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Date FNS Document# Title
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #60 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
CN - Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
SP36 CACFP15 SFSP11-2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
SP51-2016 Ensuring Year-long Eligibility in the School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
CACFP01 SFSP01-2015 Duration of Income Eligibility Determinations: Guidance and Q&As
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
Letter to Households: Notification of Selection for Verification of Eligibility
CACFP06 SFSP11-2013 Eligibility Based on Census Data: 2013 Data Release
CACFP13 SFSP11-2012 Revised: Eligibility Based on Census Data: Revision of 2012 Data Release
CACFP07 SFSP09-2012 Eligibility Based on Census Data: 2012 Data Release
CACFP06 SFSP08-2012 Guidance on Income Eligibility Determinations and Duration
SP13-2012 Verification for Cause in the School Meals Programs
SP02-2012 Verification and Reporting of Foster Children
Equity in School Lunch Pricing Fact Sheet
SP25 CACFP11 SFSP10-2010 Q&As on Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household
SP22 CACFP10 SFSP08-2010 Categorical Eligibility: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
CACFP 06-2010 Expiring Income Eligibility Forms and Determining Claiming Percentages
SP38 CACFP08 SFSP07-2009 Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household
SP40-2008 Reaffirmation of Policy on Limited Disclosure of Children's Eligibility Information to the National Assessment of Educational Progress
SP37-2008 30-Day Carryover and Delayed Implementation for Provision 2
SP34 CACFP10 SFSP09-2008 Automatic Eligibility for Early Head Start Participants
SP23 CACFP07 SFSP06-2008 Automatic Eligibility for Free Meal Benefits Extended to All Children Enrolled in Head Start
CACFP 08-2007 Documentation of Tier I Eligibility Determinations in the CACFP
SFSP 04-2007 Migrant Site Eligibility Determinations
SP27-2006 Verification Sample Size
CACFP 10-2006 Free and Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Determinations Reauthorization 2004
SP02 CACFP02 SFSP01-2006 Treatment of Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance and National Flood Insurance Program payments in Income Eligibility Determinations for FNS Programs
Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo – SP 18 Verification Confirmation Reviews - Reauthorization 2004
Verification Activities – Reauthorization 2004 Implementation Memo SP-13
Military Families and Eligibility in the Child Nutrition Programs
Guidance on Determining Categorical Eligibility for Free Lunches and Breakfasts for Youth Served under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
SP5-2004 Verification of Income Eligibility – Reauthorization 2004 Implementation
Categorical Eligibility for Free Lunches and Breakfasts for Migrant Children
Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo - SP 3 Duration of Households’ Free and Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Determination - Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo - SP 3
Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo CN 1 Exclusion of the Housing Allowance for Military Households in Privatized Housing - Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo CN 1
Eligibility of Upward Bound Sites
Extension of Certain Child Nutrition Program Provisions through June 30, 2004
Extension of Certain Child Nutrition Programs Provisions through March 31, 2004
Continuing Resolution
Recruiting For-Profit Centers to Participate in the CACFP
Categorical Eligibility of Pre-Kindergarten Even Start Participants for Free Meal Benefits
Automatic Eligibility of State-Funded Pre-K Participants for Free Meals in CACFP, NSLP and SBP
SP99-3 CACFP99-2 Limited Disclosure of Children’s Free and Reduced Price Meal or Free Milk Eligibility Information
Memorandum for Child Nutrition State Directors Concerning the TANF Program
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