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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid

FNS is conducting additional demonstration projects to expand the evaluation of direct certification with Medicaid for both free and reduced price meal eligibility in NSLP and SBP.

11/09/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 7-Day Schedule

Breakfast and lunch certificate of compliance worksheets for a seven-day schedule.

07/31/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 6-Day Schedule

Breakfast and lunch certificate of compliance worksheets for a six-day schedule.

07/31/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 3-Day Schedule

Certificate of compliance worksheets for a three-day schedule of breakfast and lunch.

07/31/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 4-Day Schedule

Breakfast and lunch certificate of compliance worksheets for a four-day schedule.

07/31/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Certification of Compliance Worksheets: 5-Day Schedule

Breakfast and lunch certificate of compliance worksheets for a five-day schedule.

07/31/2023
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2018-0004 Providing Child Nutrition Program Benefits to Disaster Survivor Evacuees

This memorandum provides a reminder overview of options available under current program policy and regulation for connecting children and adult survivors, who have evacuated from areas subject to major disaster and emergency declarations, and may be staying in shelters, with child nutrition program benefits.

SP 05-2018, CACFP 05-2018
01/19/2018
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0051 Eligibility Effective Date for Directly Certified Students

This memorandum addresses inquiries regarding flexibility in determining the effective date of eligibility for students who are directly certified to receive free meals or free milk in the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the Special Milk Program.

SP51-2014
06/19/2014
Resource | Policy Memos Disaster Response

This memorandum supersedes SP 25-2012, CACFP 12-2012, SFSP 10-2012, Disaster Response and provides an overview of ways state agencies, school food authorities participating can respond to situations resulting from damage or disruptions due to natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and flood as well as other exceptional emergency situations or man-made disasters. Allows state agencies to designate any appropriate facility, which is providing meals to displaced families who are being temporarily housed elsewhere, as a CACFP emergency shelter during a natural disaster or other emergency situation.

SP 46-2014, CACFP 12-2014, SFSP 18-2014
05/19/2014
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2014-0014 New Q&As Related to the Certification of Compliance with Meal Requirements for the NSLP

Attached are revised Questions and Answers related to the final rule entitled, Certification of Compliance with Meal Requirements for the National School Lunch Program under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

SP26-2014
03/14/2014
Page updated: October 14, 2021