Program changes made by this rule include easing restrictions on participation by private nonprofit organizations and food service management companies, streamlining rules for schools to encourage Program sponsorship, and reducing paperwork burdens for state agencies.
We have received several inquiries regarding the collection of eligibility information during a Provision 2 or Provision 3 cycle.
The National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program are central parts of a national policy designed to safeguard the nutritional well-being of the Nation’s children. Despite the progress that has been achieved over the years in enhancing the quality of school meals, results of research conducted in the early 1990s indicated that school meals, on balance, were not meeting certain key nutritional goals.
The Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (PL 106-224) made a significant change to the procedures involved in terminating the participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program of an institution or a day care home determined to be seriously deficient. Specifically, these new procedures will require a change in the effective date of the termination and the flow of CACFP funds prior to the termination.
Apparently, there are still some state agencies and sponsoring organizations which believe that the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 made substantive changes to the current monitoring requirements for sponsoring organizations. The purpose of this memorandum is to reiterate the information provided to you earlier.
Under this proposed rule, certain afterschool care programs would earn reimbursement for snacks served which meet program requirements.
This document contains a correction to the final regulations published in the Federal Register on Dec. 28, 1999 (64 FR 72474-72488), and Dec. 29, 1999 (64 FR 72889-72898).
This rule proposes changes to the Child and Adult Care Food Program regulations. These changes result from the findings of state and federal program reviews and from audits and investigations conducted by the Office of Inspector General.
This proposed rule would amend the regulations for the Special Milk Program for Children, Summer Food Service Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Determination of Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools relating to the confidentiality of information about individuals who receive free and reduced price meals and free milk.
This memorandum provides guidance for state agencies to implement the statutory changes mandated by PL 106-224, which was signed into law by the President on June 20, 2000.