Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Date FNS Document# Title
SFSP 04-2024, SP 06-2024 Rural Designations in the Summer Meal Programs - Revised
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern Chart
National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern Chart
Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
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
SP15 CACFP13 SFSP08-2021 Questions and Answers for Child Nutrition Program Operations in SY 2021-22
SP05 CACFP04 SFSP04-2021 Q&As to Allow Summer Food Service Program and Seamless Summer Option Operations SY 2020-21 #4
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #62 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children – Extension 5
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #61 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-congregate Feeding in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – Extension 5
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #60 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
CN - Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
Administrative Review Guidance and Tools
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response # 19 Nationwide Waiver of Food Service Management Contract Duration in the NLSP and SFSP
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #23 CN COVID-19 Meal Times Nationwide Waiver - Extension
COVID-19 Child Nutrition Response #22 Nationwide Non-Congregate Feeding Waiver- Extension
SP17-2020 FY 2020 National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grants for School Food Authorities
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
SP07-2020 Paid Lunch Equity: Guidance for SY 2020-21
SP06-2020 School Breakfast Program: Continuation of the Substitution of Vegetables for Fruit Flexibility
SP05-2020 Questions & Answers Regarding Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Program Personnel
Short and Long Week Calculations
SP04 CACFP03 SFSP03-2020 Meal Service During Unanticipated School Closures
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
SP34 CACFP15 SFSP15-2019 Crediting Coconut, Hominy, Corn Masa and Masa Harina in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP32-2019 Buy American and the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
SP31 CACFP14 SFSP14-2019 Farm Bill Implementation Memo: Donated Traditional Foods and Civil Liability
SP30-2019 Requirements for Students Transferring from Provision to non-Provision Schools
SP29-2019 Allocation of FY 2020 Funds
SP27-2019 Paid Lunch Equity: Guidance for SY 2019-20
SP11-2019 Administrative Review – SY 2018-2019 Fiscal Action Workbook Update
SP04-2019 FY 2019 Administrative Review and Training Grants
FD-107 Donated Food Storage, Distribution, and Product Dating
SP31-2017 Clarifications for Fiscal Action School Food Authority-Wide for Administrative Reviews in SY 2016-17
SP26-2017 Accommodating Disabilities in the School Meal Programs: Guidance and Q&As
SP25-2017 FNS-640: Administrative Review Report Form and Instructions
FD-104 Value of USDA Donated Foods for Audits: Revised
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
SP09-2017 2017 Edition of Questions and Answers for the National School Lunch Program’s Seamless Summer Option
SP51-2016 Ensuring Year-long Eligibility in the School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
SP16 CACFP06 SFSP10-2016 Disclosure Requirements for the Child Nutrition Programs
SP35-2015 Updated Title I Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
Page updated: November 20, 2019