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Resource | Webinars/Videos Webinar: Community Eligibility Provision 101

A webinar for state agency and school food authority staff focused on the community eligibility provision. 

02/29/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Community Eligibility Provision Fact Sheet

The Community Eligibility Provision is a National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meal service option that allows schools and school districts located in high poverty areas to offer breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students.

02/21/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance CEP Planning and Implementation Guidance

A final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision-Increasing Options for Schools (88 FR 65778), was published on Sept. 26, 2023, with an effective date of Oct. 26, 2023, that established the 25 percent minimum ISP threshold.  As a result, more students, households, and schools have the opportunity to experience CEP’s benefits, such as increasing access to school meals at no cost, eliminating unpaid meal charges, minimizing stigma, and streamlining meal service operations.

02/12/2024
Resource | Policy Memos Preguntas y Respuestas sobre Elegibilidad Categórica y Vehículos

Preguntas y Respuestas sobre Elegibilidad Categórica y Vehículos

12/29/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance Summer EBT Eligibility & Certification Flowcharts and Program Timeline

Technical assistance resources for Summer EBT implementing agencies to determine eligibility and meet program implementation deadlines. 

12/05/2023
Resource | Fact Sheets Conozca sus derechos según el título vi

Esta hoja informativa describe las maneras en que la protección del Título VI cubre a las personas que se perciben como judías, cristianas, musulmanas, sij, hindúes, budistas o de otro grupo religioso.

11/29/2023
Resource | Fact Sheets Know Your Rights Under Title VI

This fact sheet describes the ways Title VI protections cover individuals who are or are perceived to be Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, or of another religious group.

11/29/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Estimated Number of Summer EBT Eligible Children and Total Benefit Amounts

Estimated number of Summer EBT eligible children who currently do and do not receive SNAP or NAP benefits and total benefit amounts.

11/27/2023
Resource | Info Sheets Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE)

Broad-based categorical eligibility is a policy that makes most households categorically eligible for SNAP because they qualify for a non-cash TANF or state maintenance of effort funded benefit.

11/02/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance Community Eligibility Provision Status of School Districts and Schools by State

This map contains links to state-specific information on local educational agencies and schools that may be eligible to elect the Community Eligibility Provision.

10/31/2023
Page updated: October 14, 2021