These tip sheets provide actionable strategies, menu ideas, school success stories, and implementation activities focused on the key areas of the Pledge for Healthier School Meals.
This collection is a reinstatement, without change, of the currently approved collection.
This memorandum highlights the importance of utilizing standardized checklists, proactive communication to resolve red flags, and detailed documentation throughout the review and decision-making process. It outlines a clear sequence of actions designed to ensure only institutions that fully meet statutory and regulatory requirements enter the program. By following these recommended procedures, state agencies help uphold public confidence, prevent fraud and waste, and safeguard the integrity and accountability that underpin the mission of USDA’s nutrition assistance programs.
As stewards of federal program funds, state agencies must remain vigilant in identifying unusual claiming patterns, errors, or practices that could indicate potential fraud. This memorandum provides guidance to help state agencies recognize common red flags, take timely corrective action, and ensure that program operations remain compliant, transparent, and protective of taxpayer resources.
This memorandum highlights the importance of enforcing recordkeeping systems, clarifying required documentation, and strengthening state agencies’ oversight tools to prevent improper payments, reduce fraud and waste, and uphold public confidence in the program.
This worksheet can be used to empower Child and Adult Care Food Program providers and operators with the knowledge, skills and expertise to implement meal pattern requirements.
This worksheet can be used to empower Child and Adult Care Food Program providers and operators with the knowledge, skills and expertise to implement meal pattern requirements.
We published the direct final rule with comment period, Simplified Geographic Preference Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs (91 FR 57245), effective Nov. 9, 2026.
This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection for recognizing program sponsors' nutrition efforts in the Summer Food Service Program or the National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option.
The Food and Nutrition Administration intends to request the renewal of a generic clearance that allows FNA to conduct short, quick-turnaround surveys of state, local, and Tribal agencies and businesses that receive food, funds, and nutrition information through programs administered by FNA.