A webinar for state agencies about tools available to aid in the transition back to normal child nutrition program operations.
The Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs has current information to help you and your purchasing agent.
This pre-recorded webinar features USDA Farm to School Program staff, who summarize grantee reporting requirements and review the processes for submitting no-cost extensions, as well as project and budget amendments.
This page contains regulations, policy memos, and other guidance materials relating to the nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.
These questions and answers provide guidance for recently published transitional standards for milk, whole grains and sodium.
Webinar on transitional rule for state agencies & school food authorities.
School meals are one of the most important tools for ensuring children have access to healthy and nutritious food. USDA strengthened school meal standards in 2012. Research on the impact of these changes emphasizes why we must support nutritious school meals.
This new rule establishes standards for milk, whole grains, and sodium for school years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 to give schools time to transition in the short term.
Estimated amount of funding USDA provided to school districts to support pandemic operations and supply chain challenges.
The primary role for state agencies will be the distribution of funds to their school food authorities (SFAs). State agencies will receive their allocation of SCA funds from FNS, and they will in turn disburse those funds to eligible SFAs based on FNS guidance