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ResetResource | Policy Memos
    Paid Lunch Equity: Guidance for SY 2024-25
        The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to state agencies and school food authorities on the paid lunch equity requirements for SY 2024-25. This memorandum explains the PLE exemption provided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024. This memorandum also provides guidance for SFAs that do not qualify for the exemption.
          SP 14-2024
    03/20/2024
    Resource | Policy
    Non-Congregate Meal Service in Rural Areas Q&As
        This guidance updates previously issued questions and answers to clarify the rural non-congregate summer meals option established through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, and codified through the interim final rulemaking, *Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs*.
          SFSP 07-2024, SP 13-2024
    02/22/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    CEP: State Agency Procedures to Ensure Identified Student Percentage Accuracy
        The purpose of this memorandum is to update prior guidance to reflect changes made to the Community Eligibility Provision due to the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision – Increasing Options for Schools (FR 65778), effective on Oct. 26, 2023. This final rule amended CEP regulations by lowering the minimum identified student percentage to elect CEP from 40 percent to 25 percent.
          SP 11-2024
    02/12/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2024-25 Election Deadline
        This memorandum provides a reminder of the annual Community Eligibility Provision notification and publication requirements, including the changes made by the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision – Increasing Options for Schools. This memorandum also reminds state agencies that the statutory election deadline for schools to elect CEP for school year 2024-25 is June 30, 2024.
          SP 10-2024
    02/12/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Community Eligibility Provision: Guidance and Updated Q&As
        This memorandum provides new guidance and questions and answers to address changes made by the CEP final rule. Additionally, this memorandum provides clarification on guidance related to CEP. The attached Q&As supersede SP 54-2016, Community Eligibility Provision: Guidance and Updated Q&As.
          SP 09-2024
    02/12/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Updated Instructions for the SAE Recovery Process and SAE Financial Status Report
        Updated instructions for the state administrative expenses recovery process and SAE financial status report (FNS-777-SAE) for child nutrition programs.
          SP 07-2024, CACFP 03-2024
    01/24/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Implementation Guidance for the Rural Non-congregate Option Provisions of the Interim Final Rule, Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs
        This memorandum includes key information on the new regulatory requirements for non-congregate summer meal service in rural areas.
          SFSP 03-2024, SP 05-2024
    01/17/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Child Nutrition Program Integrity Final Rule: State Agency Discretion for Repeat Meal Pattern Violations Fiscal Action
        The purpose of this memorandum is to remind state agencies of discretionary and required fiscal action for meal pattern violations, including the new provision of the Child Nutrition Program Integrity final rule
          SP 04-2024
    12/01/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Child Nutrition Program Integrity Final Rule: Administrative Review & FSMC Review Cycles
        The purpose of this memorandum is to provide additional information on the 5-year review cycle provision of the Child Nutrition Program Integrity final rule. This memorandum relates to program-specific changes in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.
          SP 03-2024
    12/01/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Revised: Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products in the School Meal Programs, CACFP, and SFSP
        This memorandum provides updated guidance on crediting tofu and soy yogurt products in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and extends previous guidance on crediting tofu and soy yogurt products to the Summer Food Service Program, as well as to the infant meal pattern in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
          SP 02-2024, CACFP 02-2024, SFSP 02-2024
    11/29/2023

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