Summer Food Management Bulletins

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Note: Bulletins are in descending order by release date.

Calendar Year 2020

Release Date	Topic	Title	Bulletin Number
February 2020	Crediting Commercially Prepared Smoothies	Smoothies Offered in Child Nutrition Programs	CNP-04-2020
January 2020	Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Financial Management Standards	Financial Management Standards for the Summer Food Service Program	SFSP-02-2020

Calendar Year 2019

Release Date	Topic	Title	Bulletin Number
November 2019	SFSP and Seamless Summer Option (SSO) Site Proximity Requirements	Quarter-mile Site Proximity Reporting Requirements	SNP-24-2019; SFSP-04-2019
September 2019	Sponsor Deadlines	Summer Food Service Program Application Deadlines	SFSP-03-2019
May 2019	Thresholds	Federal Micropurchase and Small Purchase Thresholds	CNP-01-2019
May 2019	Excess Funds	Transferring Excess Funds between Child Nutrition Programs	CNP-04-2019
May 2019	Reporting Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and SFSP Changes to the California Department of Education (CDE)	Reporting Entity Type, Tax ID Number, Name, Address, and Ownership Changes to the CACFP and the SFSP	SFSP-02-2019
March 2019	Meal Site Types and Requirements	Summer Food Service Program Meal Site Types	SFSP-01-2019

Calendar Year 2018

Release Date	Topic	Title	Bulletin Number
August 2018	Cooperative Agreements	Questions and Answers: Purchasing Goods and Services Using CooperativeAgreements, Agents, and Third-party Services	CNP-07-2018
June 2018	Lease or Rental Costs	Real Estate Lease or Rental Costs	SFSP-02-2018
June 2018	Locally Produced Foods	Purchase of Locally Produced Foods	CNP-06-2018
June 2018	Market Basket Analysis	Market Basket Analysis When Procuring Program Goods and Modifying Contracted-For Product Lists	CNP-04-2018
June 2018	Allowable Costs	Allowable Costs for Excess/Leftover Meals in the Summer Food Service Program	SFSP-01-2018
June 2018	Kin-GAP	Discontinuation of Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program for Meal Eligibility	CNP-09-2018
May 2018	Perishable Foods	Perishable Foods in Child Nutrition Programs	CNP-05-2018
February 2018	Donation of Leftover Food	Guidance on the Donation of Leftover Food in Child Nutrition Programs	CNP-02-2018
February 2018	The Use of Share Tables	The Use of Share Tables	CNP-03-2018

Calendar Year 2017

Release Date	Topic	Title	Bulletin Number
November 2017	Reimbursement Claim	Reimbursement Claim One-time Only Exception Deadline Policy Clarification	CNP-07-2017
September 2017	Accommodate Disabilities	Modifications to Accommodate Disabilities in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program	SFSP-02-2017
May 2017	Funding	Annual Audit Status Certification Form Requirements for Organizations Participating in the California Department of Education Nutrition Programs - Action Required	CNP-04-2017
May 2017	Eligibility	2017–18 Annual Income Eligibility Guidelines	CNP-05-2017
January 2017	Eligibility	Eligibility Requirements for Military Families	CNP-02-2017

Calendar Year 2016

Release Date	Topic	Title	Bulletin Number
August 2016	Disclosure Requirements	Disclosure Requirements for the Community Nutrition Programs	SFSP-04-2016
January 2016	Indirect Costs	Indirect Costs in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program	SFSP-03-2016

Calendar Year 2015

Release Date	Topic	Title	Bulletin Number
November 2015	Codes of Conduct	Written Codes of Conduct and Performance of Employees Engaged in the Procurement, Award, and Administration of Contracts - Action Required	CNP-01-2015
August 2015	Area Eligibility	Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs	CNP-04-2015
July 2015	Eligibility	Exceptions to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Policy Memorandum SP 42-2014, SFSP 17-2014, and CACFP 11-2014: Sharing Aggregate Data to Expand Program Access and Services in Child Nutrition Programs	CNP-03-2015
July 2015	Meal Service	Guidance on Prohibition of Separation by Gender During Child Nutrition Program Meal Service	CNP-09-2015
June 2015	Product Documentation	Guidance for Accepting Processed Product Documentation for Meal Pattern Requirements	CNP-07-2015
June 2015	Meals	Food Consumption Outside the Foodservice Area	CNP-05-2015
May 2015	Child Nutrition (CN) Labels	CN Labels Copied with a Watermark	CNP-08-2015
April 2015	Disaster Relief	Disaster Response	CNP-02-2015
January 2015	Eligibility Determinations	Guidance on Income Eligibility Determinations and Duration - Action Required	SFSP-01-2015

Calendar Year 2014

Release Date	Topic	Title	Bulletin Number
May 2014	Head Start	Questions and Answers on the Participation of Head Start Programs in Child Nutrition Programs	CNP-05-2014
May 2014	Tax-Exempt Status	Tax-Exempt Status for Private Nonprofit Organizations and Churches in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program	SFSP-02-2014
January 2014	Meals	Variations in Meals for Religious Reasons	CNP-04-2014

Note: Bulletins dated 2013 and earlier are in descending order by bulletin number.

Calendar Year 2013

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
USDA-SFSP-01-2013	Tribal Participation in the CACFP and SFSP	January 2013
NSD-CNP-08-2013	Child Nutrition and Information Payment System User Acceptance Agreement - Action Required	May 2013
NSD-CNP-02-2013	Reimbursement Claims Resources	March 2013
NSD-CNP-01-2013	Change in Management Bulletin Distribution Process - Action Required Change in Distribution Process for Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletins and USDA Policy Memoranda	January 2013

Calendar Year 2012

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
USDA-SFSP-02-2012	Using School Attendance Area to Establish Open SFSP Feeding Sites - Action Required	May 2012
USDA-CNP-10-2012	Procurement Geographic Preference Q and As–Part II	December 2012
USDA-CNP-02-2012	Rural Development Community Facilities Program	October 2012
USDA-CNP-01-2012	Cooperation with USDA Evaluations and Research Cooperation with U.S. Department of Agriculture Officials and Contractors Conducting Evaluations and Research	October 2012

Calendar Year 2011

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
USDA-CNP-02-2011	Privacy Protection and Social Security Numbers - Action Required Privacy Protection and the Use of Social Security Numbers	April 2011

Calendar Year 2010

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
USDA-CNP-05-2010	Extending Categorical Eligibility Q and A Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household—Questions and Answers	September 2010
USDA-CNP-04-2010	Final Rule: Fluid Milk Substitutions Final Rule Regarding Fluid Milk Substitutions in School Nutrition Programs	April 2010

Calendar Year 2009

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
USDA-CNP-03-2009	Extending Categorical Eligibility Extending Categorical Eligibility to Additional Children in a Household	October 2009
USDA-CNP-02-2009	Internal Revenue Service Filing Requirements Internal Revenue Service Filing Requirements for Private, Nonprofit Organizations	April 2009

Calendar Year 2008

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
USDA-SFSP-03-2008	FSMC Contract Extensions in the SFSP Food Service Management Company Contract Extensions in the Summer Food Service Program	May 2008
USDA-CNP-05-2008	Dollar Threshold for Payment of Underpayments Dollar Threshold for Payment of Underpayments from Reviews and Audits Performed for School Nutrition Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program	September 2008
USDA-CNP-01-2008	Crediting of Corn Meal and Corn Flour Information Regarding the Crediting of Corn Meal and Corn Flour for Grains/Breads Component in Food-Based Menu Planning	February 2008
NSD-SFSP-01-2008	Temperature Controls of Potentially Hazardous Foods The Importance of Maintaining Proper Time and Temperature Controls of Potentially Hazardous Foods	October 2008

Calendar Year 2007

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
NSD-CNP-02-2007	Transfer of Agency Ownership	October 2007

Calendar Year 2006

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
06-701	National Flood Insurance Payments Treatment of National Flood Insurance Payments	January 2006

Calendar Year 2004

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
04-707	Use of Upward Bound Applications Use of upward bound applications for determining participant eligibility	July 2004

Calendar Year 2003

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
03-709	Effect of Bussing on Area Eligibility Effect of Bussing on Area Eligibility in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, and National School Lunch Program	July 2003

Calendar Year 2002

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
02-712	Late Payment Charges and Allowable Costs Late Payment Charges and Allowable Costs to Child Nutrition Accounts	May 2002
02-703	Eligibility for Upward Bound Sites Questions and answers regarding eligibility for upward bound sites	July 2002

Calendar Year 2000

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
00-708	Establishing Eligibility for Free Meals	October 2000

Calendar Year 1998

Bulletin Number	Bulletin Title (Link) and Subject	Release Date
98-717	Commodity Entitlements for Year Round Sponsors Commodity Entitlements for Year Round Sponsors, APB-SFS-98-22	October 1998

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