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ResetResource | Webinars/Videos
    Webinar: Community Eligibility Provision 101
        A webinar for state agency and school food authority staff focused on the community eligibility provision.
      02/29/2024
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
    Community Eligibility Provision Fact Sheet
        The Community Eligibility Provision is a National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meal service option that allows schools and school districts located in high poverty areas to offer breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students.
      02/21/2024
    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 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
    Community Eligibility Provision: Planning and Implementation Guidance - Updated
        Attached is the third edition of *Community Eligibility Provision: Planning and Implementation Guidance*. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) meal service option that allows schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) in high poverty areas to offer meals at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications.
          SP 08-2024
    02/12/2024
    Resource | Technical Assistance
    Community Eligibility Provision Status of School Districts and Schools by State
        This map contains links to state-specific information on local educational agencies and schools that may be eligible to elect the Community Eligibility Provision.
      10/31/2023
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    Community Eligibility Provision
        The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a non-pricing meal service option for schools and school districts in low-income areas. CEP allows the nation’s highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications.
      10/13/2023
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
    Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
        The CEP resource center provides extensive resources for parents, teachers, and school officials at the local, state and Federal level to better understand CEP and its positive benefits, along with useful tools to help facilitate successful implementation of the provision in your school!
      10/12/2023

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