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Resource | Policy Fees for Electronic Payment Services in the School Meal Programs

This memorandum clarifies policy related to fees associated with electronic (online) payments in the school meal programs and ensures students who are determined eligible for free or reduced price meal benefits receive the benefits they qualify for without having to pay additional fees.

SP 04-2025
11/01/2024
Resource | Policy CSFP Submission of Additional Caseload Requests and State Plans for 2025

This document provides information on the requirements for submission of additional CSFP caseload requests for states and ITOs wishing to increase their assigned caseload in 2025.

10/31/2024
Resource | Policy Final Rule - Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity

This final rule considers public comments submitted in response to the proposed rule revising the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and USDA Foods disaster response regulations. This final rule makes access and parity improvements in USDA’s food distribution programs to support access for eligible populations and streamline requirements for program operators. 

10/31/2024
Resource | Policy Updates to the SNAP QC Review Handbook (FNS Handbook 310)

This memo transmits technical updates to the FNS Handbook 310 issued through QC Policy Memo 24-03.

QC PM 25-01
10/28/2024
Resource | Policy Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk and Substitutions in the CACFP, Questions and Answers

This memorandum details the nutrition requirements for fluid milk and fluid milk substitutes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and includes a series of frequently asked questions and answers. This memorandum supersedes CACFP 17-2016, Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk and Fluid Milk Substitutions in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Questions and Answers, July 14, 2016. 

CACFP 01-2025
10/28/2024
Resource | Policy Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in CACFP

The purpose of this memorandum is to outline the use of Offer Versus Serve in the adult day care and at-risk afterschool settings, as well as the use of family style meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. 

CACFP 02-2025
10/28/2024
Resource | Policy Information Collection - WIC and FMNP Outreach, Innovation, and Modernization Evaluation

This collection is a new collection. The purpose of this information collection is to provide information on the implementation and effectiveness of modernization projects across all 88 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) state agencies to help identify successes, opportunities for improvement, and areas for additional support from FNS to strengthen project implementation.

10/28/2024
Resource | Policy Information Collection: FNS-245 SNAP Negative Case Action Review Schedule

This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection. This information collection, the FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule, is designed to collect quality control (QC) data and serve as the data entry form for negative case action QC reviews in SNAP.

10/25/2024
Resource | Policy Information Collection: FDPIR Participant Characteristics and Program Operations Study

This is a new information collection request in which FNS seeks updated information about the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, including participant characteristics, program operations, and why FDPIR participation has been declining.

10/25/2024
Resource | Training and Outreach Language Access Training

This training is designed to guide you, as a FNS funded program, in serving the needs of the communities you support by presenting strategies for overcoming language barriers, leveraging the FNS language access framework, and offers practical tips to help navigate common challenges in multilingual environments.

10/23/2024
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