Appendix A: Current Geographical Areas Waived by Food and Nutrition Services (FNS)

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has approved Pennsylvania’s request to waive 58 counties and six municipalities from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025.  In addition, FNS approved Pennsylvania’s request to waive Butler County (with the exception of Cranberry Township) and Cumberland County (with the exception of Hampden Township).

 

Waived Areas Not Subject to Time-Limited Receipt of Benefits as of September 1, 2024.

Counties

Allegheny

Clearfield

Greene

Mercer

Somerset

Armstrong

Clinton

Huntington

Mifflin

Sullivan

Beaver

Columbia

Indiana

Monroe

Susquehanna

Bedford

Crawford

Jefferson

Montgomery

Tioga

Berks

Cumberland

Juniata

Montour

Union

Blair

Dauphin

Lackawanna

Northampton

Venango

Bradford

Delaware

Lancaster

Northumberland

Warren

Bucks

Elk

Lawrence

Perry

Washington

Butler

Erie

Lebanon

Philadelphia

Wayne

Cambria

Fayette

Lehigh

Pike

Westmoreland

Cameron

Forest

Luzerne

Potter

Wyoming

Carbon

Franklin

Lycoming

Schuylkill

York

Clarion

Fulton

McKean

Snyder

 

 

Non-Waived Areas Subject to Time-Limited Receipt of Benefits.  Newly non-waived areas in red.

Counties

Adams*

Centre*

Chester*

 

*Denotes a county which is not geographically waived, but for which Pennsylvania has opted to use discretionary exemptions to “blanket exempt” for the period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024.  ABAWDs in these counties will continue to be automatically assigned eligibility status code “EW” by eCIS and will not be subject to the time limit.

 

Updated September 30, 2024, replacing April 18, 2024