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Date FNS Document# Title
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid
Professional Standards: Resources
Recursos de los estándares profesionales
303-S Guía de estándares profesionales para programas de nutrición escolar
Child Nutrition: Program Integrity Final Rule
SFSP 10-2023 Initial Site Visits in the Summer Food Service Program
USDA Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool
FNS-486A Professional Standards Summary of Updates Flyer
FNS-486A-S Boletín de resumen de las actualizaciones de los estándares profesionales
303 Guide to Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs
SP05-2020 Questions & Answers Regarding Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Program Personnel
Professional Standards
Tools for Schools: Focusing on Smart Snacks
2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
Proposed Rule: Hiring Flexibility Under Professional Standards
SP41-2017 2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant RFA
Integrity Features of a Web-based School Meal Application
Comment Request - Evaluation of the Direct Certification With Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price (DCM-F/RP) Meals Demonstrations
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Report to Congress: State Implementation Progress, SY 2014-15
Second Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study (APEC II): Estimating and Validating Statistical Models for Updating Estimates of Improper Payments in NSLP and SBP
Special Nutrition Program Operations Study, SY 2013-14
Approaches to Measuring Erroneous Payments in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program At The State Level
Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA) for School Meals 2015
Comment Request - Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool
Comment Request - State Agency (NSLP/SNAP) Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (FNS-834)
Proposed Rule: Child Nutrition Program Integrity
Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of Sponsor Tiering Determinations - 2014
Correction to Final Rule: Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the HHFKA
Regional Office Review of Applications (RORA) for School Meals 2014
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Report to Congress: State Implementation Progress, SY 2013-14
Program Error in the NSLP and SBP: Findings from the Second Access, Participation, Eligibility and Certification Study (APEC II)
SP23-2014v3 Q&As Related to the “Smart Snacks” Interim Final Rule
Final Rule: Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
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
National School Lunch Program Direct Certification Study: State Practices and Performance Report
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of Sponsor Tiering Determinations – 2013
SP63-2014 Smart Snacks Standards for Exempt Foods when Paired Together
Regional Office Review of Applications for School Meals 2013
National School Lunch Program Direct Certification Improvement Study
SP59-2014 State Agency Fundraiser Elections and Exemptions
SP53-2014 Transition of Foods and Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value to Smart Snacks in School Standards
SP40-2014 Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards and Culinary Education Programs
SP36-2014 Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards and Exempt Fundraisers
SP35-2014 Grain Entrees Related to the Smart Snacks in School Standards
Proposed Rule: Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
Attachments to SP12-2014: RFA for Participation in Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid in SY 2014-15
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress, SY 2012–13: Report to Congress
NSLP Afterschool Snack Service - FAQs
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