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Date FNS Document# Title
Webinar: Community Eligibility Provision 101
Community Eligibility Provision Fact Sheet
CEP Planning and Implementation Guidance
Community Eligibility Provision Status of School Districts and Schools by State
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
Webinar on Final Rule: CEP- Increasing Options for Schools
CEP Final Rule Summary
Proposed Rule: Community Eligibility Provision – Increasing Options for Schools Webinar
Community Eligibility Provision - Summary of Proposed Rule
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
Unpaid Meals: Best Practices to Ensure Student Access to Meals
SP 12-2021 Department of Education Information on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #6 Nationwide Waiver of Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
TEFAP Flexibilities for State Agencies
FD-146 FD-146: Questions and Answers about Distribution Procedures in TEFAP
SP30-2019 Requirements for Students Transferring from Provision to non-Provision Schools
SP17-2019 CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and SY 2019-20 Election Deadline
Unpaid Meal Charges
SP 05-2018, CACFP 05-2018 Providing Child Nutrition Program Benefits to Disaster Survivor Evacuees
FD-041 Distribution of TEFAP Foods to Children (Revised)
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
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
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
SP35-2015 Updated Title I Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
Foster Care Letter
SP08-2015 Updated E-Rate Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
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
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
SP04-2009 Reminder Concerning E-Rate Audits by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
SP32-2006 Clarification of Direct Verification
SP-12-2005 Statutory Changes in the Free and Reduced Price Eligibility Determination Process and Revised Prototype Application Implementation Memo
Categorical Eligibility of Pre-Kindergarten Even Start Participants for Free Meal Benefits
Page updated: November 20, 2019