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

11/26/2024 TANS Update

11/25/2024 Minor Update to USDA Complaint Form

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 RELEASE: Updated Pre-Award Civil Rights Compliance Review Form

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

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 Updates to Federal Financial Regulations (2 CFR 200)

9/25/2024 2024 Turnip the Beet

9/25/2024 TANS Update

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

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

8/27/2024 Summer Non-Congregate Meal Service Reporting for USDA

8/27/2024 2024 Turnip the Beet - Deadline Extended!

8/26/2024 TANS Update

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

8/2/2024 Summer in the Loop: Deadline to Apply for Turnip the Beet 2024 is August 30th!

8/2/2024 Summer Non-Congregate Meal Service Reporting for USDA

8/1/2024 TANS Update

7/2/2024 Expansion of Excess Net Cash Resource Threshold for NSLP Operators

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

7/2/2024 Sweet Summer Habits Olympics

7/2/2024 Apply for Turnip the Beet 2024!

6/3/2024 RELEASE: Non-Congregate Service during Extreme Heat/Poor Air Quality Waiver Request Form

6/3/2024 RELEASE: USDA SFSP Administration Guide

5/28/2024 RELEASE: New and Updated Summer Non-Congregate FAQs and Forms

5/28/2024 Farewell TXUNPS - Welcome TANS

5/2/2024 RELEASE: Updated SFSP Supplemental Handbook

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

5/1/2024 RELEASE: SFSP Sponsor Monitoring Form Prototypes

5/1/2024 RELEASE: Updated SFSP Supplemental Handbook

5/1/2024 Rural Summer Non-Congregate Request Form and Resources Now Available

4/30/2024 Extension of Comment Period for Rural Non-Congregate Interim Final Rule

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

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

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

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

3/6/2024 Summer 2024 Non-Congregate Feeding - Start Preparing Now!

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

2/5/2024 SFSP Program Year 2024 Training Requirement for all renewal CEs

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 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 Guidance on Access to Domesticated and Wild Game Animals

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

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

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

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

8/1/2023 New Waiver Allowing Non-Congregate Summer Feeding in Extreme Heat

1/12/2022 Maximum Approvable Average Daily Participation (ADP)

7/28/2021 Seamless Summer (SSO) Site Applications SY 2022

4/14/2021 Requests for Increases in Compensation

11/1/2020 Meal Time Overlap Error Message

9/1/2020 Budget Detail - NEW and RENEWING CEs

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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 (including gender identity and sexual orientation), 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
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