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ResetResource | Policy Memos
    WIC and FMNP: Available Expedited ARPA Waivers and Request Process
        This letter provides information to WIC state agencies and WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program state agencies on available American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 waivers and a new state agency request process.
      10/17/2023
    Resource | Guidance Documents
    Additional WIC Flexibilities to Support Outreach, Innovation, and Modernization Efforts through ARPA Nationwide Waivers
        This letter provides WIC state agencies the opportunity to opt into waivers to modernize WIC through building or enhancing remote services.
      02/02/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    WIC Policy Memorandum #2023-3 Unwinding Infant Formula Flexibilities in WIC
        On Nov. 8, 2022, FNS published WIC Policy Memorandum #2023-1 Abbott Infant Formula Waiver Expiration Schedule which extended active waivers to Jan. 31, 2023, or 60 days after the end of the Presidentially-declared COVID-19 major disaster declaration in the affected area, whichever is sooner. However, FNS recognizes that WIC state agencies may need additional flexibility to ensure uninterrupted access to infant formula for WIC families even as WIC state agencies transition back to normal operations. The intent of this policy memorandum is to formally describe the timeline for this transition, as previously described in the Dec. 19, 2022 letter to state agencies.
          WPM 2023-3
    02/01/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    WIC Infant Formula Vendor Substitutions Waiver
        This letter is in response to correspondence from WIC state agencies using offline Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) technology or paper food instruments, and requesting program flexibility from the WIC program federal requirements as a result of the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Abbott recall of certain powder infant formula, exempt infant formula, and WIC-eligible nutritionals on the nationwide supply chain leading to both periodic location- and product-based WIC infant formula and exempt infant formula shortages.
      03/09/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Nationwide Waivers of Child Nutrition Monitoring
        FNS has used its authority under FFRCA to waive certain onsite monitoring requirements for the school meals programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program, so that programs can to maintain program integrity and support social distancing while providing meals.
      11/12/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Child Nutrition Waiver Update to Address Meal Service During Unanticipated School Closures and Supply Chain Issues
        This memo announces a new set of child nutrition program waivers for school year 2021-2022. Since March 2020, USDA has worked to ensure state agencies, schools and other community partners have the tools they need to maintain children’s access to nutritious meals during COVID-19.
      09/22/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0101
    Nationwide Waiver for Selected Child Nutrition Program Reporting Requirements
        This waiver cancels selected administrative data reporting requirements in the child nutrition programs, specifically the following: FNS-640 Administrative Review Report Form; FNS-828 School Food Authority Paid Lunch Price Report; FNS-874 Local Educational Agency Second Review of Applications; Ameliorative Action Plans for Verification Results; State Agency Food Safety Inspections Report; and Performance-Based Reimbursement (7 Cents) Quarterly Report.
          COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #106
    09/22/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0100
    Nationwide Waiver to Allow Service of Meals at School Sites during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
        Under this waiver, Summer Food Service Program and the National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option operators in states that elect to be subject to this waiver may serve meals at school sites during unanticipated school closures in school year 2021-22.
          COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #105
    09/22/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0099
    Nationwide Waiver of Area Eligibility Requirements for Service Institutions Operating the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
        Under this waiver, service institutions operating the Summer Food Service Program in states, whose agencies elect to be subject to this waiver, may operate open sites in areas that are not located in “Areas in which poor economic conditions exist” during unanticipated school closures in school year 2021-2022.
          COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #104
    09/22/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0102
    Nationwide Waiver to Allow Parents and Guardians to Pick Up Meals Served by Service Institutions through the SFSP during Unanticipated School Closures in SY 2021-22
        Under this waiver, Summer Food Service Program operators in states that elect to be subject to this waiver, and that elected to allow non-congregate meal distribution during COVID–19-related operations via COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #101, may distribute meals to a parent or guardian to take home to their children during an unanticipated school closure in school year 2021-22.
          COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #103
    09/22/2021

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