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Date FNS Document# Title
Healthy Eating Index Score of the FDPIR Food Package Infographic
Preguntas y Respuestas sobre Elegibilidad Categórica y Vehículos
USDA Foods Database
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE)
USDA Approved Nutrient Analysis Software
Families/Caregivers
GS1 GDSN and the USDA Foods Database: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for States/School Districts
Navigating the USDA Foods Database
930 Nutrient Analysis Protocols: How to Analyze Menus for USDA’s School Meals Programs
Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the SNAP - Withdrawal
Comment Request - Child Nutrition Database
Evaluation of the Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (DCM-F/RP) Demonstrations, Year 2
TEFAP Flexibilities for State Agencies
FD-146 FD-146: Questions and Answers about Distribution Procedures in TEFAP
Proposed Rule: Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the SNAP
Proposed Rule: Revision of SNAP Categorical Eligibility
Comment Request - WIC Participant and Program Characteristics Study 2020 and 2022
Announcement of First Meeting of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and Request for Comments
USDA Foods in Schools Product Information Sheets
Unpaid Meal Charges
SFSP06-2018 Summer Food Service Program Memoranda Rescission: SFSP 01-2007 and SFSP 06-2015
SP 05-2018, CACFP 05-2018 Providing Child Nutrition Program Benefits to Disaster Survivor Evacuees
FD-041 Distribution of TEFAP Foods to Children (Revised)
SP29-2017 2017 Edition: Overcoming the Unpaid Meal Challenge - Proven Strategies from Our Nation’s Schools
Comment Request - Evaluation of the Direct Certification With Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price (DCM-F/RP) Meals Demonstrations
Clarification on Characteristics of Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility Programs Memo
FD-076 Categorical Eligibility (Revised)
SP43-2016 Ensuring Access to Free and Reduced Price School Meals for Low-Income Students
Diet Quality of Americans by SNAP Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2010
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
SFSP06-2015 Categorical Eligibility in the Summer Food Service Program
National School Lunch Program Direct Certification Improvement Study
SP51-2014 Eligibility Effective Date for Directly Certified Students
SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014, SFSP 18-2014 Disaster Response
Food Prices Database, 2001-02
SP11 CACFP06 SFSP11-2014 Effective Date of Free or Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Determinations
Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value
SP40 CACFP11 SFSP13-2013 Q&As Regarding the Participation of Head Start Programs in Child Nutrition Programs
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress SY 2011-12: Report to Congress
Nutrient and MyPyramid Analysis of USDA Foods in Five of Its Food and Nutrition Programs
SP03-2012 Direct Certification and Zero Benefit Households
National School Lunch Program and Direct Certification with SNAP
SP02-2012 Verification and Reporting of Foster Children
SP50 CACFP27 SFSP20-2011 Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications – Requests for Additional Information
SP32-2011 Direct Certification Benchmarks and Continuous Improvement Plans
Zero benefit households and Employment and Training Services
Questions and Answers on Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility
SP13-2011 Letter Method for Direct Certification
Multi-Program Periodic Report Forms
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