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Date FNS Document# Title
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2024-2025)
FDPIR FY 24 Net Monthly Income Standards
FNS Handbook 501, Exhibit O FDPIR Monthly Distribution Guide Rates By Household Size
Flyer for Households to Encourage School Meal Enrollment
Translated Applications
School Meals Application Materials in Spanish
Applying for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk
SP 02-2023 Determining Eligibility for Severe Need Reimbursement Rates for the School Breakfast Program and the Two Cent Differential Reimbursement for the National School Lunch Program in SY 2023-24
NAFDPIR Annual Conference Presentations
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
FDPIR, TEFAP, and CSFP Income Exclusions under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
FDPIR Federal Pandemic Unemployment Income Exclusion
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
Applicant/Recipient
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2019-2020)
Verification Toolkit
Funds Provided to American Indians/Alaska Natives that are Excluded by Law
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2018-2019)
Webinar: Verification Toolkit and Beginning Verification Before October 1
SP36 CACFP15 SFSP11-2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2017-2018)
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
USDA School Meals Prototype Application Disclaimer
FD-076 Categorical Eligibility (Revised)
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
Examining the Potential to Expand Data Matching in the School Meal Program Eligibility and Verification Processes
School Meals Application Materials in Nepali
School Meals Application Materials in Kru
School Meals Application Materials in Thai
School Meals Application Materials in Sudanese
School Meals Application Materials in Khmer
School Meals Application Materials in Punjabi
School Meals Application Materials in Ukranian
School Meals Application Materials in Karen
School Meals Application Materials in Burmese
School Meals Application Materials in Albanian
School Meals Application Materials in Kurdish
School Meals Application Materials in Bengali
School Meals Application Materials in Urdu
School Meals Application Materials in Yiddish
School Meals Application Materials in Serbian
Page updated: November 20, 2019