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Date FNS Document# Title
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
SP11 CACFP10 SFSP06 -2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs - REVISED
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #84 Child Nutrition Nationwide Waiver Update for SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #63 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option - Extension 8
SP36-2019 Updated School Meal Guidance
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
SP23 CACFP10 SFSP09-2019 Crediting Popcorn in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP08 CACFP02 SFSP02-2019 Update of Food Crediting in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP01 CACFP01-2019 Updated CACFP Meal Patterns and Updated NSLP and SBP Infant and Preschool Meal Patterns
SP01-2018 Updated Infant and Preschool Meal Patterns in NSLP and SBP: Q&As
SP37-2017 Flexibility for Co-Mingled Preschool Meals: Questions and Answers
SP05 SFSP05-2016 Meal Service Requirements in the Summer Meal Programs
SP41-2015 Updated Offer vs Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP Beginning SY2015-16
SP23-2014v3 Q&As Related to the “Smart Snacks” Interim Final Rule
SP13 SFSP05-2015v2 Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised
SP65-2014 Instructions for Reporting State Administrative Funds for Implementing the New Meal Patterns
SP63-2014 Smart Snacks Standards for Exempt Foods when Paired Together
SP53-2014 Transition of Foods and Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value to Smart Snacks in School Standards
SP40-2014 Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards and Culinary Education Programs
SP36-2014 Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards and Exempt Fundraisers
SP35-2014 Grain Entrees Related to the Smart Snacks in School Standards
SP30-2014 Determining Eligibility for Two Cent Differential Reimbursement in New Schools
Smart Snacks in Schools Nutrition Standards - Interim Final Rule Q&As
SP48-2013 Extending Flexibility for RCCIs in the NSLP
SP20-2013 Quarterly Reporting Associated with School Food Authority Certification for Performance-Based Reimbursement
SP09 CACFP04-2013 Streamlining At-Risk Meal Participation for School Food Authorities
SP30-2012 Grain Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
SP07-2012 Allocation of Administrative Funds for State Costs of Implementation of New Meal Patterns
FNS Instruction 786-9 Rev. 2 Reimbursement For Meals or Milk Served to Continuous School Calendar Students
Effective Date for Implementation of Interim Regulation Amending the Infant Meal Patterns
Memorandum for Child Nutrition State Directors Concerning the TANF Program
783-1 REV. 2 The Grains/Breads Requirement for the Food-Based Menu Planning Alternatives in the Child Nutrition Programs
Limitations on Reimbursement for Meals Served in CACFP and SFSP
Reimbursement For Off Site Meal Consumption
Page updated: November 20, 2019