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Date FNS Document# Title
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)
Area Eligibility
Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
School Meals Application Materials in French
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
Nutrition Standards for 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 #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
Professional Standards
Tools for Schools: Focusing on Smart Snacks
Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2019-2020)
Verification Toolkit
SFSP01-2019 Summer Food Service Program Memoranda Rescission
Webinar: Verification Toolkit and Beginning Verification Before October 1
CACFP18-2017 Clarifications: Funding Levels for FY 2018 Child and Adult Care Food Program Audit Fund Allocation
SP36 CACFP15 SFSP11-2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
Final Rule: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; Approval of Information Collection Request
CACFP05-2017 Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
School Nutrition Program Operations Study - SY 2012-13
CACFP27-2016 Clarifications: Funding Levels for FY 2017 CACFP Audit Fund Allocation
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: Administrative Reviews in the School Nutrition Programs
Final Rule: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
Final Rule: Eliminating Applications Through Community Eligibility as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
School Meals Application Materials in Farsi
SP48 CACFP16 SFSP16-2016 Using Federal Funds to Support FoodCorps Service Members
SP46-2016 Unpaid Meal Charges: Local Meal Charge Policies
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2016-2017)
CACFP15-2016 Optional Best Practices to Further Improve Nutrition in the CACFP
Comment Request - Food Program Reporting System (FPRS)
Comment Request: Community Eligibility Provision Characteristics Study
Final Rule: CACFP Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Proposed Rule: Child Nutrition Program Integrity
Comment Request: Study of Nutrition and Activity in Child Care Settings
SP29-2016 Reporting Instructions for Form FNS-874: Local Educational Agency Second Review of Applications
Comment Request: Community Eligibility Provision Characteristics Study
CFR Correction: Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools
Correction to Final Rule: Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the HHFKA
Proposed Rule: CACFP Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the HHFKA of 2010; Extension of Comment Period
SP28-2015 Q&As Regarding the Use of SAE Funds and SA Funds for Farm to School Related Expenses
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