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- Website: Summer EBT Program
- Hotline: 539-234-3265 or 800-256-0671 ext. 5275
- Email: wicsebtc@cherokee.org
Resource | Federal Register Documents
Final Rule - Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 DGAs
This rulemaking finalizes long-term school nutrition requirements based on the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, robust stakeholder input, and lessons learned from prior rulemakings.
04/24/2024
Resource | Infographics
Implementation Timeline for Updating the School Meal Standards
School meals will continue to include fruits and vegetables, emphasize whole grains, and give kids the right balance of nutrients for healthy, tasty meals. For the first time, schools will focus on products with less added sugar, especially in school breakfast.
04/24/2024
Resource | Infographics
How We Got Here: School Nutrition Standards Final Rule
School nutrition professionals continue to make school meals the healthiest meals children eat in a day! To take school meals to the next level, USDA is updating the school nutrition standards after considering recommendations from the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans and listening to a diverse range of voices with experience in child nutrition and health.
04/24/2024
Child Nutrition Dashboard
The goal of the dashboard is to provide national and state level visualization of meals served, participation, and funding data for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program. The dashboard can be used by federal, state, and local organizations to assess trends in child nutrition program activity.
02/14/2024
Resource | Guidance Documents | FNS-GD-2013-0024
El virus estomacal
El virus estomacal: lo que el personal de la escuela debe saber
09/07/2023
FNS-828 School Food Authority Paid Lunch Price Report Data
USDA has established procedures to annually collect and publish the paid lunch prices charged by school food authorities.
07/24/2023
Resource | Policy Memos
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program: Allocation of Funds for FY 2024
This memorandum provides the total funding amount available to FNS to distribute to state agencies, which is $252.6 million for FY 2024. This includes $219.6 million in new funds available under Section 19 of the National School Lunch Act, which is the prior year base amount adjusted for inflation, and an additional $33 million in unexpired carryover funds from previous years.
SP 17-2023
05/31/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
Food Safety COVID-19 Resources
Learn more about COVID-19 food safety resources available to FNS program operators including new resources for school nutrition professionals from the Institute of Child Nutrition.
05/12/2023
Resource | Federal Register Documents
Information Collection for the National School Lunch Program
This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection that FNS employs to determine public participation in the National School Lunch Program and to obtain, account for, and record information from state and program operators that is necessary to effectively manage the NSLP and ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory program requirements.
05/08/2023
Resource | Policy Memos
State Agency Food Safety Inspections Report for SY 2022-23
This memorandum and attachment provides guidance regarding the State Agency School Food Safety Inspections Report for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for SY 2022-23.
SP15-2023
04/27/2023