Rule 6 Jun 2025 compliance, agriculture, regulatory changes, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, grant programs-education, nutrition, labeling, food service, grant programs-health, public assistance programs, infants and children, child nutrition, food assistance programs, school breakfast and lunch programs

🍽️Deregulation of Summer Nutrition Program Requirements

This rule removes the Coordinated Services Plan (CSP) requirement for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Program under the "Implementing Provisions from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs" interim final rule published December 29, 2023.

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Notice 13 Mar 2025 usda, federal assistance, food service, schools, income eligibility, child nutrition, program guidelines

🥗Income Eligibility Guidelines for Child Nutrition Programs 2025 Update

This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced-price meals and free milk and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for the period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program as well as States and Indian Tribal Organizations that administer the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program. The annual adjustments are required by section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The guidelines are intended to direct benefits to those children most in need and are revised annually to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index.

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