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Date FNS Document# Title
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
The Road Ahead: Taking School Meals to the Next Level
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
School Lunch and Breakfast Sodium Limits and Timeline
School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern Chart
National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern Chart
Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium, and Whole Grains - Industry Partners Webinar
Transitional Standards for Milk, Sodium and Whole Grains - Webinar for State Agencies and School Food Authorities
Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
Child Nutrition Waiver Update to Address Meal Service During Unanticipated School Closures and Supply Chain Issues
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #106 Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #105 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Service of Meals at School Sites during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #104 Nationwide Waiver of Area Eligibility Requirements for Service Institutions Operating the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #103 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals Served by Service Institutions through the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #102 Nationwide Waiver of Meal Times Requirements for Service Institutions Operating the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #101 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-Congregate Meal Service for Service Institutions Operating the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #100 Waiver to Allow Fiscal Action Flexibility for Meal Pattern Violations Related to COVID-19 Supply Chain Disruptions Impacting School Meals in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #90 (Corrected) Nationwide Waiver to Allow Specific School Meal Pattern Flexibility for SY 2021-22
Pandemic EBT – State Plans for 2021-22
SP19-2021 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Operations for SY 2021-22 during COVID-19
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #97 Nationwide Waiver to Provide Flexibility for School Meal Programs Administrative Reviews of SFAs Operating Only the SSO in SY 2021-22
SP 12-2021 Department of Education Information on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
SP11 CACFP10 SFSP06 -2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs - REVISED
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #84 Child Nutrition Nationwide Waiver Update for SY 2021-22
CN - SFSP Application Notification Waiver
CN - SFSP Monitoring Waiver
P-EBT Assistance for Children in Schools that are Closed or have Reduced Attendance
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #70 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs – Extension 5
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #63 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option - Extension 8
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #24 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #13 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility - Extension
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #5 CN - Parent Pickup Waivers for School Meals
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #3 CN COVID-19 Afterschool Activity Waiver
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #1 CN COVID-19 Meal Times Nationwide Waiver
Short and Long Week Calculations
SP04 CACFP03 SFSP03-2020 Meal Service During Unanticipated School Closures
SP36-2019 Updated School Meal Guidance
SP41-2019 Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
SP40 CACFP17 SFSP17-2019 Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
SP39-2019 Clarification on the Milk and Water Requirements in the School Meal Program
SP38-2019 Meal Requirements under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Q&As for Program Operators
SP37 CACFP16-2019 Q&As on the Final Rule Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements
SP30-2019 Requirements for Students Transferring from Provision to non-Provision Schools
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
SP35-2015 Updated Title I Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
SP13 SFSP05-2015v2 Summer Meal Programs Meal Service Requirements Q&As - Revised
SP04-2009 Reminder Concerning E-Rate Audits by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
783-1 REV. 2 The Grains/Breads Requirement for the Food-Based Menu Planning Alternatives in the Child Nutrition Programs
Page updated: November 20, 2019