FNS Documents & Resources

FNS Instruction 796-2, Revision 4: Financial Management - CACFP 

Letter to Households: Notification of Selection for Verification of Eligibility

Press Release--USDA Unveils Historic Improvements to Meals Served in America’s Schools

CACFP funds are provided to assist state agencies through grants and other means to initiate and maintain nonprofit food service programs for eligible children and adult participants in nonresidential institutions that provide care. This Instruction establishes program standards, principles and guidelines for financial management.

The National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program provide nutritious and affordable meals to all children. If you are applying for unemployment compensation, your children might be eligible to receive free or reduced price nutrition benefits under these school meal programs.

National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI) Special Needs Resources

The purpose of this Instruction is to establish and convey policy and provide guidance and direction to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service and its recipients and customers, and ensure compliance with and enforcement of the prohibition against discrimination in all FNS nutrition programs and activities, whether federally funded in whole or not.