Service Information
This program administers the USDA Child Nutrition program to private schools and residential child care institutions. Participating schools and institutions can receive a reimbursement for nutritious meals served to children participating in a school food service program.
Programs offered:
Seamless Summer Option : FNS is allowing SFSP and Seamless Summer Option operations through June 30, 2021.
Summer Food Service Program Reimbursement Rates: FNS is allowing school food authorities to claims NSLP SSO meals and snacks at the SFSP reimbursement rates.
Non-congregate Feeding Waiver: FNS is allowing meals to be served in non-group settings to support social distancing.
Meal Times Waiver: FNS is letting meals be served to kids outside traditional times to maximize flexibility for meal pick-up.
Parent/Guardian Meal Pick-Up Waiver: FNS is allowing parents/guardians to pick-up meals and bring them home to their children.
Meal Pattern Waiver: FNS is giving states the flexibility to serve meals that do not meet specified meal pattern requirements when needed.
Offer Versus Serve Flexibility for Senior High Schools in NSLP: FNS has established a nationwide waiver to support access to nutritious meals while minimizing potential exposure to the novel coronavirus for school year 2021-22.
Child Nutrition Monitoring: FNS has provided flexibilities for certain monitoring and review requirements for schools meal programs. [Revised] [EXTENSION 3
AR Flexibility for SSO Only SFAs: FNS has established a waiver of certain SMP AR criteria when SFAs are only operating the NSLP SSO in school year 2021-2022.
Area Eligibility Waivers: FNS is working with states to increase the availability of meal sites.
Fiscal Action for Meal Pattern Waiver: FNS is allowing fiscal action flexibility for meal pattern violations related to COVID-19 supply chain disruptions impacting school meals in school year 2021-2022.
Allow Service of Meals at School Sites during Unanticipated School Closures: Under this waiver, SFSP and the National School Lunch Program SSO operators in states that elect to be subject to this waiver may serve meals at school sites during unanticipated school closures in SY 2021-22
Nationwide Waiver of Selected CN Reporting Requirements: This waiver cancels selected administrative data reporting requirements in the child nutrition programs.
USDA Child Nutrition Programs
Applications to the Households, including applications translated into other languages
Forms: School Nutrition | Commodities
USDA Standardized Recipes for Schools
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
Eligibility Manual for School Meals (Approving Household Applications and Verification)
Smart Snacks
Offer versus Serve Manual
Developing a local wellness policy
Food Safety
Available Online Training
Related links
Contact Information
Chet Center
Programs Manager
Matt Smith
Program Field Representative
Adult and Family Services - See specific services
Community Living, Aging and Protective Services (CAP)
Developmental Disabilities Services
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race,
color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter 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;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or
(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
DF-10
Commodity Distribution Application (DF-10)
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, 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:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or - fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or - email:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
