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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 Expanding Awareness and Access to Summer Meals

The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify and provide guidance on requirements in the Summer Food Service Program and the Seamless Summer Option of the National School Lunch Program related to expanding awareness and access to these programs. This memorandum also highlights resources available to states and sponsors for conducting their required expansion efforts.

11/12/2013
Resource | Policy Memos Available Flexibilities for CACFP At-risk Sponsors and Centers Transitioning to Summer Food Service Program

This memorandum highlights existing flexibilities available to CACFP institutions to simplify their participation in SFSP.

11/12/2013
Resource | Policy Memos REISSUED: Sponsors Operating in Multiple States in the Summer Food Service Program

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance for Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sponsors operating sites in multiple states. The memorandum supersedes previous guidance contained in SFSP 04-2012, Sponsors Operating in Multiple States in the Summer Food Service Program, Oct. 31, 2011.

11/08/2013
Resource | Research and Data Enhanced Summer Food Service Program (eSFSP)

The eSFSP projects test changes to the existing structure and delivery mechanism of SFSP to determine if they lead to increased participation.

11/08/2013
Resource | Policy Memos Electronic Receipting for USDA Direct and Multi-Food Shipments (Revised)

The purpose of this memorandum is to advise you of a new and revised requirement for all Receiving Organizations (i.e., organizations that receive shipments of Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foods, including Distributing Agencies, Indian Tribal Organizations (ITO), recipient agencies, processors, and warehouses). This memorandum replaces the previous FD-062 dated April 25, 2011 , and adjusts the maximum timeframe for entering shipment receipts in the Web-Based Supply Chain Management System.

09/04/2013
Basic page Options for Schools in the Summer

Kids still need good food, even when school is out. Now it’s easy to accommodate them!

07/16/2013
Resource | Proposed Rule Proposed Rule: Simplified Cost Accounting and Other Actions To Reduce Paperwork in the SFSP and NSLP Notice Procedures

This rulemaking proposes to amend the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) regulations to incorporate changes mandated by Section 738 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008. 

07/12/2013
Resource | Policy Memos Transitioning from SFSP to CACFP At-risk Afterschool Meals

This memorandum highlights flexibilities available to Summer Food Service Program sponsors transitioning into the At-risk Afterschool Meals component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program during the school year.

05/31/2013
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