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ResetResource | Policy Memos
    Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers - Revised
        This guidance updates previously issued Questions and Answers to clarify SFSP requirements. It supersedes SFSP 05-2017, Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers, Dec. 1, 2016.
          SFSP 05-2017
    09/28/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    Initial Site Visits in the Summer Food Service Program
        This guidance memo addresses sponsors’ monitoring requirements of its sites and food service operations in the SFSP. This guidance applies to sponsors’ management responsibilities of conducting initial site visits and full reviews of food service, including visits of non-congregate rural meal sites.
          SFSP 10-2023
    05/30/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    FD-152: Discontinuance of the High Security Seal Requirement for USDA Foods Deliveries
        The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will discontinue the requirement for vendors to use high security seals to secure USDA Foods deliveries as of July 1, 2023.
      04/05/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    SNAP – Resource Materials and Policy Memos to Support the End of the COVID-19 PHE
        FNS is providing a comprehensive list of SNAP resource materials and policy memos to equip state agencies with key information to prepare for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
      02/10/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    SNAP – Preparing for Reinstatement of the Time Limit for ABAWDs
        In preparation for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, FNS is sharing critical decision points and important resources state agencies should reference as they plan to reinstate the ABAWD time-limit.
      02/10/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos
    SNAP – Expiration of Program Flexibilities for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
        To help SNAP state agencies prepare for the lifting of the COVID-19 federal public health emergency (PHE) declaration on May 11, 2023, FNS is sharing the enclosed table summarizing the timelines for ending PHE flexibilities. These flexibilities include waivers of SNAP regulations, adjustments of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, temporary changes to eligibility criteria for ABAWDs and students, and the issuance of EAs during the PHE.
      02/10/2023
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
    End of Public Health Emergency - SNAP Student Exemptions Notice Template
        FNS-SNAP is providing this example notice to help all state agencies develop their own letter/notice to provide to SNAP households about the changes in student exemptions when the federal public health emergency ends.
      02/10/2023
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance | FNS-GD-2018-0001
    Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
        The Food Buying Guide for child nutrition programs has all of the current information in one manual to help you and your purchasing agent buy the right amount of food and the appropriate type of food for your program(s), and determine the specific contribution each food makes toward the meal pattern requirements.
      07/11/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0106
    FD-151: TEFAP Questions and Answers about Farm to Food Bank Projects
        This document is addressed to TEFAP state agencies and provides answers to common questions about TEFAP Farm to Food Bank projects, as authorized by The Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983.
      10/01/2021
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance | FNS-GD-2020-0142
    Civil Rights Complaint - WIC Investigative Checklist
        This document provides authorized state agencies with a basic checklist for conducting investigations into complaints of prohibited discrimination involving WIC, WIC FMNP, and the SFMNP.
      02/02/2020

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