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Date FNS Document# Title
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)
Materiales de Ofrecer versus Servir
FNS-821-S Hoja de consejos de OVS para el almuerzo
FNS-817-S Afiche de OVS del almuerzo en la escuela primaria
FNS-819-S Afiche de OVS del almuerzo en la escuela secundaria
FNS-818-S Afiche de OVS del almuerzo en la escuela intermedia
FNS-821 Offer vs Serve Lunch Program Tip Sheet
FNS-819 Offer vs Serve High School Lunch Poster
FNS-818 Offer vs Serve Middle School Lunch Poster
FNS-817 Offer vs Serve Elementary School Lunch Poster
Offer Versus Serve Materials
FNS-631 Menu Planner for School Meals
Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
USDA School Meals: Together, We Can Give Kids a Healthier Future
The Whole Grain Resource for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
School Meals Application Materials in French
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
SP 11-2022 Determining Eligibility for Severe Need Reimbursement for the SBP and the Two Cent Differential Reimbursement for the NSLP in SY 2022-23 and 2023-24
897 Offering Smoothies as Part of Reimbursable School Meals
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #64 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Area Eligibility for Closed Enrolled Sites in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #60 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
CN - Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers – Extension 3
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #52 CN: Extend Area Eligibility Waivers Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #16 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Offer Versus Serve Flexibilities in the Summer Food Service Program
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #37 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Offer Versus Serve Flexibility for Senior High Schools in the NSLP for SY 2020–21
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #32 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers through August 31, 2020
Comment Request - Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2019-2020)
Verification Toolkit
Webinar: Verification Toolkit and Beginning Verification Before October 1
SP36 CACFP15 SFSP11-2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
Comment Request - Third Access Participation Eligibility and Certification Study Series (APEC III)
SP51-2016 Ensuring Year-long Eligibility in the School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Final Rule: Eliminating Applications Through Community Eligibility as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
School Meals Application Materials in Farsi
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2016-2017)
Comment Request: Community Eligibility Provision Characteristics Study
Comment Request - Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools
CFR Correction: Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools
SP41-2015 Updated Offer vs Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP Beginning SY2015-16
Voluntary Menu Labeling in the NSLP and SBP
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2007-2008)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2011-2012)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2012-2013)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2013-2014)
CACFP01 SFSP01-2015 Duration of Income Eligibility Determinations: Guidance and Q&As
Page updated: November 20, 2019