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Resource | Policy Memos Authority for Sponsors to Combine Claims for Reimbursement

This memorandum is intended to extend section 225.9(d)(3) of the regulations which requires sponsors that operate the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for less than 10 days in their final month of operations to consolidate those days with the immediate prior months’ claim for reimbursement.

05/15/2000
Resource | Guidance Documents Licensing/Approval in Family and Group Day Care Homes in the CACFP

This memorandum provides flexibility to State agencies and sponsoring organizations of family day care homes in approving homes for CACFP participation under these circumstances.

05/11/2000
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Additional Menu Planning Approaches

This final rule also adds a method that allows schools to use “any reasonable approach” to plan menus.

05/09/2000
Resource Food Distribution Program: Substitution of Donated Poultry With Commercial Poultry

This notice announces the Food and Nutrition Service's intent to continue a demonstration project to test program changes designed to improve the state processing of donated poultry by allowing the substitution of donated poultry supplied by the Department of Agriculture with commercial poultry.

05/01/2000
Resource | Policy Memos State Agency (SA) Oversight of Food Safety Inspections

This document clarifies SA’s oversight responsibilities for food safety inspections under the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program.

04/05/2000
Resource | Policy Memos Categorical Eligibility of Pre-Kindergarten Even Start Participants for Free Meal Benefits

This memorandum extends this categorical eligibility provision to the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Special Milk Program for Children, and closed enrolled sites in the Summer Food Service Program.

04/04/2000
Resource | Guidance Documents Participation of Emergency Shelters in the CACFP - Questions and Answers

CACFP benefits have been extended to include meal services to children who reside with their families in emergency shelters, under the National School Lunch Act. Because the circumstances of an emergency shelter are so different from any other type of CACFP institution, we thought it would be helpful to share these questions and our responses.

03/14/2000
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: Modification of the "Vegetable Protein Products'' Requirements for Child Nutrition Programs

This final rule updates the requirements for using ‘‘Vegetable Protein Products’’ in the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program (the Child Nutrition programs). 

03/09/2000
Resource | Research and Data | Food Security Guide to Measuring Household Food Security (Revised 2000)

This new edition of the guide documents minor corrections and changes, bringing the procedures described in the original publication up to date.

03/01/2000
Resource Nutrition Program for the Elderly: Initial Level of Assistance (Oct. 1, 1999 - Sept. 30, 2000)

This notice announces the initial level of per-meal assistance for the Nutrition Program for the Elderly for fiscal year 2000. The fiscal year 2000 initial level of assistance is set at $.5404 for each eligible meal.

02/17/2000
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