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Date FNS Document# Title
SP 19-2024, CACFP 07-2024, SFSP 12-2024 Initial Implementation Memorandum: Child Nutrition Programs - Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 DGAs
SP 18-2024, CACFP 06-2024, SFSP 11-2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs
Information Collection - School Meals Operations Study
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
Child Nutrition Dashboard
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
SP 01-2024, CACFP 01-2024, SFSP 01-2024 Clarification of Allowable Flexibilities for Child Nutrition Programs Experiencing Milk Supply Shortages
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
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
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
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
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
School Meals Programs Comparison Table of Flexibilities for School Year 2021-22 and School Year 2022-23
National School Lunch, Special Milk, and School Breakfast Programs, National Average Payments/Maximum Reimbursement Rates
Support for Child Nutrition Program Operators
FNS-74 FNS-74: Federal-State Agreement Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Programs
Overview of the Keep Kids Fed Act and New Supply Chain Assistance Funding
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #109 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Summer Food Service Program Reimbursement Rates for the Seamless Summer Option in Summer 2022
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
Transitioning to Normal Child Nutrition Operations: Additional Waiver Opportunities
Meal Talk: School Breakfast
Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
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
Everything You Need to Know about GS1 GDSN! Accessing Nutrient, Allergen and Ingredient Information for USDA Foods in Schools
School Meals Programs - National Average Payments/Maximum Reimbursement Rates (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022)
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
Oversight Plan Waiver
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