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Date FNS Document# Title
How We Got Here: School Nutrition Standards Final Rule
School Lunch Materials
Materiales para el almuerzo escolar
Stronger with School Meals Educational Materials
Recetas de Team Nutrition
Team Nutrition Recipes
SFSP 04-2024, SP 06-2024 Rural Designations in the Summer Meal Programs - Revised
Materiales para el desayuno escolar
School Breakfast Materials
FNS-74 FNS-74: Federal-State Agreement Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Programs
Meal Talk: School Breakfast
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
School Lunch and Breakfast Sodium Limits and Timeline
School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern Chart
National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern Chart
Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains - Industry Partners Webinar
Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium and Whole Grains - Webinar for State Agencies and School Food Authorities
Child Nutrition Waiver Update to Address Meal Service During Unanticipated School Closures and Supply Chain Issues
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #106 Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #105 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Service of Meals at School Sites during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
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
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
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
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
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
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #90 (Corrected) Nationwide Waiver to Allow Specific School Meal Pattern Flexibility for SY 2021-22
Pandemic EBT – State Plans for 2021-22
SP20 CACFP16-2021 Child Nutrition Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursement Programs: Q&As #3
SP19-2021 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Operations for SY 2021-22 during COVID-19
Everything You Need to Know about GS1 GDSN! Accessing Nutrient, Allergen and Ingredient Information for USDA Foods in Schools
USDA Foods in Schools Photo Contest
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
SP 12-2021 Department of Education Information on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
SP11 CACFP10 SFSP06 -2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs - REVISED
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #84 Child Nutrition Nationwide Waiver Update for SY 2021-22
Off-site Monitoring Fact Sheets for Child Nutrition Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #70 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs – Extension 5
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #63 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option - Extension 8
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
SP10 CACFP05-2020 FY 2020 Reallocation of SAE Funds in Child Nutrition Programs
FD-147 Policy Cancellation Memorandum
Short and Long Week Calculations
SP20 CACFP07 SFSP06-2019 Federal Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds
SP02 CACFP02 SFSP02-2020 Best Practices for Project Management for the Child Nutrition Programs System Replacement or Upgrade
SP01 CACFP01 SFSP01-2020 CN Information Technology Solutions: Best Practices for Defining the Child Nutrition Programs System Replacement or Upgrade
SP36-2019 Updated School Meal Guidance
SP41-2019 Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
SP40 CACFP17 SFSP17-2019 Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP39-2019 Clarification on the Milk and Water Requirements in the School Meal Program
Page updated: November 20, 2019