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Date FNS Document# Title
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2022-2023)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2021-22)
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2019-2020)
SP41-2017 2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant RFA
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Report to Congress: State Implementation Progress, SY 2014-15
Comment Request - Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools
Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
2015-16 Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
Evaluation of Demonstrations of NSLP and SBP Direct Certification of Children Receiving Medicaid Benefits: Access Evaluation Report
Evaluation of Demonstrations of National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Direct Certification of Children Receiving Medicaid Benefits: Year 1 Report
Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines (2001-2002)
Attachments to SP12-2014: RFA for Participation in Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid in SY 2014-15
2013-2014 Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
SP54-2013 Transmittal of Q&As on Computation of Direct Certification Performance Rate with SNAP
FY 2010-12 Direct Certification Grant Summaries
FY 2009 Direct Certification/Verification Grant Summaries
FY 2011 Direct Certification Implementation Grant Summaries
SP50-2013 Release of the New State Agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (Form FNS-834)
Direct Certification Grants Program Proposal Response Guidance
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress SY 2011-12: Report to Congress
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
SP32-2011 Direct Certification Benchmarks and Continuous Improvement Plans
SP31-2011 Frequency of Direct Certification Matching Activities Beginning in SY 2011-2012
Interim Rule: Direct Certification and Certification of Homeless, Migrant and Runaway Children for Free School Meals
FY 2011 Application for Direct Certification Planning Grants
SP06 CACFP03 SFSP04-2010r Exclusion of Military Combat Pay
SP17 CACFP05 SFSP04-2008 Sharing Income Eligibility Information between Child Nutrition Programs
SP05-2008 Food Safety Inspections in Non-Traditional School Settings
SP32-2006 Clarification of Direct Verification
SP30 CACFP14 SFSP07-2006 U.S. Armed Forces Family Supplemental Subsistence Allowance – Permanently Excluded from Income Consideration for the Child Nutrition Programs
SP02 CACFP02 SFSP01-2006 Treatment of Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance and National Flood Insurance Program payments in Income Eligibility Determinations for FNS Programs
FD-045 Direct Certification and Direct Verification for National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Military Families and Eligibility in the Child Nutrition Programs
Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo CN 1 Exclusion of the Housing Allowance for Military Households in Privatized Housing - Reauthorization 2004: Implementation Memo CN 1
School Meal Applications and Direct Certification During the Operation of Provision 2 and 3
Page updated: November 20, 2019