Northeast: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

North Centrat: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas.

South:

Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas.

West: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii.

QUESTION: On a State by State basis, what are your estimates of program participation and bonus costs for the most recent month available?

ANSWER: The attached chart provides current data for program participation and bonus costs for February 1979. The numbers are presented on a State

by State basis with Regional subtotals and national totals.

FORTHCOMING FOOD STAMP REGULATIONS

The following is a list of forthcoming food stamp regulations. Many of the provisions in these regulations are not required by the Food Stamp Act of 1977, but are changes the Department is making to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the food stamp program. This is true of most provisions in the regulations dockets on the performance reporting system, administrative costs, plans, sanctions and liabilities, and disasters.