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Date FNS Document# Title
Professional Standards: Resources
Recursos de los estándares profesionales
303-S Guía de estándares profesionales para programas de nutrición escolar
Tools for Schools
FNS-486A Professional Standards Summary of Updates Flyer
FNS-486A-S Boletín de resumen de las actualizaciones de los estándares profesionales
Local School Wellness Policy
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
Proposed Rule: Hiring Flexibility Under Professional Standards
SP24-2017 Local School Wellness Policy: Guidance and Q&As
Final Rule: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; Approval of Information Collection Request
Final Rule: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the HHFKA of 2010
Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
Correction to Final Rule: Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the HHFKA
Final Rule: Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
School Wellness Policy Cooperative Agreement
Proposed Rule: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
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
Interim Rule: Direct Certification and Certification of Homeless, Migrant and Runaway Children for Free School Meals - Approval of Information Collection Request
Schools Meeting the New Meal Standards
SP54-2013 Transmittal of Q&As on Computation of Direct Certification Performance Rate with SNAP
Final Rule: NSLP Direct Certification Continuous Improvement Plans Required by the HHFKA of 2010 - Approval of Information Collection Request
SP50-2013 Release of the New State Agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (Form FNS-834)
FNS NSLP FY 2013 Request for Applications Direct Certification Improvement Grants
Direct Certification Grants Program Proposal Response Guidance
Final Rule: NSLP Direct Certification Continuous Improvement Plans Required by the HHFKA of 2010
Proposed Rule: NSLP Direct Certification Continuous Improvement Plans Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
National School Lunch Program and Direct Certification with SNAP
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
SP13-2011 Letter Method for Direct Certification
Promoting Fruits and Vegetables in Schools: Wellness Policy Opportunities
SP32-2006 Clarification of Direct Verification
SP04-2006 Local Wellness Policy Letter to State Director
FD-045 Direct Certification and Direct Verification for National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
School Meal Applications and Direct Certification During the Operation of Provision 2 and 3
Page updated: November 20, 2019