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ResetResource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
    National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid
        FNS is conducting additional demonstration projects to expand the evaluation of direct certification with Medicaid for both free and reduced price meal eligibility in NSLP and SBP.
      11/09/2023
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    USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
        Letter to states from the USDA Secretary to encourage you to help schools in your state keep kids fed despite ongoing challenges associated with the pandemic, ongoing supply chain issues, and labor shortages.
      09/02/2022
    Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Report to Congress: State Implementation Progress, SY 2015-16 and 2016-17
        This report responds to the requirement of PL 110-246 to assess the effectiveness of state and local efforts to directly certify children for free school meals.
      11/07/2018
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    2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
        2018 Direct Certification Improvement grant project summaries.
      05/15/2018
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0049
    2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant RFA
        The fiscal year 2018 Direct Certification Improvement Grant Request for Applications are available to state agencies that administer the National School Lunch and the School Breakfast programs to fund the costs of improving your direct certification rates with SNAP, and other needs-based assistance programs.
          SP41-2017
    08/15/2017
    Resource | Notices
    Comment Request - Evaluation of the Direct Certification With Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price (DCM-F/RP) Meals Demonstrations
        In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This is a new collection for the Evaluation of the Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals Demonstrations.
      02/24/2017
    Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Report to Congress: State Implementation Progress, SY 2014-15
        This report responds to the requirement of PL 110-246 to assess the effectiveness of state and local efforts to directly certify children for free school meals. Direct certification is a process conducted by the states and by local educational agencies to certify eligible children for free meals without the need for household applications.
      12/02/2016
    Resource | Comment Request
    Comment Request: State Agency (NSLP/SNAP) Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (FNS-834)
        The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
      09/02/2016
    Resource | Comment Request
    Comment Request - State Agency (NSLP/SNAP) Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report (FNS-834)
        In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired for the state agency Direct Certification Rate Data Element Report.
      05/11/2016
    Resource | Grants
    Direct Certification Improvement Grant Summaries
        Grant Summaries
      11/23/2015

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