We continue to receive questions regarding procurements in the child nutrition programs, particularly in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Attached are the most recently received questions and answers.
The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify the required frequency of physical inventories, per the recently revised program regulations at 7 CFR Part 247.
The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify that policies establishing limits on the specific and/or exclusive geographic areas in which CACFP sponsoring organizations may operate are inconsistent with program regulations and, as such, prohibited.
This memorandum is to clarify the appropriate actions a processor must take when errors are discovered on monthly performance reports.
We would like to thank all of the Regions and State agencies for their 2006 Building for the Future Awards nominations in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. These awards are designed to recognize state agencies and sponsoring organizations whose practices, in one of five management areas, go beyond basic program requirements.
This policy memorandum updates the guidance provided in Final WIC Policy Memorandum #2006-4, regarding the implementation of the WIC Vendor Cost Containment Interim Rule, published in the Federal Register on Nov. 29, 2005.
It has come to our attention that a number of state agencies and school food authorities are failing to maintain appropriate records for procurement transactions occurring in connection with the child nutrition programs.
This guidance was issued upon our learning that a number of school food authorities were not drafting their own specifications and procurement documents for certain software acquisitions but instead directly incorporating a list of features written by a prospective bidder.
The topics addressed in these attachments are: State Agency Oversight Tools, Sponsor Oversight Tools, and Training and Other Operational Issues. Attachments 1 and 2 were transmitted on Sept. 23, 2005 and Nov. 7, 2005. Taken together, the five attachments provide a complete set of answers to questions raised during training on the second interim rule.
This general USDA Foods guidance memorandum provides guidance on how to reconcile physical and book inventories as part of the required annual physical inventory of distributing agency and sub-distributing agency storage facilities, and provides guidance on offsetting inventory shortages and overages that are identified during the reconciliation process.