USDA Memos

FY2025 USDA Memos

  • SP-09-2025: Buy American Accommodation Process for School Year 2025-2026
  • SP-08-2025: Non-Congregate Meal Service in Rural Areas: Questions & Answers #3
  • SP-07-2025: Requirement to Accept Medical Statements from Registered Dietitians for Schools and Child and Adult Care Institutions and Facilities
  • SP-06-2025: National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grants: Installation Expenditures
  • SP-05-2025: Guidance for Accepting Processed Product Documentation for Meal Pattern Requirements
  • SP-04-2025: Fees for Electronic Payment Services in the School Meals Program
  • SP-03-2025: Substituting Vegetables for Grains in American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Tribal Communities
  • SP-02-2025: Substitution of Vegetables for Fruit Flexibility in the School Breakfast Program: Q & A
  • SP-01-2025: Fluid Milk Requirements for School Meals

FY2024 USDA Memos

  • SP-24-2024: Geographic Preference Option Questions & Answers
  • SP-23-2024: Buy American Provisions
  • SP-22-2024: Geographic Preference Expansion
  • SP-21-2024: Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program: Allocation of Funds for FY 2025
  • SP-20-2024: National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grants - Notice of Funding Available
  • SP-19-2024: Initial Implementation. Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
  • SP-18-2024: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs
  • SP-15-2024: Non-Congregate Meal Service in Rural Areas: Q&As #2
  • SP-14-2024: Paid Lunch Equity: Guidance for SY 2024-25
  • SP-13-2024: Non-Congregate Meal Service in Rural Areas: Q&As
  • SP-10-2024: Community Eligibility Provision: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2024-2025 Election Deadline
  • SP-09-2024: Community Eligibility Provision: Guidance and Updated Q&As
  • SP-08-2024: Community Eligibility Provision: Planning and Implementation Guidance - Updated
  • SP-06-2024: Rural Designations in the Summer Meal Programs – Revised
  • SP-05-2024: Implementation Guidance for the Rural Non-congregate Option Provisions of the Interim Final Rule, Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs
  • SP-04-2024: CNP Integrity Final Rule: State Agency Discretion for Repeat Meal Pattern Violation Fiscal Action
  • SP-03-2024: CNP Integrity Final Rule: Administrative Review and FSMC Review Cycles
  • SP-02-2024: (Revised): Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products in CNPs
  • SP-01-2016: (Revised) Procuring Local Meal, Poultry, Seafood, Game, and Eggs for CNPs
  • TA-01-2024: Crediting Traditional Indigenous Foods in Child Nutrition Programs
  • SP-01-2024: Clarification of Allowable Flexibilities for CNPs Experiencing Milk Supply Shortages
  • SEBT-04-2023: Administrative Funding Process for FY2024

FY2023 USDA Memos

  • SP-22-2023: Community Eligibility Provision: Implementing the New Minimum Identified Student Percentage
  • SP-21-2023: Initial Implementation Memorandum:  Child Nutrition Program Integrity Final Rule
  • SP-19-2023: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Fourth Allocation of Supply Chain Assistance (SCA) Funds to Alleviate Supply Chain Disruptions in the School Meal Programs
  • SP-18-2023: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grants for School Food Authorities – Notice of Funding Availability
  • Informational: Summer EBT Eligibility, Certification, and Verification
  • TA-02-2023: Twenty-Sixth Release of the Child Nutrition Database