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Date FNS Document# Title
SFSP 05-2017 Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers - Revised
SP28-2017 Revised Prototype Free and Reduced Price Application for SY 2017-2018
SFSP 04-2024, SP 06-2024 Rural Designations in the Summer Meal Programs - Revised
SP 05-2022 Meal Requirements Under the NSLP & SBP: Q&A for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
SP04-2022, CACFP04-2022 Question & Answer Guidance on the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards Effective July 1, 2022
SP 03-2022 Allocation of Supply Chain Assistance Funds to Alleviate Supply Chain Disruptions in the School Meal Programs
Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
SP 23-2021, CACFP 18-2021 Questions and Answers for Child Nutrition Programs Emergency Procurement Due to Supply Chain Disruptions
Child Nutrition: Questions and Answers related to COVID-19
SP 22-2021, CACFP 17-2021, SFSP 10-2021 Questions and Answers for Child Nutrition Program Operations in SY 2021-22, Q&A #2
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 #99 Nationwide Waiver of the Annual Half Aggregate Monitoring Requirement in the Summer Food Service Program
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
USDA Demonstration Project to Evaluate Using Medicaid Eligibility Data to Directly Certify Children for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
Pandemic EBT – State Plans for 2021-22
TEFAP - Thrifty Food Plan Adjustment of TEFAP Funding
Return of FY 2021 Administrative Funds for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
SP15 CACFP13 SFSP08-2021 Questions and Answers for Child Nutrition Program Operations in SY 2021-22
Child Nutrition Response #98 Nationwide Waiver of Local School Wellness Policy Triennial Assessments in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
SP 13-2021 FY 2021 National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grants for School Food Authorities
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
Pandemic EBT – Summer 2021
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #93 Nationwide Waiver of Area Eligibility in the Afterschool Programs and for Family Day Care Home Providers in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #92 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Offer Versus Serve Flexibility for Senior High Schools in SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #89 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children for SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #88 Nationwide Waiver of Meal Times Requirements for SY 2021-22
Child Nutrition Response #85 Nationwide Waiver to Allow the Seamless Summer Option through SY 2021-22
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #83 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Sponsors that Successfully Participated in the SFSP in FY 2019 to Operate as Experienced Sponsors in FY 2021
FY 2021 Food and Administrative Funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #72 Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #71 Nationwide Waiver of Food Service Management Contract Duration in the NSLP and SFSP Extension
SP05 CACFP04 SFSP04-2021 Q&As to Allow Summer Food Service Program and Seamless Summer Option Operations SY 2020-21 #4
CN - SFSP Monitoring Waiver
P-EBT Assistance for Children in Schools that are Closed or have Reduced Attendance
SP04 CACFP03 SFSP03-2021 Q&As Relating to the Nationwide Waiver to Allow SFSP and Seamless Summer Option Operations through SY 2020-21 – Extension Q&As #3
SP02 CACFP02 SFSP02-2021 Reporting of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Data for Forms FNS-10, FNS-44 and FNS-418
SP01 CACFP01 SFSP01-2021 Q&As Relating to the Nationwide Waiver to Allow SFSP and Seamless Summer Option Operations through SY 2020-21 – Extension Q&As #2
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #69 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Reimbursement for Meals Served Prior to Notification of Approval and Provide Flexibility for Pre-Approval Visits in SFSP - Extension
COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #67 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Offer Versus Serve Flexibilities in the SFSP – Extension 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #66 Nationwide Waiver of Meal Service Time Restrictions in the SFSP and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option – EXTENSION 2
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #65 Nationwide Waiver to Waive First Week Site Visits in the SFSP - Extension 2
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 #62 Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals for Children – Extension 5
Page updated: November 20, 2019