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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 22-2023 Community Eligibility Provision: Implementing the New Minimum Identified Student Percentage
Recursos de los estándares profesionales
Child Nutrition Database
Tools for Schools
SP16-2023 Revised Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
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
Local School Wellness Policy
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
FNS-896 Offering Meats and Meat Alternates at School Breakfast
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #18 Nationwide Waiver of Local School Wellness Policy Triennial Assessments in the NSLP and SBP
Food Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs - Request for Information
SP41-2017 2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant RFA
SP24-2017 Local School Wellness Policy: Guidance and Q&As
Contracting with FSMC: Developing Solicitations and Contracts
Final Rule: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; Approval of Information Collection Request
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Report to Congress: State Implementation Progress, SY 2014-15
Final Rule: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the HHFKA of 2010
Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
2015-16 Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
Evaluation of Demonstrations of NSLP and SBP Direct Certification of Children Receiving Medicaid Benefits: Access Evaluation Report
Evaluation of Demonstrations of National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Direct Certification of Children Receiving Medicaid Benefits: Year 1 Report
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
School Wellness Policy Cooperative Agreement
Finding, Buying and Serving Local Foods - Using USDA Foods as Resource to Purchase Local
Proposed Rule: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Attachments to SP12-2014: RFA for Participation in Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid in SY 2014-15
2013-2014 Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
School Wellness Policy Resources
SP54-2013 Transmittal of Q&As on Computation of Direct Certification Performance Rate with SNAP
FY 2010-12 Direct Certification Grant Summaries
FY 2009 Direct Certification/Verification Grant Summaries
FY 2011 Direct Certification Implementation Grant Summaries
SP50-2013 Release of the New State Agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (Form FNS-834)
Direct Certification Grants Program Proposal Response Guidance
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
SP42-2011 Local School Wellness Policies
SP32-2011 Direct Certification Benchmarks and Continuous Improvement Plans
SP31-2011 Frequency of Direct Certification Matching Activities Beginning in SY 2011-2012
Interim Rule: Direct Certification and Certification of Homeless, Migrant and Runaway Children for Free School Meals
FY 2011 Application for Direct Certification Planning Grants
Promoting Fruits and Vegetables in Schools: Wellness Policy Opportunities
SP32-2006 Clarification of Direct Verification
Page updated: November 20, 2019