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

Date	FNS Document#	Title
09/28/2023	SFSP 05-2017	Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers - Revised
03/06/2023	SFSP 04-2024, SP 06-2024	Rural Designations in the Summer Meal Programs - Revised
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
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 #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
08/11/2021	SP20 CACFP16-2021	Child Nutrition Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursement Programs: Q&As #3
08/09/2021	SP19-2021	Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Operations for SY 2021-22 during COVID-19
07/16/2021	FD-40: Processing	FD-40: Inventory Draw Down in USDA Foods Processing (Revised)
06/08/2021	CACFP 12-2021	Reimbursement for Meals and Snacks Served to Young Adults in the CACFP - Q&A's
04/23/2021		CSFP: Additional Caseload Assignments for the 2021 Caseload Cycle
04/23/2021		CSFP: Allocation of Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Supplemental Appropriations
03/19/2021		Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Guidance on Temporary Shortage of Ultra-High Temperature Fluid Milk
03/11/2021		Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Income Guidelines for 2021
02/26/2021		CSFP: Guidance on Temporary Food Package Issuance with Modified Quantities of Vegetables
02/19/2021		CSFP Caseload Assignments for the 2021 Caseload Cycle and Administrative Grants
02/16/2021		FY 2021 Food and Administrative Funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program
02/12/2021		FDPIR Federal Pandemic Unemployment Income Exclusion
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
10/07/2020		TEFAP State Plan Requests and Allocations for FY 2021 Farm to Food Bank Projects
05/21/2020	COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
04/24/2020		TEFAP: Allocation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act Supplemental Appropriations
04/21/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
10/30/2019	SP20 CACFP07 SFSP06-2019	Federal Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds
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
04/02/2019	FD-064	Management of Donated Food Inventories at Processors
09/12/2017	SP43-2017	Revised SY16-17 SFA-3 Administrative Review Form for FNS-640 Reporting
06/30/2017	FD-041	Distribution of TEFAP Foods to Children (Revised)
06/30/2017	FD-036	TEFAP Local-Level Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements
12/02/2016	FD-104	Value of USDA Donated Foods for Audits: Revised
12/01/2016	SP09-2017	2017 Edition of Questions and Answers for the National School Lunch Program’s Seamless Summer Option
11/29/2016	FD-142	Further Clarification on the Prohibition Against Explicitly Religious Activities As Part of TEFAP and CSFP Activities
11/29/2016	FD-037	Office of Management and Budget Uniform Guidance Audit Requirements
08/22/2016	FD-137	Alternative Value Pass-Through System Pilot Project under the Department of Defense Fresh Program
06/30/2016	CACFP15-2016	Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the CACFP
08/26/2015	FD-046	FDPIR - Student Financial Assistance (Revised)
01/12/2015	SP13 SFSP05-2015v2	Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised

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