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Date FNS Document# Title
Updates to the School Nutrition Standards
CNP Integrity Final Rule: School Meal Programs Provisions Webinar
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid
Professional Standards: Resources
SP 01-2024, CACFP 01-2024, SFSP 01-2024 Clarification of Allowable Flexibilities for Child Nutrition Programs Experiencing Milk Supply Shortages
SP 22-2023 Community Eligibility Provision: Implementing the New Minimum Identified Student Percentage
Recursos de los estándares profesionales
Back to School
Child Nutrition Database
Regreso a clases
Supply Chain Assistance Funding for Schools
SFSP 10-2023 Initial Site Visits in the Summer Food Service Program
SFSP 08-2023 Guidance on Site Selection Criteria during Reviews in the SFSP
SP16-2023 Revised Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
FNS-933 Crediting Meats/Meat Alternates in Child Nutrition Programs Tip Sheet
Integrating Local Foods into Child Nutrition Programs
I'm New to Farm to School
FNS-464 The Whole Grain Resource for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
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
Support for Child Nutrition Program Operators
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
FNS-896 Offering Meats and Meat Alternates at School Breakfast
Integración de alimentos de origen local a los programas de nutrición infantil
Food Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs - Request for Information
FNS Buy American Webinar - Nov. 20, 2017
SP41-2017 2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant RFA
Contracting with FSMC: Developing Solicitations and Contracts
Getting to Know USDA's Web-Based Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
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
SP30-2014 Determining Eligibility for Two Cent Differential Reimbursement in New Schools
Attachments to SP12-2014: RFA for Participation in Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid in SY 2014-15
SP54-2013 Transmittal of Q&As on Computation of Direct Certification Performance Rate with SNAP
SP50-2013 Release of the New State Agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (Form FNS-834)
Direct Certification Grants Program Proposal Response Guidance
SP20-2013 Quarterly Reporting Associated with School Food Authority Certification for Performance-Based Reimbursement
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
SP32-2011 Direct Certification Benchmarks and Continuous Improvement Plans
SP31-2011 Frequency of Direct Certification Matching Activities Beginning in SY 2011-2012
FY 2011 Application for Direct Certification Planning Grants
FD-089 Clarification of State Agency Review Requirements for Donated Foods in the NSLP
SP32-2006 Clarification of Direct Verification
FD-045 Direct Certification and Direct Verification for National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition Agreements for Direct Certification
School Meal Applications and Direct Certification During the Operation of Provision 2 and 3
Page updated: November 20, 2019