[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR272.5]



[Page 611-612]

 

                          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. 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.

    (2) 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.

    (3) 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.

    (4) All Program informational material shall be available in 

languages



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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. 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]