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Date FNS Document# Title
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)
Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
SP 02-2023 Determining Eligibility for Severe Need Reimbursement Rates for the School Breakfast Program and the Two Cent Differential Reimbursement for the National School Lunch Program in SY 2023-24
Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
SP17 CACFP15 SFSP09-2021 COVID-19 Waiver Requests Submitted Prior to December 31, 2020
Oversight Plan Waiver
School Meals Operations Study: Evaluation of the COVID-19 Child Nutrition Waivers and Child Nutrition Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #84 Child Nutrition Nationwide Waiver Update for SY 2021-22
SP07-2021 Department of Education Guidance on Implementation of Child Nutrition Program Waivers
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #63 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option - Extension 8
CN - Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
SNAP Extension of Waiver of QC Face-to-Face Interview Requirement Due to the COVID-19 – Blanket Approval
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #47 CN - Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children – Extension 3
Child Nutrition Monitoring Waiver Extensions
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #12 Waiver of 60-Day Reporting Requirements
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #14 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Area Eligibility for Closed Enrolled Sites in SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #3 CN COVID-19 Afterschool Activity Waiver
Comment Request - Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2019-2020)
SP15 CACFP12 SFSP05-2018 Child Nutrition Program Waiver Request Guidance and Protocol- Revised
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2018-2019)
SP36 CACFP15 SFSP11-2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2017-2018)
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
SP51-2016 Ensuring Year-long Eligibility in the School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Final Rule: Eliminating Applications Through Community Eligibility as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2016-2017)
Comment Request - Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools
Comment Request: Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
CFR Correction: Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2015-2016)
Final Rule: Direct Certification of Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2001-2002)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2003-2004)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2002-2003)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2005-2006)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2007-2008)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2011-2012)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2012-2013)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2013-2014)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2014-2015)
CACFP01 SFSP01-2015 Duration of Income Eligibility Determinations: Guidance and Q&As
SP51-2014 Eligibility Effective Date for Directly Certified Students
SP30-2014 Determining Eligibility for Two Cent Differential Reimbursement in New Schools
CACFP07 SFSP12-2014 Guidance on Income Eligibility Determinations and Duration
SP11 CACFP06 SFSP11-2014 Effective Date of Free or Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Determinations
Proposed Rule: NSLP and SBP Eliminating Applications Through Community Eligibility as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
Page updated: November 20, 2019