FNS Documents & Resources

Check out this database to access vendor-specific product information for all direct delivered USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program.

Meeting and conference call notes from the FDPIR Food Package Review Work Group.

The Integrated Food Management System replaces the legacy, Automated Inventory System. IFMS consolidates food distribution transactions into a seamless, easy-to-use cloud-based platform.

Guidance, resources, best practices, and training for CACFP operators to support them in providing healthy, balanced meals and snacks to the children and adults they serve.

FNS Handbook 501, Exhibit O shows the FDPIR monthly distribution guide rates by household size effective Sept. 1, 2023. This document is commonly referred to as the "FDPIR Guide Rate."  

Refresh your trainings during National CACFP Week.

This memorandum and attached chart, Attachment A, provide 2022 tentative caseload assignments for CSFP.  

These questions and answers provide guidance for recently published transitional standards for milk, whole grains and sodium.

This one-page factsheet highlights the nutrition benefits of USDA Foods contained in the CSFP food package. 

These worksheets can be used to empower CACFP providers and operators with the knowledge, skills and expertise to implement CACFP meal pattern requirements.