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Resource | Technical Assistance Product Formulation Statement Guidance and Templates for Food Manufacturers/Industry

Product Formulation Statement templates and samples for demonstrating how a food product may contribute to the meal pattern requirements in USDA child nutrition programs.

06/09/2026
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Halftime: Serving Milk in the CACFP

The CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays webinar series is a set of interactive, skills-building webinars that focus on hot topics related to the updated Child and Adult Care Food Program meal patterns.

06/08/2026
Resource | Policy Modifying the FNS Instruction 113-1: Civil Rights Compliance and Enforcement - Nutrition Programs and Activities

This memorandum seeks to ensure that current Food and Nutrition Service guidance pertaining to federal civil rights and nondiscrimination obligations remains aligned with applicable laws, regulations, executive orders and directives relevant to the agency’s 16 nutrition assistance programs.

03/03/2026
Resource | Policy Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit”

This notice sets forth the interpretation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses for the term “Federal public benefit” as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. In doing so, this notice supersedes any prior interpretation in any notice or other document issued by any USDA agency. This notice also describes and preliminarily identifies the USDA programs that provide “Federal public benefits” within the scope of PRWORA.

07/10/2025
Basic page Child Nutrition Database

The Child Nutrition Database is a required part of the nutrient analysis software approved by USDA for use in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. 

12/16/2024
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Halftime: Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars in the CACFP

The CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays webinar series is a set of interactive, skills-building webinars that focus on hot topics related to the updated Child and Adult Care Food Program meal patterns.

11/12/2024
Resource | Webinars/Videos CACFP Halftime: Choose Yogurt That is Lower in Added Sugars in the CACFP

The CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays webinar series is a set of interactive, skills-building webinars that focus on hot topics related to the updated Child and Adult Care Food Program meal patterns.

09/19/2024
Basic page FY 2024 Team Nutrition Training Grants for Meal Pattern Modernization and Retention and Mentorship Opportunities

Grant recipients just announced! Over $8.6 million awarded to eleven state agencies. 

09/17/2024
Basic page The Road to Successful Menu Planning for School Meals Training Series

This training series is designed to assist school food authorities, state agencies, and others in implementing the updated nutrition standards for school meals.

08/19/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance Reducing Added Sugars at School Breakfast

This training guide for school nutrition professionals presents how to identify sources of added sugars and ways to reduce added sugars in school breakfast meals.

07/17/2024
Page updated: June 02, 2026