FNS Documents & Resources

On Aug.16, 2023, FNS announced the award of $9.4 million in federal funding for the FY 2023 Team Nutrition Grant for Supporting Nutrition Education for School-Aged Children.

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

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

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

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

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

USDA Team Nutrition staff and guest speakers from South Carolina’s Local Wellness Policy State Technical Assistance Team and Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shared how to energize, strengthen and assess local school wellness policies.

This notice announces the annual adjustments to the national average payments, the amount of money the federal government provides states for lunches, afterschool snacks, and breakfasts served to children participating in the NSLP and SBPs; to the maximum reimbursement rates, the maximum per lunch rate from federal funds that a state can provide a school food authority for lunches served to children participating in the NSLP; and to the rate of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk served to non-needy children in a school or institution that participates in the SMP for Children.

This table shows the estimated additional funding that school meal and child and adult day care providers will receive for school year 2022-23.

FNS is establishing a nationwide waiver to support schools unable to complete a triennial assessment of the local school wellness policies by June 30, 2020, due to school closures as a result of COVID–19. This waiver applies to state agencies that have local educational agencies administering the NSLP and/or SBP.