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Resource | Guidance Documents Serving Additional Foods in the Summer Food Service Program

This memorandum provides guidance to state agencies on the allowable use of program funds for additional foods served in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).

11/23/2011
Resource | Guidance Documents Simplifying Application Procedures in the Summer Food Service Program

The purpose of this memo is to clarify the simplified application procedures currently available to experienced SFSP sponsors and sites in good standing and to describe simplified application procedures now available to experienced CACFP institutions in good standing who wish to apply for participation in SFSP.

10/31/2011
Resource | Report to Congress Congressional Status Report: Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Demonstrations

Congressional Status Report

 

10/13/2011
Resource | Report to Congress Evaluation of the SFSP Enhancement Demonstrations

Evaluation of the Summer Food Service Program Enhancement Demonstrations 

10/11/2011
Resource | Guidance Documents Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications – Requests for Additional Information

This memorandum responds to questions received from regional offices, state agencies and local educational agencies (LEAs) regarding applications for free and reduced price school meals that request the applicant to provide information that is not required for a student’s certification of eligibility for child nutrition programs.

09/30/2011
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations Evaluation of the Impact of Incentives Demonstrations on Participation in the SFSP: FY 2010 Arkansas and Mississippi

Pursuant to the 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Act, FNS initiated and carried out the Summer Food for Children demonstration project, aimed at preventing hunger among children during summer months. 

09/02/2011
Resource | Guidance Documents Automatic Revocation of Tax Exempt Status

This has been superseded by  SFSP04-2017: Automatic Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status – Revised.

06/30/2011
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: Cooperation in USDA Studies and Evaluations, and Full Use of Federal Funds in Nutrition Assistance Programs Nondiscretionary Provisions of the HHFKA of 2010 (PL 111-296)

This final rule incorporates into the regulations governing the programs authorized under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) two nondiscretionary provisions of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFK Act).

06/29/2011
Resource | Guidance Documents Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization 2010: Implementation of Section 361, Full Use of Federal Funds, FAQ – Second Edition

On March 29, 2011 the Food and Nutrition Service issued child nutrition policy memorandum SP25-2011, CACFP14-2011, SFSP09-2011 addressing implementation of Section 361, Full Use of Federal Funds, of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (the Act). That memorandum provided state agencies with a fact sheet of FAQs to support state administration of the CN programs such as administrative oversight, compliance, and technical assistance.

05/13/2011
Resource | Guidance Documents Existing Flexibilities in the Summer Food Service Program

This memorandum is intended to highlight flexibilities that already exist at the state level to simplify and improve the delivery of nutrition assistance to low-income children during the summer months through the Summer Food Service Program.

05/09/2011
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