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Resource | Guidance Documents CN - Waiver of Meal Service Time Restrictions in the SFSP and SSO - EXTENSION

Nationwide waiver of meal service time restrictions in the Summer Food Service Program and National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option - Extension.

08/31/2020
Resource | Guidance Documents CN - Waive First Week Site Visits in SFSP - Extension

Nationwide waiver to waive first week site visits in the Summer Food Service Program.

08/31/2020
Resource | Guidance Documents CN - Allow Area Eligibility for Closed Enrolled Sites - Extension

Nationwide waiver to allow  area eligibility for closed enrolled sites in the Summer Food Service Program and the National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option- Extension.

08/31/2020
Resource | Guidance Documents CN: Extending Summer Food Service Program and SSO

Nationwide Waiver to Allow Summer Food Service Program and Seamless Summer Option Operations through December 2020.

08/31/2020
Resource | Technical Assistance CN - Provision 2 Base Year

FNS is granting requests for waivers for schools that were conducting a Provision 2 base year in SY 2019-2020 to develop their claiming percentage using data collected when school was in full operation.

08/31/2020
Resource Information Collection: National Study of State Adoption and Use of Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer During Covid-19

This collection seeks to gather information on operational issues and challenges encountered by Child Nutrition and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program state agencies while implementing the PEBT program.

08/28/2020
Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP Extension of Waiver of QC Face-to-Face Interview Requirement Due to the COVID-19 – Blanket Approval

FNS will allow state agencies to suspend requirements to conduct face-to-face interviews for QC active reviews through Dec. 31, 2020.

08/25/2020
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations Study of the Administrative Review and Training Grants in the USDA National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program

This report examines in-depth the accomplishments, challenges, and lessons learned from 20 states that received and completed Administrative Review and Training (ART) Grants by the end of FY 2017. ART Grants provide funding for diverse activities aimed at reducing administrative error, including training for administrative personnel and improving state-level technologies in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program.

08/25/2020
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations Assessment of the Administrative Review Process in School Meal Programs

The Administrative Review is the process state agencies use to assess compliance with federal requirements of SFAs participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. This study assesses the AR process by examining the results from a purposive sample of ARs. The study also describes in-depth how nine selected state agencies conduct their ARs, and ways the process could be further improved.

08/25/2020
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations Assessing the Child Nutrition State Administrative Expense Formula

FNS provides state administrative expense (SAE) funds to state agencies to support administration and oversight of federal child nutrition programs in their state. This study examines the formula used for allocations of SAE funds, identifies factors that influence state agency spending, and presents a series of options for consideration to potentially improve SAE allocations and procedures.

08/25/2020
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