N.M. Admin. Code § 8.139.100.9
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024
Section 8.139.100.9 - MISSION STATEMENTA. The purpose of the program is to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income households through a cooperative federal-state program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade.B. Section 2 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 states, in part: Congress hereby finds that the limited food purchasing power of low-income households contributes to hunger and malnutrition among members of such households. To alleviate such hunger and malnutrition, a food stamp program is herein authorized which will permit low-income households to obtain a more nutritious diet through normal channels of trade by increasing food purchasing power to all eligible households who apply for participation.N.M. Admin. Code § 8.139.100.9
2/01/95; 8.139.100.9 NMAC -Rn, 8.139.100.8 NMAC, 2/14/2002, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIV, Issue 20, October 24, 2023, eff. 11/1/2023, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, July 16, 2024, eff. 7/16/2024