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Date FNS Document# Title
Updates to the School Nutrition Standards
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)
CNP Integrity Final Rule: School Meal Programs Provisions Webinar
NSLP Guidance and Resources
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
Translated Applications
Back to School
Child Nutrition Database
Regreso a clases
School Meals Application Materials in Spanish
Applying for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
SP16-2023 Revised Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
Income Eligibility Guidelines
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
School Meals Application Materials in French
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
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
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2022-2023)
FNS-896 Offering Meats and Meat Alternates at School Breakfast
USDA Foods in Schools Infographics
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2021-22)
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 #60 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
CN - Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #52 CN: Extend Area Eligibility Waivers Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #32 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers through August 31, 2020
Comment Request - Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2019-2020)
Verification Toolkit
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2018-2019)
Webinar: Verification Toolkit and Beginning Verification Before October 1
Food Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs - Request for Information
FD-107 Donated Food Storage, Distribution, and Product Dating
FNS Buy American Webinar - Nov. 20, 2017
SP36 CACFP15 SFSP11-2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2017-2018)
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
Contracting with FSMC: Developing Solicitations and Contracts
USDA School Meals Prototype Application Disclaimer
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
Examining the Potential to Expand Data Matching in the School Meal Program Eligibility and Verification Processes
School Meals Application Materials in Nepali
Page updated: November 20, 2019