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
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
08/27/2021
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #90 (Corrected)
Nationwide Waiver to Allow Specific School Meal Pattern Flexibility for SY 2021-22
06/08/2021
CACFP 12-2021
Reimbursement for Meals and Snacks Served to Young Adults in the CACFP - Q&A's
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
04/26/2021
Pandemic EBT – Summer 2021
04/20/2021
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #91
Nationwide Waiver to Allow Specific Meal Pattern Flexibility in the CACFP for SY 2021-22
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 #96
Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements for Sponsors in the Child and Adult Care Food Program – EXTENSION
04/20/2021
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #95
Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements for State Agencies in the Child and Adult Care Food Program – Extension 3
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 #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
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
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
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
03/10/2017
CACFP 08-2017
Questions and Answers on the Updated Meal Pattern Requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
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
