The Virginia Department of Social Services provides guidance and technical support to the local departments of social services. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) manual outlines the purpose, program management, and eligibility criteria for SNAP in Virginia. To ensure the most recent information is available, each page of the manual provides the most recent date as changes are completed.
- Full Manual (PDF)
- Definitions (PDF)
- Abbreviations and Acronyms (PDF)
- Part 01 - Introduction (PDF)
- Part 02 - Application/Processing (PDF)
- Part 03 - Verification/Documentation (PDF)
- Part 04 - Certification Periods/Recertification (PDF)
- Part 05 - Expedited Services (PDF)
- Part 06 - Household Composition (PDF)
- Part 07 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Criteria (PDF)
- Part 08 - Employment Services and Voluntary Quit/Work Reduction (PDF)
- Part 09 – Resources (PDF)
- Part 10 - Income Deductions (PDF)
- Part 11 – Income (PDF)
- Part 12 - Special Income Determinations (PDF)
- Part 13 - Eligibility Determinations and Benefit Levels (PDF)
- Part 14 - Handling Changes (PDF)
- Part 15 - Work Requirement (PDF)
- Part 16 - Restoration of Lost Benefits (PDF)
- Part 17 - Recipient Claims (PDF)
- Part 18 - Replacement of EBT Cards, Benefits and Food (PDF)
- Part 19 - Fair Hearings and Administrative Disqualification Hearings (PDF)
- Part 20 - Disaster Supplementation Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) (PDF)
- Part 21 - Reduction, Suspension, Cancellation of SNAP Benefits (PDF)
- Part 22 - Workfare - Reserved (PDF)
- Part 23 - Benefit Allotment Tables (PDF)
- Part 24 – Forms (PDF)
- Part 25 - SNAP Employment and Training (SNAPET) (PDF)
- Part 26 - SNAP Quality Assurance (PDF)
Transmittals
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 35 (DRAFT) (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 34 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 33 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 32 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 31 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 30 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 29 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 28 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 27 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 26 (PDF)
- SNAP Manual Transmittal 25 (PDF)
