State agencies pro-rate food items, including the Cash-Value Voucher?
State agencies may continue to pro-rate foods except single item foods such as bread or other whole grain options, peanut butter or beans (dry or canned), and the cash-value voucher. The exception to the single food item is eggs because they are available in dozen cartons. The full value of the cash-value voucher must be provided. Clarifications: • Under the interim rule, the maximum allowance of whole wheat/grain bread or other whole grain options in Food Package IV for children is two pounds. State agencies may pro-rate to one pound for this food package. • Under the interim rule, both food Package V (pregnant and partially breastfeeding women) and Food Package VII (fully breastfeeding women) provide 1 pound of beans and 18 ounces of peanut butter. State agencies may pro-rate these items by offering the woman the opportunity to choose either the beans or the peanut butter. The food instrument could read “18 ounces of peanut butter or 1 pound of beans.” State agencies may not pro-rate
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