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Date FNS Document# Title
Updates to the School Nutrition Standards
CNP Integrity Final Rule: School Meal Programs Provisions Webinar
State Guidance on Pandemic EBT
Professional Standards: Resources
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
Recursos de los estándares profesionales
Back to School
Child Nutrition Database
Regreso a clases
SP28-2017 Revised Prototype Free and Reduced Price Application for SY 2017-2018
The Whole Grain Resource for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
Support for Child Nutrition Program Operators
State Guidance on Coronavirus P-EBT in Schools
Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
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
CN - SFSP Application Notification Waiver
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #72 Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
CN - SFSP Monitoring Waiver
P-EBT Assistance for Children in Schools that are Closed or have Reduced Attendance
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #41 Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements in the School Meals Programs – Extension 2
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #12 Waiver of 60-Day Reporting Requirements
SP21 CACFP12 SFSP12-2020 Q&As related to Food Service Management Company Contracts and Allowable Costs during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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
SP11 CACFP06 SFSP05-2020 Q&As related to the Child Nutrition Program Monitoring and Reporting Nationwide Waivers
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #9 Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements in the School Meals Programs
SP06-2020 School Breakfast Program: Continuation of the Substitution of Vegetables for Fruit Flexibility
SP16-2019 Substitution of Vegetables for Fruit
FNS-640 FNS-640: SY 2017-18 Instructions and Reporting Guidance
SP12-2019 Flexibility for the Administrative Review Cycle Requirement
SP13-2018 Administrative Review – Revised Manual, Forms, and Tools (SY 2018-19)
SP 05-2018, CACFP 05-2018 Providing Child Nutrition Program Benefits to Disaster Survivor Evacuees
SP03-2018 FNS-640 SY 2016-17 Reporting Guidance
Food Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs - Request for Information
SP43-2017 Revised SY16-17 SFA-3 Administrative Review Form for FNS-640 Reporting
SP38-2017 Compliance with and Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the NSLP
SP25-2017 FNS-640: Administrative Review Report Form and Instructions
SP21-2017 Reporting Guidance for Results of the Administrative Reviews Conducted in SY 2015-16
Contracting with FSMC: Developing Solicitations and Contracts
Getting to Know USDA's Web-Based Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
SP07-2017 Completion of Fiscal Action in SY 2016-17 Administrative Reviews
SP27 CACFP09 SFSP12-2015 Administrative Review Process Regarding the CN Label, Watermarked CN Label and Manufacturer’s Product Formulation Statement
Finding, Buying and Serving Local Food - Using a Forward Contract
Finding, Buying and Serving Local Foods: Introduction to Geographic Preference
Finding, Buying and Serving Local Foods - Using Geographic Preference
Finding, Buying and Serving Local Foods - Tying It All Together and Digging In
Finding, Buying and Serving Local Foods - Using USDA Foods as Resource to Purchase Local
SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014, SFSP 18-2014 Disaster Response
Revised – Replacement of Commodities due to Natural Disasters
Page updated: November 20, 2019