(1)The state department is hereby
designated as the single state agency to administer or supervise the administration
of the food stamp program in this state in cooperation with the federal government
pursuant to the federal Food Stamp Act, as amended, and this part 3.
(2)The state department, with the approval of the state board, may enter
into an agreement with the secretary of the United States department of
agriculture to accept federal food assistance benefits for disbursement to qualified
households in accordance with federal law. Under state department supervision,
the responsibility for disbursement may be delegated, under agreement, to county
departments, United States postal service facilities, or other commercial facilities
such as but not limited to banks.
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(1) The state department is hereby
designated as the single state agency to administer or supervise the administration
of the food stamp program in this state in cooperation with the federal government
pursuant to the federal Food Stamp Act, as amended, and this part 3.
(2) The state department, with the approval of the state board, may enter
into an agreement with the secretary of the United States department of
agriculture to accept federal food assistance benefits for disbursement to qualified
households in accordance with federal law. Under state department supervision,
the responsibility for disbursement may be delegated, under agreement, to county
departments, United States postal service facilities, or other commercial facilities
such as but not limited to banks.
(3) The food stamp program shall be implemented and administered in every
county in the state by the respective county departments or by the state
department pursuant to an agreement with one or more counties. If a county can
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the state department that it is impossible or
impractical for the county department to administer the program, the state
department shall ensure that the program is implemented and administered within
such county, and the county shall continue to meet the requirements of section 26-1-122.
(4) (a) The state department shall develop a state outreach plan, referred to
in this section as the outreach plan, to promote access by eligible persons to
benefits through the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The outreach plan
shall meet the criteria established by the food and nutrition services agency of the
United States department of agriculture for approval of state outreach plans. The
state department is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, and donations to
develop and implement the outreach plan.
(b) For purposes of developing and implementing an outreach plan, the state
department shall partner with one or more counties and nonprofit organizations for
the development and implementation of the outreach plan. If the state department
enters into a contract with a nonprofit organization relating to the outreach plan,
the contract may specify that the nonprofit organization is responsible for seeking
sufficient gifts, grants, or donations necessary for the development and
implementation of the outreach plan, and may additionally specify that any costs to
the state associated with the award and management of the contract or the
implementation or administration of the outreach plan shall be paid out of any
private or federal moneys raised for the development and implementation of the
outreach plan. The state department shall submit the outreach plan to the food and
nutrition services agency for approval by September 1, 2010, and shall request any
federal matching moneys that may be available upon approval of the outreach plan.
The general assembly strongly encourages the state department to use any
additional public or private moneys, including moneys from the federal 2010
department of defense appropriations bill to offset costs associated with increased
caseload resulting from the implementation of an outreach plan.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection
(4), the state department shall be exempt from implementing or administering an
outreach plan, but not from developing an outreach plan, if the state department
will not be receiving private or federal moneys sufficient to cover the state's costs
associated with the implementation and administration of the outreach plan,
including any state or county costs associated with increased caseload resulting
from the implementation of the outreach plan.
(5) The provisions of article 1 of this title and, where not inconsistent with
this part 3, the provisions of part 1 of this article shall apply to federal food
assistance benefits under this part 3.