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Publication Name	Download	About	Program Name
Section 4000: Allocations and Ordering			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 4000: Managing the Program			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 4000: Managing the Program			SFMNP Handbook
Section 4100: Participant Enrollment and Eligibility at Independent and Sponsored Centers			CACFP
Section 4200: Day Care Home Eligibility and Enrollment			CACFP
Section 4300: Counting, Claiming, and Reimbursement			CACFP
Section 4400: Meal Service			CACFP
Section 4500: Program Management and Monitoring			CACFP
Section 5: Visits, Reviews, and Audits			TEFAP Handbook
Section 5: Visits, Reviews, and Audits			CSFP Handbook
Section 5000: Administrative Reviews and Audits			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 5000: Adminstrative Reviews and Audits			SFMNP Handbook
Section 5000: Receipts of USDA Foods			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 5000: Visits, Reviews, and Audits			CACFP
Section 6: Civil Rights			TEFAP Handbook
Section 6: Civil Rights			CSFP Handbook
Section 6000: Civil Rights			CACFP
Section 6000: Civil Rights			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 6000: Civil Rights			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 6000: Civil Rights			SFMNP Handbook
Section 7: Financial Management			TEFAP Handbook
Section 7: Financial Management			CSFP Handbook
Section 7000: Financial Management			CACFP
Section 7000: Financial Management			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 7000: Financial Management			SFMNP Handbook
Section 7000: Storing USDA Foods			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 8: Denials and Terminations			TEFAP Handbook
Section 8: Denials, Terminations, and Appeals			CSFP Handbook
Section 8000: Denials, Terminations, and Appeals			CACFP
Section 8000: Denials, Terminations, and Appeals			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 8000: Denials, Terminations, and Appeals			SFMNP Handbook
Section 8000: Inventory and Records			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 9: Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms			TEFAP Handbook
Section 9: Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms			CSFP Handbook
Section 9000: Monitoring and Compliance			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 9000: Terms, Definitions and Acronyms			CACFP
Section 9000: Terms, Definitions and Acronyms			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 9000: Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms			SFMNP Handbook
Serious Deficiency Process			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Serious Deficiency Process			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
SFSP Update Guide - Archive			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
SFSP Update Guide - Current			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
SFSP Waiver Requests			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Sharing Eligibility and Summary Information			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Sharing Income Eligibility Information			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Shelf-Stable Dried Snacks Made from Meat Poultry Seafood			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Simplifying Application Procedures in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the SFSP			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Site Eligibility Based on Census Data			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Site Eligibility Based on Census Data			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Site Eligibility Based on Census Data			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive

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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. Mail:

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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