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

Date	FNS Document#	Title
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
02/07/2022		Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains and Sodium - Final Rule
11/12/2021		Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
09/22/2021		Child Nutrition Waiver Update to Address Meal Service During Unanticipated School Closures and Supply Chain Issues
09/22/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #106	Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
09/22/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #105	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Service of Meals at School Sites during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
09/22/2021	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
09/22/2021	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
09/22/2021	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
09/22/2021	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
09/15/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #99	Nationwide Waiver of the Annual Half Aggregate Monitoring Requirement in the Summer Food Service Program
09/15/2021	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
06/08/2021	CACFP 12-2021	Reimbursement for Meals and Snacks Served to Young Adults in the CACFP - Q&A's
04/22/2021		Oversight Plan Waiver
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 #92	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Offer Versus Serve Flexibility for Senior High Schools in SY 2021-22
04/20/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #89	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children for SY 2021-22
04/20/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #88	Nationwide Waiver of Meal Times Requirements for SY 2021-22
03/19/2021		Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Guidance on Temporary Shortage of Ultra-High Temperature Fluid Milk
02/26/2021		CSFP: Guidance on Temporary Food Package Issuance with Modified Quantities of Vegetables
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 #30	Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements for Sponsoring Organizations in the Summer Food Service Program – EXTENSION
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
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
06/30/2016	CACFP15-2016	Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the CACFP
01/12/2015	SP13 SFSP05-2015v2	Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised
03/07/2013	FD-129	USDA Foods Bone-in-Chicken Products
03/14/2000		Participation of Emergency Shelters in the Child and Adult Care Food Program - Questions and Answers
12/02/1996		PL 104-193: Changes to Applications for Waivers in the Child Nutrition Programs

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