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Date FNS Document# Title
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)
Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
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
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
Comment Request - Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2019-2020)
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
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
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)
SP51-2014 Eligibility Effective Date for Directly Certified Students
SP30-2014 Determining Eligibility for Two Cent Differential Reimbursement in New Schools
SP11 CACFP06 SFSP11-2014 Effective Date of Free or Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Determinations
Proposed Rule: NSLP and SBP Eliminating Applications Through Community Eligibility as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2013-2014)
SP 06-2013, CACFP 03-2013, SFSP 03-2013 Determining Area Eligibility Based on School Data
SP13-2012 Verification for Cause in the School Meals Programs
Equity in School Lunch Pricing Fact Sheet
SP06 CACFP03 SFSP04-2010r Exclusion of Military Combat Pay
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
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2009-2010)
Interim Rule: Verification of Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
SP40-2008 Reaffirmation of Policy on Limited Disclosure of Children's Eligibility Information to the National Assessment of Educational Progress
SP37-2008 30-Day Carryover and Delayed Implementation for Provision 2
SP34 CACFP10 SFSP09-2008 Automatic Eligibility for Early Head Start Participants
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2008-2009)
SP23 CACFP07 SFSP06-2008 Automatic Eligibility for Free Meal Benefits Extended to All Children Enrolled in Head Start
Correction: Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines
SP17 CACFP05 SFSP04-2008 Sharing Income Eligibility Information between Child Nutrition Programs
SP05-2008 Food Safety Inspections in Non-Traditional School Settings
Final Rule: Disclosure of Children's Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk Eligibility Information in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP30 CACFP14 SFSP07-2006 U.S. Armed Forces Family Supplemental Subsistence Allowance – Permanently Excluded from Income Consideration for the Child Nutrition Programs
SP27-2006 Verification Sample Size
SP02 CACFP02 SFSP01-2006 Treatment of Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance and National Flood Insurance Program payments in Income Eligibility Determinations for FNS Programs
Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo – SP 18 Verification Confirmation Reviews - Reauthorization 2004
SP 23-2005 Eligibility for Severe Need Rates for the School Breakfast Program
SP-12-2005 Statutory Changes in the Free and Reduced Price Eligibility Determination Process and Revised Prototype Application Implementation Memo
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