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Date FNS Document# Title
Webinar: Community Eligibility Provision 101
Community Eligibility Provision Fact Sheet
CEP Planning and Implementation Guidance
SP 11-2024 CEP: State Agency Procedures to Ensure Identified Student Percentage Accuracy
SP 10-2024 CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2024-25 Election Deadline
SP 09-2024 Community Eligibility Provision: Guidance and Updated Q&As
SP 08-2024 Community Eligibility Provision: Planning and Implementation Guidance - Updated
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid
Community Eligibility Provision Status of School Districts and Schools by State
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
Webinar on Final Rule: CEP- Increasing Options for Schools
Final Rule: Child Nutrition Programs - CEP Increasing Options for Schools
CEP Final Rule Summary
SP 22-2023 Community Eligibility Provision: Implementing the New Minimum Identified Student Percentage
Proposed Rule: Community Eligibility Provision – Increasing Options for Schools Webinar
Community Eligibility Provision - Summary of Proposed Rule
Proposed Rule: Child Nutrition Programs Community Eligibility Provision - Increasing Options for Schools
SP 10-2023 Updated Title I Guidance for Making Within District Allocations
SP 09-2023 Community Eligibility Provision: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2023-2024 Election Deadline
SP 08-2023 Free or Low-Cost Internet Services Available to All Households with Kids at Schools Participating in the Community Eligibility Provision
Q&As FDPIR Self-Determination Demonstration Project Round 2
FDPIR Self-Determination Demonstration Project: How to Apply for Round 2 Funds
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
USDA Direct Certification With Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals Demonstration, SY 2019-20
Program Operator
SP 12-2021 Department of Education Information on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
FDPIR 2018 Farm Bill Demonstration Project for Tribal Organizations
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #6 Nationwide Waiver of Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Evaluation of the Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals Demonstration - Year 1
SP30-2019 Requirements for Students Transferring from Provision to non-Provision Schools
Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger
SP17-2019 CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and SY 2019-20 Election Deadline
Unpaid Meal Charges
Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger (EDECH): Final Interim Evaluation Report
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
Comment Request - Evaluation of the Direct Certification With Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price (DCM-F/RP) Meals Demonstrations
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
Final Rule: Eliminating Applications Through Community Eligibility as Required by the HHFKA of 2010
Comment Request - Food Program Reporting System (FPRS)
Comment Request: Community Eligibility Provision Characteristics Study
Year 2 Demonstration Impacts of Using Medicaid Data to Directly Certify Students for Free School Meals
Comment Request: Community Eligibility Provision Characteristics Study
2015 Professional Standards Grants
SP35-2015 Updated Title I Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
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
Foster Care Letter
SP08-2015 Updated E-Rate Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
Evaluation of the Impact of Wave 2 Incentives Demonstrations on Participation in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP): FY 2012
Page updated: November 20, 2019