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ResetResource | Policy
    WIC FMNP and SFMNP FY 2022 Guidance Package
        This guidance provides resources that state agencies may use when considering next steps and set forth instructions for submitting state plan amendments that involve operational changes such as electronic solution proposals and/or WIC FMNP waiver requests.
      04/11/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    WIC Policy Memorandum #2024-3: Implementing ABFA Requirements in WIC State Plans
        Effective with the publication of the WIC Final Rule: Implementation of the Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022 and Related Provisions on Dec. 14, 2023, state agencies are now required to include a plan of alternate operating procedures, commonly referred to as a disaster plan, as part of their state plan.
          WIC WPM 2024-3
    02/27/2024
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
    SUN Programs Style Guide
        The brand guidelines in this document are for USDA staff, contractors, implementing agencies and partners to use for developing materials and communications about the SUN programs.
      02/23/2024
    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
    WPM 2024-2: Vendor Cost Containment Certification Clarification for the Initial Authorization of Above-50-Percent Vendors
        This policy memorandum provides clarification to WIC state agencies on the initial authorization of vendors that derive more than 50 percent of their annual food sales revenue from WIC (above-50-percent or A50 vendors) as well as information on the requirements for A50 vendors following authorization.
          WPM 2024-2
    02/06/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    FNS-640 Reporting Guidance
        This memo provides reporting guidance for the FNS-640 report beginning with reporting for school year (SY) 2018-19 due March 1, 2020.
          SP03-2020
    01/29/2024
    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
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Procuring Local Meat, Poultry, Game and Eggs for Child Nutrition Programs
        Recently, FNS has received a number of questions related to buying local meat, poultry, game, and eggs; this memorandum seeks to clarify the regulatory requirements related to food safety and answer specific questions related to these products with a series of questions and answers.
          SP 01,CACFP 01, SFSP 01-2016
    11/20/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Initial Guidance Regarding Food Benefits for Implementation of the Summer EBT Program by Indian Tribal Organizations Administering WIC
        The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 authorized a permanent, nationwide Summer EBT Program beginning in 2024. This memorandum provides information to assist Indian Tribal Organizations in preparing to implement Summer EBT.
          SEBT 02-2024
    11/16/2023
    Resource | Newsletters
    USDA Foods e-Letters
        *USDA Foods from Farm to Plate*e-letters feature resources, news, and best practices, rotating our monthly focus between a trio of program-specific e-letters.
      11/07/2023

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