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Date FNS Document# Title
How We Got Here: School Nutrition Standards Final Rule
SFSP 04-2024, SP 06-2024 Rural Designations in the Summer Meal Programs - Revised
FNS-74 FNS-74: Federal-State Agreement Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Programs
Meal Talk: School Breakfast
CSFP: Tentative Caseload Assignments for the 2022 Caseload Cycle
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
SP04-2022, CACFP04-2022 Question & Answer Guidance on the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
School Lunch and Breakfast Sodium Limits and Timeline
School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern Chart
Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains - Industry Partners Webinar
Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium and Whole Grains - Webinar for State Agencies and School Food Authorities
CSFP 2022 Income Guidelines
Child Nutrition Waiver Update to Address Meal Service During Unanticipated School Closures and Supply Chain Issues
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #106 Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #105 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Service of Meals at School Sites during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #104 Nationwide Waiver of Area Eligibility Requirements for Service Institutions Operating the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #103 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals Served by Service Institutions through the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #102 Nationwide Waiver of Meal Times Requirements for Service Institutions Operating the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #101 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-Congregate Meal Service for Service Institutions Operating the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #100 Waiver to Allow Fiscal Action Flexibility for Meal Pattern Violations Related to COVID-19 Supply Chain Disruptions Impacting School Meals in SY 2021-22
SP20 CACFP16-2021 Child Nutrition Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursement Programs: Q&As #3
SP19-2021 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Operations for SY 2021-22 during COVID-19
Everything You Need to Know about GS1 GDSN! Accessing Nutrient, Allergen and Ingredient Information for USDA Foods in Schools
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #97 Nationwide Waiver to Provide Flexibility for School Meal Programs Administrative Reviews of SFAs Operating Only the SSO in SY 2021-22
CSFP: Additional Caseload Assignments for the 2021 Caseload Cycle
CSFP: Allocation of Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Supplemental Appropriations
Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Guidance on Temporary Shortage of Ultra-High Temperature Fluid Milk
Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Income Guidelines for 2021
CSFP: Guidance on Temporary Food Package Issuance with Modified Quantities of Vegetables
CSFP Caseload Assignments for the 2021 Caseload Cycle and Administrative Grants
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #70 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs – Extension 5
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #63 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option - Extension 8
The Enhanced CSFP Food Package in Action: Where Are We Now?
CSFP 101
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
SP10 CACFP05-2020 FY 2020 Reallocation of SAE Funds in Child Nutrition Programs
CSFP Caseload Management Webinar
CSFP: Income Guidelines for 2020
CSFP: Final Caseload Assignments for the 2020 Caseload Cycle and Administrative Grants
FD-147 Policy Cancellation Memorandum
CSFP Orientation for New States
Short and Long Week Calculations
SP20 CACFP07 SFSP06-2019 Federal Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds
SP36-2019 Updated School Meal Guidance
SP41-2019 Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
SP40 CACFP17 SFSP17-2019 Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP39-2019 Clarification on the Milk and Water Requirements in the School Meal Program
SP38-2019 Meal Requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Q&As for Program Operators
SP37 CACFP16-2019 Q&As on the Final Rule Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements
Page updated: November 20, 2019