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Date FNS Document# Title
Webinar: Community Eligibility Provision 101
Community Eligibility Provision Fact Sheet
CEP Planning and Implementation Guidance
SP 11-2024 CEP: State Agency Procedures to Ensure Identified Student Percentage Accuracy
SP 10-2024 CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2024-25 Election Deadline
SP 09-2024 Community Eligibility Provision: Guidance and Updated Q&As
SP 08-2024 Community Eligibility Provision: Planning and Implementation Guidance - Updated
Community Eligibility Provision Status of School Districts and Schools by State
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
Webinar on Final Rule: CEP- Increasing Options for Schools
CEP Final Rule Summary
SP 22-2023 Community Eligibility Provision: Implementing the New Minimum Identified Student Percentage
Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 7-Day Schedule
Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 6-Day Schedule
Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 3-Day Schedule
Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 4-Day Schedule
Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 5-Day Schedule
Tools for Schools
Proposed Rule: Community Eligibility Provision – Increasing Options for Schools Webinar
Community Eligibility Provision - Summary of Proposed Rule
SP 10-2023 Updated Title I Guidance for Making Within District Allocations
SP 09-2023 Community Eligibility Provision: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2023-2024 Election Deadline
SP 08-2023 Free or Low-Cost Internet Services Available to All Households with Kids at Schools Participating in the Community Eligibility Provision
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
Nutrition Standards for School Meals
SP 12-2021 Department of Education Information on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #6 Nationwide Waiver of Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
SP30-2019 Requirements for Students Transferring from Provision to non-Provision Schools
SP17-2019 CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and SY 2019-20 Election Deadline
Unpaid Meal Charges
SP 05-2018, CACFP 05-2018 Providing Child Nutrition Program Benefits to Disaster Survivor Evacuees
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
SP43-2016 Ensuring Access to Free and Reduced Price School Meals for Low-Income Students
SP35-2015 Updated Title I Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
Foster Care Letter
SP08-2015 Updated E-Rate Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
SP51-2014 Eligibility Effective Date for Directly Certified Students
SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014, SFSP 18-2014 Disaster Response
SP26-2014 New Q&As Related to the Certification of Compliance with Meal Requirements for the NSLP
SP11 CACFP06 SFSP11-2014 Effective Date of Free or Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Determinations
Software Approval Material for Alternates to USDA Certification Worksheets
SP46-2013 SNP Administrative Reviews: Assessing Compliance Using an Approved Menu Planning Tool
SP40 CACFP11 SFSP13-2013 Q&As Regarding the Participation of Head Start Programs in Child Nutrition Programs
SP20-2013 Quarterly Reporting Associated with School Food Authority Certification for Performance-Based Reimbursement
SP44-2012 Q&As Related to the 6 Cents Certification Tool
Performance Based Certification: Prototype Performance Work Statement, Performance Metrics, Evaluation Factors and Market Research Questionnaire Response
Certification of Compliance with New Meal Pattern Requirements
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
Page updated: November 20, 2019