USDA seeks comments on SNAP quality control review form update
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This notice asks for public comments on a revised USDA form used by states to report quality control reviews for SNAP, the food assistance program. State agencies are the main ones affected: they must keep collecting case data, updating discretionary codes, and sending review results to USDA. Businesses are not directly regulated, but the notice shows how SNAP oversight data is gathered and managed.
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Key Changes
- USDA is revising, not replacing, the SNAP quality control review schedule form.
- State agencies must continue reporting quality control findings and updating discretionary codes.
- The notice invites public comments by June 29, 2026, before OMB approves the collection.
Obligations
What this law requires
State agencies must perform Quality Control (QC) reviews for SNAP using Form FNS-380-1 to collect QC data and case characteristics and to serve as the comprehensive data entry form for SNAP QC reviews.
State agencies must update their State agency discretionary codes on Form FNS-380-1 and report those code updates to FNS.
State agencies must report the findings of active SNAP QC reviews on Form FNS-380-1 to FNS.
State agencies must maintain records of sampled active case files selected for SNAP QC review.
State agencies must obtain the information needed to complete the QC review form from SNAP case records, quality control interviews with households and collateral contacts, data matches, and verification documents gathered during the QC review.