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Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center

Resource type
Training and Outreach
Resource Materials

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) resource center provides extensive resources for parents, teachers, and school officials at the local, state and federal levels to better understand CEP and its benefits, along with useful tools to help facilitate successful implementation of the provision.

Regulations

Policy Guidance

On Feb. 6, 2024, several policy memos were updated to align with the final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision-Increasing Options for Schools (published Sept. 26, 2023). The final rule lowered the minimum identified student percentage required to elect the CEP from 40 to 25 percent. For more information on CEP, please visit the CEP policy memos including:

Technical Assistance Resources

Webinars

The CEP Estimator Tool

The CEP monthly federal reimbursement estimator tool may be used to estimate the level of federal reimbursement a CEP school, group of schools, or school district would receive under CEP.

The CEP Slider Tool

Enter your Identified Student Percentage (ISP) in the slider tool to estimate free and paid claiming percentages under the CEP.

Title 1 and E-rate

Exam Fee Reductions and Waivers

Research and Data

Partner Resources

Page updated: October 11, 2024