FNS Documents & Resources | Food and Nutrition Service

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Title	Comment Period End Date
Comment Request: WIC FMNP and SFMNP - Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden	02/26/2026
Information Collection: SNAP - A Review of Major Changes in Program Design and Management Evaluation Systems	03/09/2026
Proposed Information Collection Comment Request: Study Classifying and Measuring Household Food Waste	03/24/2026

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Resource | Policy Memos Effective Date of Free or Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Determinations

This memorandum clarifies the flexibility available to local educational agency officials for establishing the effective date of eligibility for children certified for free or reduced price meals in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and free milk in the Special Milk Program based on household applications.

12/03/2013

Resource | Guidance Documents Q&As Regarding the Participation of Head Start Programs in Child Nutrition Programs

The purpose of this memorandum is to consolidate our policy regarding the participation of Head Start Programs in the child nutrition programs. For more information about the Head Start Program and Early Head Start Program.

05/17/2013