[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7 Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR272.5]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 272--REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING STATE AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 272.5  Program informational activities.

    (a) Definition. ``Program informational activities'' are those 
activities that convey information about the Program, including 
household rights and responsibilities, through means such as 
publications, telephone hotlines, and face-to-face contacts.
    (b) Minimum requirements. State agencies shall comply with the 
following minimum information requirements for applicants and 
recipients.
    (1) Nutrition information. (i) FNS will supply State agencies with 
posters and pamphlets containing information regarding foods with 
substantial amounts of the recommended daily allowances of protein, 
minerals, and vitamins; menus making use of these foods; and the 
relationship between health and diet;
    (ii) Printed materials such as posters, fliers, and pamphlets, that 
explain the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants 
and Children (WIC) and, where available, the Commodity Supplemental Food 
Program (CSF) shall be supplied by agencies administering the WIC and 
CSF programs (where available);
    (iii) State agencies shall display the posters and make the 
pamphlets available at all food stamp and public assistance offices.
    (iv) State agencies shall encourage program participants to 
participate in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) 
and, wherever practicable, allow EFNEP personnel to come into food stamp 
offices to distribute informational materials and speak with food stamp 
recipients.
    (2) Rights and responsibilities. State agencies shall inform 
participant and applicant households of their Program rights and 
responsibilities. This information may be provided through whatever 
means the State agencies deem appropriate.
    (3) All Program informational material shall be available in 
languages other than English as required in Sec. 272.4(b) and shall 
include a statement that the Program is available to all without regard 
to race, color, sex, age, handicap, religious creed, national origin or 
political belief.
    (c) Program informational activities for low-income households. At 
their option State agencies may carry out and claim associated costs for 
Program informational activities designed to inform low-income 
households about the availablity, eligibility requirements, application 
procedures, and benefits of the Food Stamp Program. Program 
informational materials used in such activities shall be subject to 
Sec. 272.4(b), which pertains to bilingual requirements. Before FNS 
considers costs for such activities eligible for reimbursement at the 
fifty percent rate under part 277, State agencies shall obtain FNS 
approval for the attachment to their Plans of Operation as specified in 
Sec. 272.2(d)(1)(ix). In such attachments, State agencies shall describe 
the subject activities with respect to the socio-economic and 
demographic characteristics of the target population, types of media 
used, geographic areas warranting attention, and outside organizations 
which would be involved.

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State agencies shall update this attachment to their Plans of Operation 
when significant changes occur and report projected costs for this 
Program activity in accordance with Sec. 272.2 (c), (e), and (f).


[Amdt. 207, 47 FR 52334, Nov. 19, 1982. Redesignated by Amdt. 211, 47 FR 
53316, Nov. 26, 1982; Amdt. 262, 49 FR 50597, Dec. 31, 1984; 52 FR 
36398, Sept. 29, 1987; 54 FR 24527, June 7, 1989; Amdt. 320, 55 FR 6239, 
Feb. 22, 1990]

    Effective Date Note: By Amdt. 388, 65 FR 70192, Nov. 21, 2000, in 
Sec. 272.5, paragraphs (b)(1)(ii) and (iii) were removed, (b)(1)(i), 
(iv), (2) and (3) were redesignated as (b)(1), (2), (3) and (4) and the 
new paragraph (b)(1) was revised, effective January 20, 2001. For the 
convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:

Sec. 272.5  Program informational activities.

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    (b) * * *
    (1) Nutrition information. FNS must encourage State agencies to 
develop Nutrition Education Plans as specified at Sec. 272.2(d)(2) to 
inform applicant and participant households about the importance of a 
nutritious diet and the relationship between diet and health.

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