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Date FNS Document# Title
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
Unpaid Meals: Best Practices to Ensure Student Access to Meals
Streamline CACFP Resource Center
School Meals FAQs
Unpaid Meal Charges
SP 05-2018, CACFP 05-2018 Providing Child Nutrition Program Benefits to Disaster Survivor Evacuees
SP29-2017 2017 Edition: Overcoming the Unpaid Meal Challenge - Proven Strategies from Our Nation’s Schools
Unpaid Meal Charges: Local Charge Policy Requirement
SP23-2017 Unpaid Meal Charges: Guidance and Q&As
Comment Request - Evaluation of the Direct Certification With Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price (DCM-F/RP) Meals Demonstrations
SP43-2016 Ensuring Access to Free and Reduced Price School Meals for Low-Income Students
SP51-2016 Ensuring Year-long Eligibility in the School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
SP47-2016 Unpaid Meal Charges: Clarification on Collection of Delinquent Meal Payments
SP46-2016 Unpaid Meal Charges: Local Meal Charge Policies
Foster Care Letter
SP51-2014 Eligibility Effective Date for Directly Certified Students
SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014, SFSP 18-2014 Disaster Response
SP11 CACFP06 SFSP11-2014 Effective Date of Free or Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Determinations
SP40 CACFP11 SFSP13-2013 Q&As Regarding the Participation of Head Start Programs in Child Nutrition Programs
Performance Based Certification: Prototype Performance Work Statement, Performance Metrics, Evaluation Factors and Market Research Questionnaire Response
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
National School Lunch Program and Direct Certification with SNAP
SP02-2012 Verification and Reporting of Foster Children
SP50 CACFP27 SFSP20-2011 Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications – Requests for Additional Information
SP32-2011 Direct Certification Benchmarks and Continuous Improvement Plans
SP13-2011 Letter Method for Direct Certification
SP25 CACFP11 SFSP10-2010 Q&As on Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household
SP22 CACFP10 SFSP08-2010 Categorical Eligibility: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
SP38 CACFP08 SFSP07-2009 Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household
CACFP 08-2007 Documentation of Tier I Eligibility Determinations in the CACFP
SP32-2006 Clarification of Direct Verification
Transfer of Data Related to the CACFP and the Food Stamp Program
SP-12-2005 Statutory Changes in the Free and Reduced Price Eligibility Determination Process and Revised Prototype Application Implementation Memo
Guidance on Determining Categorical Eligibility for Free Lunches and Breakfasts for Youth Served under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
Categorical Eligibility for Free Lunches and Breakfasts for Migrant Children
SP 4-2004 Categorical Eligibility for Free Lunches and Breakfasts of Runaway, Homeless, and Migrant Youth
Categorical Eligibility of Pre-Kindergarten Even Start Participants for Free Meal Benefits
Final Rule: School Nutrition Programs Nondiscretionary Technical Amendments
Page updated: November 20, 2019