FNS Documents & Resources (Compact View)

Date	FNS Document#	Title
04/24/2024		How We Got Here: School Nutrition Standards Final Rule
10/12/2023		Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
05/11/2023	SP28-2017	Revised Prototype Free and Reduced Price Application for SY 2017-2018
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
02/24/2022		School Lunch and Breakfast Sodium Limits and Timeline
02/24/2022		National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern Chart
02/17/2022		Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains - Industry Partners Webinar
02/16/2022		Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium and Whole Grains - Webinar for State Agencies and School Food Authorities
12/15/2021	SP02CACFP03SFSP01-2022	Updates to the Federal Micro-Purchase Threshold in 2 CFR 200.320(a)(1)
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
08/23/2021		Procurement Strategies for SY 2021-22: Webinar for School Food Authorities
08/23/2021		Procurement Strategies for SY 2021-22: Webinar for State Agencies
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
04/29/2021	SP10 CACFP09 SFSP05-2021	Questions and Answers Regarding Child Nutrition Program Oversight, Administration, and Reporting During COVID-19
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 #94	Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements in the School Meal Programs – Revised – EXTENSION 3
01/07/2021	COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #72	Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
11/23/2020		Off-site Monitoring Fact Sheets for Child Nutrition Programs
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
07/15/2020		Administrative Review Guidance and Tools
06/03/2020	SP21 CACFP12 SFSP12-2020	Q&As related to Food Service Management Company Contracts and Allowable Costs during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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
04/11/2020	SP11 CACFP06 SFSP05-2020	Q&As related to the Child Nutrition Program Monitoring and Reporting Nationwide Waivers
12/18/2019		Short and Long Week Calculations
11/18/2019		CN Labeling and PFS Guidance for Food Manufacturers/Industry
10/30/2019	SP20 CACFP07 SFSP06-2019	Federal Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds
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
08/15/2019	SP32-2019	Buy American and the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
03/06/2019	FNS-640	FNS-640: SY 2017-18 Instructions and Reporting Guidance
02/22/2019	SP12-2019	Flexibility for the Administrative Review Cycle Requirement
02/21/2019	SP11-2019	Administrative Review – SY 2018-2019 Fiscal Action Workbook Update
11/30/2018	SP07-2019	Clarifications for Fiscal Action for Administrative Reviews in SY 2018-19
11/28/2018	SP04-2019	FY 2019 Administrative Review and Training Grants