that equals 50% of AFDC's maximum shelter
allowance only if the shelter allowance to be paid is
calculated separately from amounts for other household
needs. |
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Required the publication of outcome-based performance
standards for the E&T Program (including improvements in
education levels) by 12 months after the publication of
final outcome-based performance standards for the JOBS
training programs. |
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Deleted the specific requirements now in the Food Stamp
Act on the content of outcome-based E&T performance
standards, referring only to service to individuals with
greater barriers to employment and volunteers. |
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Required the new standards and the interim standards to
meet the current effort required by the regulations for
E&T components; i.e., 12 hours a month for two months. |
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Prohibited the Department from requiring E&T
participation of more than 10% of nonexempt work
registrants in fiscal years 1992 and 1993 and 15% in
fiscal years 1994 and 1995. |
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Postponed implementation of required staggered issuance
and exemptions from monthly reporting for households on
Indian reservations until April 1, 1993. Required final
regulations by December 1, 1992. |
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Required the GAO to report to Congress by 180 days after
enactment on its findings about the difficulties
experienced by residents on Indian reservations in
obtaining food stamp benefits, using food stamps, and
purchasing food economically with food stamps. |
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Required the GAO study to include actions at the
Federal, State or local level that could remedy problems
on Indian reservations. |
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Required GAO to consult with tribes, State agencies, and
other appropriate parties. |
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Corrected one place in the Food Stamp Act where the term
"allotments" was not replaced with "benefits" to cover
areas where food stamp benefits are provided
electronically rather than in coupon form. |
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Prohibited prorating during certification periods except
during the initial month. |
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Gave households who have claims made against them
because of inadvertent household errors 10 days to
select alternate means of paying the claims before
allotment reduction is used. (Effective upon enactment). |
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Required the Department to commence operating the
demonstration project for vehicle exclusion limit by
Jan. 1, 1993. Solicitation of requests to participate
in the demonstration projects required by May 1, 1992. |
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Made a technical amendment to the Homeless Eligibility
Clarification Act of 1986 so that restaurants could be
authorized as retail food stores to accept food stamps
from homeless people. (Retroactive to Oct. 1, 1990) |
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Effective date for provisions not otherwise specified
was Feb. 1, 1992. |
