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Date FNS Document# Title
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)
State Guidance on Pandemic EBT
FDPIR FY 24 Net Monthly Income Standards
FNS-631 Menu Planner for School Meals
FNS Handbook 501, Exhibit O FDPIR Monthly Distribution Guide Rates By Household Size
Translated Applications
School Meals Application Materials in Spanish
Applying for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
Recetas de Team Nutrition
Team Nutrition Recipes
Income Eligibility Guidelines
SP 02-2023 Determining Eligibility for Severe Need Reimbursement Rates for the School Breakfast Program and the Two Cent Differential Reimbursement for the National School Lunch Program in SY 2023-24
FNS-464 The Whole Grain Resource for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
NAFDPIR Annual Conference Presentations
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
School Meals Application Materials in French
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
State Guidance on Coronavirus P-EBT in Schools
SP 11-2022 Determining Eligibility for Severe Need Reimbursement for the SBP and the Two Cent Differential Reimbursement for the NSLP in SY 2022-23 and 2023-24
Nutrition Standards for School Meals
Pandemic EBT – State Plans for 2021-22
FNS-897 Offering Smoothies as Part of Reimbursable School Meals
Information Collection: Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer
FDPIR, TEFAP, and CSFP Income Exclusions under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
FDPIR Federal Pandemic Unemployment Income Exclusion
P-EBT Guidance for Schools and Child Care
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #64 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Area Eligibility for Closed Enrolled Sites in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – Extension 2
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
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #52 CN: Extend Area Eligibility Waivers Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #32 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers through August 31, 2020
Comment Request - Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
Professional Standards
Tools for Schools: Focusing on Smart Snacks
Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2019-2020)
Verification Toolkit
Funds Provided to American Indians/Alaska Natives that are Excluded by Law
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2018-2019)
Webinar: Verification Toolkit and Beginning Verification Before October 1
SP36 CACFP15 SFSP11-2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2017-2018)
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
USDA School Meals Prototype Application Disclaimer
Final Rule: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; Approval of Information Collection Request
FD-076 Categorical Eligibility (Revised)
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
School Nutrition Program Operations Study - SY 2012-13
Examining the Potential to Expand Data Matching in the School Meal Program Eligibility and Verification Processes
Page updated: November 20, 2019