This memorandum details the nutrition requirements for fluid milk and fluid milk substitutes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and includes a series of frequently asked questions and answers. This memorandum supersedes CACFP 17-2016, Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk and Fluid Milk Substitutions in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Questions and Answers, July 14, 2016. 

The purpose of this memorandum is to outline the use of Offer Versus Serve in the adult day care and at-risk afterschool settings, as well as the use of family style meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. 

On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA) published the final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The 2024 final rule included an optional provision that continues to allow the substitution of vegetables for fruits at breakfast and provides schools with greater menu planning flexibility at breakfast as compared to the previous regulations. This memorandum provides updated guidance on the substitution of vegetables for fruits in the School Breakfast Program.

On April 25, 2024, FNA published the final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The rule finalized practical, science-based, long-term school nutrition requirements based on the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, extensive partner input, and lessons learned from prior rulemakings. This memorandum updates and clarifies current guidance for fluid milk requirements in school meal programs following publication of the 2024 final rule.
 

This memorandum is intended to clarify the impact of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025  on upcoming SNAP benefit issuance and stolen benefits replacements.

The guidance document provides policy guidance for states regarding the operation of the SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program, referred to as SNAP-Ed.

FNA has estimated the number of new discretionary exemptions each state has earned for FY 2025. States that operated under a statewide waiver of the ABAWD time limit did not earn any new exemptions.

This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective Sept. 18, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has declared that a Supply Chain Disruption exists in certain non-contract WIC state agencies where the ability of participants to obtain their prescribed Mead Johnson formulas is impacted due to limited stock.

This memorandum addresses questions we have received about the provisions of the CAA that affect the Nutrition Assistance Programs in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico.