FNS Documents & Resources

The final rule - Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans - is the next step in an ongoing effort toward healthier school meals that USDA and the broader school meals community have been partnering on for well over a decade.  This table is a reference tool for stakeholders to visualize the proposed implementation timeline.

This memorandum provides updated guidance on crediting tofu and soy yogurt products in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and extends previous guidance on crediting tofu and soy yogurt products to the Summer Food Service Program, as well as to the infant meal pattern in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Check out this database to access vendor-specific product information for all direct delivered USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program.

El Manual de acreditación para el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP, por sus siglas en inglés) refleja los requisitos actualizados del patrón de comidas del CACFP.

The Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program reflects the updated CACFP meal pattern requirements, which became effective October 2017.

Now available in Spanish. Content from the Feeding Infants in the Child Adult Care Food Program guide is brought to life in these in-person training resources.

Ahora disponible en español. El contenido de la Herramientas para el instructor del CACFP: Alimentación para Bebés cobra vida en estos recursos de capacitación en persona.

These questions and answers provide guidance for recently published transitional standards for milk, whole grains and sodium.

Meal pattern chart for the School Breakfast Program

Meal pattern chart for the National School Lunch Program