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  <title><![CDATA[  Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Resource Limits  and Exclusions, and Extended Certification Periods]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-03-E8-15003</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This proposed rule would amend regulations for the Food 
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). The changes are 
intended to improve program service, ensure consistency between FDPIR 
and the Food Stamp Program, and respond to concerns expressed by the 
National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian 
Reservations (NAFDPIR) that the current FDPIR resource limit was 
insufficient for the target population and served as a barrier to 
participation. The proposed rule would increase the maximum level of 
allowable resources to the same level permitted under the Food Stamp 
Program (including annual adjustments for inflation in accordance with 
Section 4104 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 
110234)), allow a resource exclusion for the first $1,500 of the value 
of one prepaid funeral arrangement per household member, and allow 
households in which all members are elderly and/or disabled to be 
certified for up to 24 months. The rule would also implement Section<script type="text/javascript">
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  <pubDate>Thu, Jul 3 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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