FNS Documents & Resources (Compact View) | Food and Nutrition Service

Date	FNS Document#	Title
05/17/2024	SP 19-2024, CACFP 07-2024, SFSP 12-2024	Initial Implementation Memorandum: Child Nutrition Programs - Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 DGAs
12/20/2023		SNAP - Publication of the Race and Ethnicity Data Collection Final Rule
11/29/2023	SP 02-2024, CACFP 02-2024, SFSP 02-2024	Revised: Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products in the School Meal Programs, CACFP, and SFSP
10/20/2023		SNAP Work Requirement Policy Resources
09/18/2023		SNAP Improvements to Federal Financial Accounting
08/02/2023		Updated Guidance for Improving State Agency Application Processing Timeliness Rates: Standardizing the Escalation Process
06/12/2023	CACFP 08-2023, SFSP 10-2023	Best Practices for Streamlining Applications for Year-Round Program Operations
05/19/2023	WPM 2023-6	WIC Policy Memo #2023-6: Streamlining Certification Documentation Guidance
04/25/2023	WPM 2023-5	WIC Policy Memorandum #2023-5: Data Sharing to Improve Outreach and Streamline Certification in WIC
04/05/2023		FD-152: Discontinuance of the High Security Seal Requirement for USDA Foods Deliveries
04/04/2022	SP08-2022, CACFP07-2022, SFSP03-2022	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs
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
07/30/2021	Policy Memorandum 2021-01	Administrative and Judicial Review
07/16/2021	FD-40: Processing	FD-40: Inventory Draw Down in USDA Foods Processing (Revised)
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
03/18/2021		WIC and WIC FMNP American Rescue Plan Act - Program Modernization
03/09/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #74	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibilities for Summer 2021 Operations- Extension 9
03/09/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #73	Child Nutrition Waiver Update
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
08/31/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #53	CN - Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in SFSP and SSO - Extension 7
08/21/2020	SP24 CACFP13 SFSP13-2020	Questions and Answers for the Child Nutrition Programs during SY 2020-21 – #5
07/30/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #38	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs – Extension 5
06/08/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #36	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs – Extension 4
06/08/2020	COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #26	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 3
05/21/2020	COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
04/21/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13	Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
03/25/2020	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #4	COVID-19 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs
12/27/2019	FD-147	Policy Cancellation Memorandum
11/14/2019	FD-146	FD-146: Questions and Answers about Distribution Procedures in TEFAP
09/24/2019		Clarifying Requirements for Compliance with Prisoner Verification System and Deceased Matching System Regulations
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
04/17/2019	SP23 CACFP10 SFSP09-2019	Crediting Popcorn in the Child Nutrition Programs
04/02/2019	FD-064	Management of Donated Food Inventories at Processors
02/27/2019	FD-145	USDA Foods Processing Program: Cancellation of Policy Memoranda

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