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Date FNS Document# Title
Webinar: Community Eligibility Provision 101
Community Eligibility Provision Fact Sheet
CEP Planning and Implementation Guidance
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid
Community Eligibility Provision Status of School Districts and Schools by State
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
Webinar on Final Rule: CEP- Increasing Options for Schools
CEP Final Rule Summary
Proposed Rule: Community Eligibility Provision – Increasing Options for Schools Webinar
Community Eligibility Provision - Summary of Proposed Rule
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
SP 12-2021 Department of Education Information on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #6 Nationwide Waiver of Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
SP30-2019 Requirements for Students Transferring from Provision to non-Provision Schools
SP17-2019 CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and SY 2019-20 Election Deadline
Unpaid Meal Charges
SP41-2017 2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant RFA
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
SP35-2015 Updated Title I Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
Foster Care Letter
SP08-2015 Updated E-Rate Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
Attachments to SP12-2014: RFA for Participation in Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid in SY 2014-15
SP54-2013 Transmittal of Q&As on Computation of Direct Certification Performance Rate with SNAP
SP50-2013 Release of the New State Agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (Form FNS-834)
Direct Certification Grants Program Proposal Response Guidance
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
SP32-2011 Direct Certification Benchmarks and Continuous Improvement Plans
SP31-2011 Frequency of Direct Certification Matching Activities Beginning in SY 2011-2012
FY 2011 Application for Direct Certification Planning Grants
SP04-2009 Reminder Concerning E-Rate Audits by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
SP32-2006 Clarification of Direct Verification
FD-045 Direct Certification and Direct Verification for National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
School Meal Applications and Direct Certification During the Operation of Provision 2 and 3
Page updated: November 20, 2019