Summer Food Service Program - Policy

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FY 2010

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
04-2010	Exclusion of Military Pay	11/06/09
03-2010	Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (P-SNAP) Benefits for Children Certified as Eligible to Receive Free and Reduced Priced School Lunch During School Closures	11/06/09
02-2010	Procurement Questions	10/09/09
01-2010	Applying Geographic Preferences in Procurements for the Child Nutrition Programs - Updates	10/09/09

FY 2009

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
08-2009	School Dismissals for H1N1 Outbreaks: Q&As Edition #2	09/22/09
07-2009	Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household	08/27/09
06-2009	School Closings for H1N1 Outbreaks: Q&As	07/31/09
05-2009	Responding to School Closings for H1N1 Outbreaks	07/23/09
04-2009	Excess Summer Meals	06/26/09
03-2009	Transmittal of Guidance (Revised)	09/24/09
02-2009	Clarification of SA Review Requirements for Donated Foods	06/03/09
01-2009	2009 Reimbursement Rates Notice	01/15/09

FY 2008

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
09-2008	Automatic Eligibility for Early Head Start Participants	08/05/08
08-2008	Simplified Acquisition Threshold	07/03/08
07-2008	Emergency Operation in Areas of the Midwest Affected by Severe Flooding	06/19/08
06-2008	Automatic Eligibility for Free Meal Benefits Extended to All Children Enrolled in Head Start	05/16/08
05-2008	Rebates from the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008	03/26/08
04-2008	Sharing Income Eligibility Information	02/15/08
03-2008	Simplified Procedures	02/14/08
02-2008	2008 Reimbursement Rates (Notice)	01/30/08
01-2008	Nationwide Expansion of Simplified Cost Accounting Procedures	01/02/08

FY 2007

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
09-2007	Food Service Management Company Contracts	07/27/07
08-2007	Operation of Child Nutrition Programs during a Pandemic	06/11/07
07-2007	Electronic Record and Reporting Systems	06/15/07
06-2007	Update on Electronic Transactions	05/01/07
05-2007	Area Eligibility Duration	04/20/07
04-2007	Migrant Site Eligibility Determinations	02/23/07
03-2007	Permanent Agreements for All Sponsors	02/23/07
02-2007	2007 Reimbursement Rates	01/29/07
01-2007	Exceptions to Approving Sponsors Prior to Program Operations	01/19/07

FY 2006

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
07-2006	U.S. Armed Forces Family Supplemental Subsistence Allowance – Permanently Excluded from Income Consideration	08/25/06
05-2006	Summer Food Service Week Proclamation	04/05/06
04-2006	2006 Handbooks	01/23/06
02-2006	Treatment of Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance and National Flood Insurance Program payments in Income Eligibility Determinations	12/19/05
01-2006	Rural Transportation Grants	10/29/05

FY 2005

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Transmittal of Guidance on the Simplified Summer Food Program	06/29/05
01-2005	Simplified Summer Food Program	12/02/04

FY 2004

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Eligibility of Upward Bound Sites	05/26/04
	Using Metropolitan Statistical Area Data for Determining Rural Administrative Reimbursements	03/26/04
01-2004	Contract Requirements for School Sponsors	03/02/04
	Outreach Strategies	02/04/04

FY 2003

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Revised 2000 Census Data	06/30/03
	Effects of Busing on Area Eligibility	05/20/03
	Using 2000 Census Data	05/05/03
	Exception to the Requirement for First-Week Visits for Non-school Sponsors	04/22/03
	Flexibility of Time Restrictions on Meal Service for 2003	04/22/03
	USDA Sponsor Reviews Conducted in 2003	04/22/03
	Exceptions to Approving Sponsors Prior to Program Operations	04/22/03
	Field Trips	02/03/03
	Waiver for Closed Enrolled Sites	11/17/02

FY 2002

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Follow up Questions on Upward Bound	05/03/02
	Additional Sites Eligible for the Seamless Summer Feeding Waiver	03/13/02
	Exceptions to Approving Sponsors Prior to Program Operations	03/07/02
	Requirement for First-Week Visits for Non-school Sponsors	03/01/02
	USDA Sponsor Reviews	03/01/02
	Time Restrictions on Breakfast Meal Service	02/12/02
	Categorical Eligibility for Upward Bound Sites	01/31/02
	Flexibility of Time Restrictions on Meal Service	01/29/02

FY 2001

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Issues Related to Pilot Projects Authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001	02/28/01
	Pilot Projects Authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001	01/19/01

FY 2000

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Categorical Eligibility of Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act Participants	05/23/00
	Authority for Sponsors to Combine Claims for Reimbursement	05/15/00

FY 1999

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Guidance on Tax Exempt Status for Churches	09/29/99
21-99	Participation of Emergency Shelters Serving Homeless Children	03/30/99
19-99	Small Resource Farmers and Gleaning	02/12/99
18-99	Certifying Eligibility of Sites Serving American Indian or Alaska Native Children	02/12/99
17-99	“Mobile Feeding Sites” in Rural Areas	02/12/99
16-99	Continuous School Calendar and Year-Round SFSP	02/12/99
15-99	Supper Meal Service	02/02/99
13-99	Certifying Eligibility of National Youth Sports Program Sites to Participate	12/04/98
12-99	Time Restrictions for Meal Service at Migrant Sites	12/04/98
11-99	Certifying Eligibility of Sites Serving Migrant Children	12/04/98
10-99	Single, Permanent Agreements for School Food Authorities Administering Child Nutrition Programs	12/04/98
09-99	Meal Service to On-Track Students at Year-Round Sites	12/04/98
08-99	Use of Other Programs’ Eligibility Information for Closed Enrolled Sites and Camps	12/17/98
07-99	Meals Prepared in Schools and Permissible Use of Offer Versus Serve	12/04/98
03-99	Issues Relating to Meal Service at Sites	12/04/98
01-99	Sponsor and Site Application Requirements	12/04/98
	Implementation of Public Law 105-336	12/03/98

FY 1998

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
10-98	Single, Permanent Agreement for School Food Authorities Administering Child Nutrition Programs	05/01/98
06-98	Waiver of Site Limits For Private Nonprofit Organization Sponsor	03/20/98
04-98	Private Non-Profit Sponsors Procuring Meals from Commercial Food Service Management Companies	03/06/98
03-98	Issues Relating to Meal Service at Sites	02/27/98
02-98	Availability of School and Census Eligibility Data	02/24/98
01-98	Sponsor and Site Application Requirements	02/10/98

FY 1997

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Welfare Reform Advisory Memo #3: Changes Mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996	01/27/97

FY 1996

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Welfare Reform Advisory Memo #1: Limitations on Reimbursement for Meals Served	08/13/96

FY 1995

Memo No.	Title	Date Issued
	Registered Food Service Management Company Reports	09/26/95
	Automatic Eligibility for Free Meals for Participants in the Head Start Program	08/25/95

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