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Date FNS Document# Title
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)
State Guidance on Pandemic EBT
Area Eligibility
School Meals Application Materials in Spanish
Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
CN Flexibilities for Summer 2022 and School Year 2022-23
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
School Meals Application Materials in French
Overview of the Keep Kids Fed Act and New Supply Chain Assistance Funding
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
Transitioning to Normal Child Nutrition Operations: Additional Waiver Opportunities
Summer Feeding Requirements - Summer 2022 Comparison Table
Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #106 Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #99 Nationwide Waiver of the Annual Half Aggregate Monitoring Requirement in the Summer Food Service Program
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #90 (Corrected) Nationwide Waiver to Allow Specific School Meal Pattern Flexibility for SY 2021-22
SP17 CACFP15 SFSP09-2021 COVID-19 Waiver Requests Submitted Prior to December 31, 2020
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
Information Collection: Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer
Pandemic EBT – Summer 2021
Oversight Plan Waiver
School Meals Operations Study: Evaluation of the COVID-19 Child Nutrition Waivers and Child Nutrition Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #84 Child Nutrition Nationwide Waiver Update for SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #94 Nationwide Waiver of Onsite Monitoring Requirements in the School Meal Programs – Revised – EXTENSION 3
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #93 Nationwide Waiver of Area Eligibility in the Afterschool Programs and for Family Day Care Home Providers in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #92 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Offer Versus Serve Flexibility for Senior High Schools in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #89 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children for SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #88 Nationwide Waiver of Meal Times Requirements for SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #87 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-Congregate Meal Service for SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #86 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Summer Food Service Program Reimbursement Rates in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #81 Nationwide Waiver to Waive First Week Site Visits in the Summer Food Service Program for Summer 2021 Operations – EXTENSION 3
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #75 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-Congregate Feeding for Summer 2021 Operations – EXTENSION 6
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #78 Nationwide Waiver of Meal Service Time Restrictions for Summer 2021 Operations – EXTENSION 3
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #74 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibilities for Summer 2021 Operations- Extension 9
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #80 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Area Eligibility for Closed Enrolled Sites for Summer 2021 Operations – EXTENSION 3
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #77 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers for Summer 2021 Operations – EXTENSION 4
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #76 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children for Summer 2021 Operations – EXTENSION 6
SP07-2021 Department of Education Guidance on Implementation of Child Nutrition Program Waivers
FFCRA Opt-In Waiver for SY 2021-22 National School Lunch Program USDA Foods Entitlement Calculations
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #72 Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #66 Nationwide Waiver of Meal Service Time Restrictions in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – EXTENSION 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #65 Nationwide Waiver to Waive First Week Site Visits in the SFSP - Extension 2
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 #62 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children – Extension 5
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #61 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-congregate Feeding in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – Extension 5
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #63 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option - Extension 8
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #68 Nationwide Waiver of Area Eligibility in the CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Care Component- Extension
Page updated: November 20, 2019