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Date FNS Document# Title
Final Rule - Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 DGAs
Updates to the School Nutrition Standards
Implementation Timeline for Updating the School Meal Standards
How We Got Here: School Nutrition Standards Final Rule
SP 07-2024, CACFP 03-2024 Updated Instructions for the SAE Recovery Process and SAE Financial Status Report
CNP Integrity Final Rule: School Meal Programs Provisions Webinar
USDA Foods Database
SP 01-2024, CACFP 01-2024, SFSP 01-2024 Clarification of Allowable Flexibilities for Child Nutrition Programs Experiencing Milk Supply Shortages
USDA Foods Toolkit for Child Nutrition Programs
Food Distribution Program: Value of Donated Foods from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
SP16-2023 Revised Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
Generic Clearance for Stakeholder Feedback and Surveys as Part of FNS Planning
Operational Challenges in Child Nutrition Programs Surveys
SP 11-2023 Paid Lunch Equity: Guidance for SY 2023-24
Comment Request: Food Distribution Programs: Renewing Burden Number 0584-0293
GS1 GDSN and the USDA Foods Database: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for States/School Districts
SP 07-2023, CACFP 06-2023, SFSP 04-2023 Unique Entity Identifier Transition
SFSP 04-2024, SP 06-2024 Rural Designations in the Summer Meal Programs - Revised
SP 06-2023, CACFP 05-2023, SFSP 02-2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs
Navigating the USDA Foods Database
FNS-10: Report of School Program Operations
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda - Fall 2022
SP04-2023, CACFP04-2023 FY 2023 Reallocation of State Administrative Expense Funds in Child Nutrition Programs
SP 03-2023, CACFP 02-2023 Offsite Monitoring of the CACFP and School Meal Programs After the Public Health Emergency Ends
Information Collection: Evaluation of the School-Based Child Nutrition Programs
FNS 2022-27941 Information Collection: Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards Application for SFAs
Comment Request: State Administrative Expense Funds
USDA Foods in Schools Ordering and Purchase Update Webinar
CN Flexibilities for Summer 2022 and School Year 2022-23
SP16-2022 Third Allocation of Supply Chain Assistance Funds to Alleviate Supply Chain Disruptions in the School Meal Programs
Understanding the USDA DoD Fresh Program and FFAVORS
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
USDA Foods Processing Program: Tips on How to Efficiently and Effectively Utilize USDA Foods Diverted to Processors
School Meals Programs Comparison Table of Flexibilities for School Year 2021-22 and School Year 2022-23
FNS-74 FNS-74: Federal-State Agreement Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Programs
USDA DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
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
Best Practices for Storage and Distribution of USDA Foods in Schools
Meal Talk: School Breakfast
Everything You Need to Know about GS1 GDSN! Accessing Nutrient, Allergen and Ingredient Information for USDA Foods in Schools
Use of USDA Foods in Disasters
USDA Foods in Schools Additional Resources
New Requirements for USDA Vendors: Reporting of Nutrition, Allergen, and Ingredient Information for USDA Foods in Schools
SP09 CACFP07-2021 Child Nutrition Emergency Operational Costs Reimbursement Programs: State Agency Implementation Plan Template and Q&A Guidance
Managing USDA Foods for Schools Entitlement, Orders and Inventories in SY 2021-22
COVID-19 Guidance for Managing USDA Foods Inventories in SY 2020-2021
Using USDA Foods in Disasters, Emergencies, and Situations of Distress
It's a New School Year: What's Happening with USDA Foods in Schools
SP10 CACFP05-2020 FY 2020 Reallocation of SAE Funds in Child Nutrition Programs
Using USDA DoD Fresh in the Summer Foodservice Program
Page updated: November 20, 2019