KANSAS COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION MANUAL

STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
REHABILITATION SERVICES
Integrated Services Delivery
Docking State Office Building
Room 681 - West
Topeka, Kansas 66612

TO: Area Directors
        Economic and Employment Support Chiefs
        Economic and Employment Support Staff
        Social Service Chiefs
        Other Staff

Re: Summary of Changes for the Kansas Commodity Distribution Manual (KCDM) - Revision No. 10 effective July 1, 2002.

PURPOSE, BACKGROUND and REASON FOR CHANGE

The purpose of this document is to transmit Revision No. 10 of the Kansas Commodity Distribution Manual (KCDM) effective July 1, 2002.

Income Eligibility Guidelines The income eligibility guidelines for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) are set at 130% of the federal poverty level. Due to the annual publication of the new federal poverty level guidelines for 2002, it is necessary to incorporate the new income eligibility standards into the Kansas Commodity Distribution Manual (KCDM), Section 2303, Income Standards, and Section 8000, Exhibit E. Exhibit E is the TEFAP Declaratory Statement/Inventory Control form used to determine program eligibility and includes the TEFAP income guidelines. The new income guidelines will be added to all declaratory statement forms, local applications and any other information used to determine eligibility.

CHANGES AND REQUIRED ACTIONS

All Kansas Commodity Distribution Manuals will be updated by doing the following:

Remove page 2-3, Determination of Income and page 2-4, Income Standards (Rev. 6/01). Insert new pages 2-3, 2-4 (Rev. 6/02).

Remove page 8-12, Exhibit E, Declaratory Statement/Inventory Control (Rev. 6/01). Insert new page 8-12 (Rev. 6/02).

EFFECT ON LOCAL STAFF

Participating organizations will need to apply the increased income standards in determining eligibility for individual program participants. Area SRS offices will need to communicate this to all TEFAP participating organizations in their area.

COORDINATION EFFORTS

The 2002 guidelines for 130% of the federal poverty level were obtained from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff Sharon Bates, from the Mountain Plains USDA Regional Office in Denver.

Sincerely,

Sandra C. Hazlett, Director
Economic and Employment Support

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