FNS Documents & Resources (Compact View) | Food and Nutrition Service

Date	FNS Document#	Title
04/24/2024		How We Got Here: School Nutrition Standards Final Rule
03/02/2022	SP 05-2022	Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
03/02/2022	SP04-2022, CACFP04-2022	Question & Answer Guidance on the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
02/24/2022		School Lunch and Breakfast Sodium Limits and Timeline
02/24/2022		School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern Chart
02/24/2022		National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern Chart
02/17/2022		Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains - Industry Partners Webinar
02/16/2022		Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium and Whole Grains - Webinar for State Agencies and School Food Authorities
11/12/2021		Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
09/22/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #106	Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
09/02/2021		Planning for a Dynamic School Environment Webinar: Guidance for Meal Service Flexibilities for SY 2021-22
08/27/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #90 (Corrected)	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Specific School Meal Pattern Flexibility for SY 2021-22
07/14/2021	SP17 CACFP15 SFSP09-2021	COVID-19 Waiver Requests Submitted Prior to December 31, 2020
05/24/2021	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
05/14/2021	SP11 CACFP10 SFSP06 -2021	Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs - REVISED
04/22/2021		Oversight Plan Waiver
04/20/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #84	Child Nutrition Nationwide Waiver Update for SY 2021-22
04/20/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #94	Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements in the School Meal Programs – Revised – EXTENSION 3
04/20/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #93	Nationwide Waiver of Area Eligibility in the Afterschool Programs and for Family Day Care Home Providers in SY 2021-22
04/20/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #87	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-Congregate Meal Service for SY 2021-22
04/20/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #86	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Summer Food Service Program Reimbursement Rates in SY 2021-22
01/15/2021		FFCRA Opt-In Waiver for SY 2021-22 National School Lunch Program USDA Foods Entitlement Calculations
01/07/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #72	Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #66	Nationwide Waiver of Meal Service Time Restrictions in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – EXTENSION 2
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #65	Nationwide Waiver to Waive First Week Site Visits in the SFSP - Extension 2
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #64	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Area Eligibility for Closed Enrolled Sites in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – Extension 2
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #62	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children – Extension 5
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #61	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-congregate Feeding in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – Extension 5
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #70	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs – Extension 5
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #63	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option - Extension 8
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #68	Nationwide Waiver of Area Eligibility in the CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Care Component- Extension
10/09/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #60	Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
10/09/2020		CN - Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
07/01/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response # 19	Nationwide Waiver of Food Service Management Contract Duration in the NLSP and SFSP
06/08/2020	COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #29	Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements in the School Meals Programs – Revised – EXTENSION
05/21/2020	COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
05/21/2020	COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #23	CN COVID-19 Meal Times Nationwide Waiver - Extension
05/21/2020	COVID-19 Child Nutrition Response #22	Nationwide Non-Congregate Feeding Waiver- Extension
04/21/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
04/04/2020	COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #3	CN COVID-19 Afterschool Activity Waiver
12/18/2019		Short and Long Week Calculations
09/23/2019	SP36-2019	Updated School Meal Guidance
09/23/2019	SP41-2019	Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
09/23/2019	SP40 CACFP17 SFSP17-2019	Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
09/23/2019	SP39-2019	Clarification on the Milk and Water Requirements in the School Meal Program
09/23/2019	SP38-2019	Meal Requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Q&As for Program Operators
09/23/2019	SP37 CACFP16-2019	Q&As on the Final Rule Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements
01/12/2015	SP13 SFSP05-2015v2	Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised
03/08/1997	783-1 REV. 2	The Grains/Breads Requirement for the Food-Based Menu Planning Alternatives in the Child Nutrition Programs
12/02/1996		PL 104-193: Changes to Applications for Waivers in the Child Nutrition Programs

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