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12/2/2024 NCNC 2025 Scholarship Opportunity!

12/2/2024 Final Rule Resources

11/26/2024 New Farm to School Grant Opportunity for NSLP/CACFP/SFSP

11/26/2024 TANS Update

11/25/2024 On-Demand CACFP Halftime Webinar: Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars

11/25/2024 Minor Update to USDA Complaint Form

11/25/2024 RELEASE: Updates to the Sponsor SD Notification Process and Related Resources

11/25/2024 RELEASE: Updated Good Cause Transfer Form for Program Year 2024-2025

11/25/2024 Updated Guidance Related to Accepting Processed Product Documentation

11/8/2024 New Farm to School Grant Opportunity for NSLP/CACFP/SFSP

11/7/2024 TANS Update

11/7/2024 Updated Guidance on Fluid Milk and Fluid Milk Substitutions in the CACFP

11/7/2024 Updated Guidance on Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meals in the CACFP

11/7/2024 RELEASE: Updated Pre-Award Civil Rights Compliance Review Form

11/7/2024 Crosswalk of 2 CFR 200 Updates Posted on SquareMeals

10/31/2024 USDA 2023 Farm to School Census Results

10/29/2024 Revised Crediting in the Child Nutrition Programs Tip Sheet Series!

10/29/2024 The Revised Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs

10/29/2024 Fiscal Year 2025 CACFP & SFSP Area Eligibility Data Now Available!

10/29/2024 RELEASE: Updated Guidance Related to Good Cause Transfers

10/29/2024 NEW! Waiver Allowing Offsite Monitoring for CACFP Sponsors

10/29/2024 Updates to Federal Financial Regulations (2 CFR 200)

10/29/2024 Farm Fresh Challenge Attestation is open now!

10/1/2024 National Farm to School Network's Movement Meeting

9/26/2024 USDA Crediting in the Child Nutrition Programs Tip Sheet

9/25/2024 TANS Update

9/23/2024 The Farm Fresh Challenge has begun!

9/4/2024 Revised Crediting in the Child Nutrition Programs Tip Sheet Series in English

8/29/2024 Registration Now Open! Webinar: Choose Yogurt That Is Lower in Added Sugars

8/29/2024 USDA offers additional guidance and best practices for obtaining racial/ethnic data

8/27/2024 Pledge for the Farm Fresh Challenge now!

8/26/2024 TANS Update

8/8/2024 SY 2024-2025 Special Provisions Carryover Reports

8/2/2024 Reminder: Government Issued Identification Requirement

8/2/2024 Free Vegetable and Fruit Snack Menu Ideas

8/2/2024 RELEASE: 2024-2025 WIC Information Flyer - English and Spanish

8/1/2024 TANS Update

8/1/2024 Get Ready for the Farm Fresh Challenge!

8/1/2024 PY 2024-2025 CACFP Reimbursement Rates Published

7/2/2024 CSFP/TEFAP Best Practices Registration is Open!

7/2/2024 CSFP Updated Participant Application Notification Form

7/2/2024 Community Operations Food Production Facility Reviews and Visit Prior to Approval

7/2/2024 Please Respond to TDA's Farm Fresh Survey 2024!

7/2/2024 Crediting Handbook for the CACFP

7/2/2024 Virtual CACFP Summit - Scholarships Available!

5/28/2024 Farewell TXUNPS - Welcome TANS

5/1/2024 RELEASE: New Online Form to Request Early Removal from the NDL and TEXSL

5/1/2024 RELEASE: Consolidated Section 10000 of the CACFP Handbook

4/30/2024 "And Justice for All" Poster - Updated Guidance

4/30/2024 USDA Releases Final Rule for Child Nutrition Program Nutrition Standards - CACFP

4/1/2024 RELEASE: Proposed Rule for Serious Deficiency Process in the CACFP and SFSP

4/1/2024 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act's Impact on Child Nutrition Programs

3/8/2024 Now available: The Child Nutrition (CN) Labeling Manual

3/6/2024 RELEASE: Proposed Rule for Serious Deficiency Process in SFSP and CACFP

2/16/2024 ACTION REQUIRED – Validation of all Unaffiliated CACFP At-Risk Sites

2/5/2024 ACTION REQUIRED! - Sponsors of Unaffiliated At-Risk Sites

2/5/2024 CACFP Training - Reach Out to Your ESC

2/5/2024 Unanticipated School Closure Notification Forms and Guidance

2/5/2024 RELEASE: NEW Duplicative Services FAQs

2/2/2024 RELEASE: SFSP and SSO Rural Non-Congregate Service Regulations

2/2/2024 New features and food yields in the Food Buying Guide Web-Based Tool

1/8/2024 CACFP Menu Planners for Breakfast and Snack in English and Spanish

1/8/2024 Reminder for all TX-UNPS and WBSCM entities

1/4/2024 FAQs Clarify Duplicative Costs and Multiple Contracts for Same Service

12/4/2023 Important Security Reminders for User Access Managers (UAM) of TX-UNPS

12/4/2023 Updated Team Nutrition Resources for the Child Nutrition Programs

12/4/2023 Updated Guidance on Access to Domesticated and Wild Game Animals

12/4/2023 CACFP Menu Planners for Breakfast and Snack in English and Spanish

11/14/2023 Important Guidance for And Justice for All Posters

10/24/2023 New Milk Flexibility Available with Emergency Conditions Notification Form for Contracting Entities Experiencing Milk Service Disruption

10/2/2023 Now Available! New Food Yields Added to the Food Buying Guide

9/27/2023 Updated Guidance on the Infant Meal Pattern

9/19/2023 Scholarships Available for CACFP Event

8/29/2023 Important Information about Health Coverage among Child Nutrition Program Participants

8/25/2023 NEW! Child Nutrition Program Integrity Final Rule

10/29/2021 Minimum CACFP Protocol Threshold Salary Increase Guidance for Staff and General Office Positions

7/29/2021 CACFP Meal Rates Effective 7/1/21

7/19/2021 DCH Meal Rates Effective 7/1/21

7/12/2021 CACFP Program Year 2021-2022 (PY22)

7/2/2021 CACFP Special Processing Guidance

7/1/2021 CACFP Application Processing

5/20/2021 CACFP Compensation Protocol

4/14/2021 Requests for Increases in Compensation

8/30/2020 Multiple Meal Times

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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.

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1. Mail:
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
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