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Date FNS Document# Title
How We Got Here: School Nutrition Standards Final Rule
USDA Foods Database
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks
650 Adding Whole Grains to Your CACFP Menu
856 Is My Recipe Whole Grain-Rich in the CACFP?
858 How to Spot Whole Grain-Rich Foods for CACFP
655 Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Foods For CACFP
899 Serving Meats and Meat Alternates at Lunch and Supper in the USDA CACFP
CACFP Grains Ounce Equivalents Resources
Webinar: CACFP Halftime - Grains Ounce Equivalents Tools for CACFP Operators
Recursos sobre las onzas equivalentes de granos para operadores del CACFP
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
SP04-2022, CACFP04-2022 Question & Answer Guidance on the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
School Lunch and Breakfast Sodium Limits and Timeline
School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern Chart
National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern Chart
Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains - Industry Partners Webinar
FNS-874 Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP
CACFP Meal Pattern Training Worksheets
Hojas de capacitación del patrón de comidas para el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP)
CACFP 12-2021 Reimbursement for Meals and Snacks Served to Young Adults in the CACFP - Q&A's
Off-site Monitoring Fact Sheets for Child Nutrition Programs
Administrative Review Guidance and Tools
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
FNS-653 Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Sugar
FNS-653-S Elija cereales para el desayuno bajos en azúcares
SP06-2020 School Breakfast Program: Continuation of the Substitution of Vegetables for Fruit Flexibility
Short and Long Week Calculations
CN Labeling and PFS Guidance for Food Manufacturers/Industry
SP36-2019 Updated School Meal Guidance
SP41-2019 Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
SP40 CACFP17 SFSP17-2019 Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP39-2019 Clarification on the Milk and Water Requirements in the School Meal Program
SP38-2019 Meal Requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Q&As for Program Operators
SP37 CACFP16-2019 Q&As on the Final Rule Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements
Best Practices: Sponsor Retention
SP11-2019 Administrative Review – SY 2018-2019 Fiscal Action Workbook Update
FNS-663 Serving School Meals to Preschoolers
How to Encourage Variety in CSFP Food Package
SP04-2019 FY 2019 Administrative Review and Training Grants
SP31-2017 Clarifications for Fiscal Action School Food Authority-Wide for Administrative Reviews in SY 2016-17
SP25-2017 FNS-640: Administrative Review Report Form and Instructions
CACFP11-2017 Request for Additional FY 2017 CACFP Audit Funds
Best Practices for the Use of the USDA DoD Fresh Program in the Summer Food Service Program
SP51-2016 Ensuring Year-long Eligibility in the School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
CACFP15-2016 Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the CACFP
SP27 CACFP09 SFSP12-2015 Administrative Review Process Regarding the CN Label, Watermarked CN Label and Manufacturer’s Product Formulation Statement
SP13 SFSP05-2015v2 Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised
Page updated: November 20, 2019