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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center

The CEP resource center provides extensive resources for parents, teachers, and school officials at the local, state and Federal level to better understand CEP and its positive benefits, along with useful tools to help facilitate successful implementation of the provision in your school!

10/12/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Integrated Food Management System (IFMS)

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.

10/11/2023
Resource | Product Information Household Programs USDA Foods Product Information Sheets: Proteins

This page includes links to all the household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the protein food group. 

08/31/2023
Resource | Product Information Household Programs USDA Foods Product Information Sheets: Fruits

This page includes links to all the household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the fruits food group. 

08/30/2023
Resource | Product Information Household Programs USDA Foods Product Information Sheets: Grains

This page contains links to the household Programs USDA Foods Product Information Sheets in the grains food group. 

08/30/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Nutrition in the CSFP Food Package

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

01/27/2022
Resource | Forms FNS-155: Inventory Management Register

FNS requires that inventories do not exceed a six-month supply of any USDA Foods without approval from FNS. Per 7 CFR 250.17(a), state agencies administering TEFAP are required to use Form FNS-155, Inventory Management Register, to report any food items in state and state-contracted warehouses that exceed six months of inventory.

FNS-155
09/09/2021
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0073 FD-40: Inventory Draw Down in USDA Foods Processing (Revised)

This memorandum provides clarification on the value pass through methods available under 7 CFR 250.36 and on the timing of processor inventory reductions of USDA Foods under each system.

FD-40: Processing
07/16/2021
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0061 Department of Education Information on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

Households with a child  approved to receive free or reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program during the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 school year are eligible for the Federal Communication Commission’s Emergency Broadband Benefit. EBB is a federal program to help eligible families pay for internet service during the pandemic.

SP 12-2021
05/19/2021
Resource | Product Information Household Programs USDA Foods Product Information Sheets: Dairy

This page includes links to all the household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the dairy food group. 

04/16/2021
Page updated: October 14, 2021