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Date FNS Document# Title
Area Eligibility
Recetas de Team Nutrition
Team Nutrition Recipes
USDA School Meals: Together, We Can Give Kids a Healthier Future
FNS-464 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
899 Serving Meats and Meat Alternates at Lunch and Supper in the USDA CACFP
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
FNS-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 #32 Nationwide Waiver to Extend Area Eligibility Waivers through August 31, 2020
Verification Toolkit
Grain-Based Desserts in the CACFP
Medio tiempo del CACFP: Postres a base de granos en el CACFP
Unpaid Meal Charges
Planificacion de comidas para el CACFP
CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursday - Menu Planning
Webinar: Verification Toolkit and Beginning Verification Before October 1
SP 05-2018, CACFP 05-2018 Providing Child Nutrition Program Benefits to Disaster Survivor Evacuees
SP36 CACFP15 SFSP11-2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals
SP29-2017 2017 Edition: Overcoming the Unpaid Meal Challenge - Proven Strategies from Our Nation’s Schools
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
School Meals Application Materials in Farsi
Voluntary Menu Labeling in the NSLP and SBP
Foster Care Letter
CACFP01 SFSP01-2015 Duration of Income Eligibility Determinations: Guidance and Q&As
SP51-2014 Eligibility Effective Date for Directly Certified Students
SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014, SFSP 18-2014 Disaster Response
SP30-2014 Determining Eligibility for Two Cent Differential Reimbursement in New Schools
CACFP07 SFSP12-2014 Guidance on Income Eligibility Determinations and Duration
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
CACFP06 SFSP11-2013 Eligibility Based on Census Data: 2013 Data Release
Before/After Elementary School Lunch Menu
CACFP21-2012 Adult Day Care Center Eligibility and Licensing/Approval
CACFP20-2012 Participant Eligibility in the Adult Day Care Component of the CACFP
Directions for Menu Worksheet
CACFP13 SFSP11-2012 Revised: Eligibility Based on Census Data: Revision of 2012 Data Release
CACFP07 SFSP09-2012 Eligibility Based on Census Data: 2012 Data Release
CACFP06 SFSP08-2012 Guidance on Income Eligibility Determinations and Duration
SP13-2012 Verification for Cause in the School Meals Programs
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
Page updated: November 20, 2019