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- USDA Releases Final Rule for School Meals Nutrition Standards
- Webinar: Final Rule - Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines
- Release: New Online Form to Request Early Removal from the NDL and TEXSL
- WBSCM Transition Page and Training Material Moved
- New Systems Hub on SquareMeals
- Rural Summer Non-Congregate Request Form and Resources Available
- Order Summer Meal Promotional Materials
- Extreme Heat/Air Quality Non-congregate Waivers Available in Summer 2024
- And Justice for All Poster: Updated Guidance
- Expansion of SFSP and SSO Options During Unanticipated School Closure
- Extension of Comment Period for Rural Non-congregate Interim Final Rule
- Now Available: New Food Yields Added to FBG for CN Programs
- Now Available: Child Nutrition Database (CNDB), Release 27
- Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
- Texas Fruit and Vegetable Day!
- 2024 Annual National Conference - Scholarships Available
- 2023 Turnip the Beet Awardees
- Chef Ann Foundation - Bulk Milk Grant Applications Are Open
- MegaCon 2024 Is Less Than Two Weeks Away
- Farm Fresh at MegaCon
- Next LFS Office Hours
- This Month's FSMC Friday is May 31
- FSMC Contract Due Dates
- Help TDA Support Farm Fresh Programming by Taking Our Short Survey
- ICN - Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) Sessions Are Now Open!
- User Administrators to Review Users in WBSCM
- USDA Foods for Further Processing
- Food Receipting Updates
- USDA Foods Ordering Updates
- Rural Summer Non-Congregate Request Form and Resources Available April 5
- Get Ready for School Lunch Hero Day
- 2023 Turnip the Beet Awardees
- School Breakfast Week
- System Update: TX-UNPS CEP Eligibility Criteria Updated
- The Child Nutrition Database, Release 27 (CN27) Is Now Available
- 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act's Impact on Child Nutrition Programs
- SSO Reviews Being Scheduled for Summer 2024
- USDA Transitions from eAuth to Login.gov for WBSCM Users
- Upcoming ARM Updates
- Join the Texas SHAC Network
- Register for MegaCon 2024
- Farm Fresh at MegaCon
- Next LFS Office Hours
- FSMC Fridays
- FSMC Contract Due Dates
- Texas Farm Fresh Survey
- Help TDA Support Farm Fresh Programming by Taking Our Short Survey
- A New Look for the Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool (PSTTT)
- New Due Date: NSLP Annual Financial Report Due May 3, 2024
- Grant Opportunity: Oliver Foundation Healthy Choices Grant
- ICN - Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) Sessions Are Now Open!
- Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
- USDA Foods Ordering Updates
- NSLP-USDA Foods Inventory Management
- Summer 2024 Non-Congregate Feeding
- Summer Materials Have Shipped
- Register for MegaCon 2024
- Local Food for Schools Office Hours
- FSMC Fridays
- FSMC Contract Due Dates
- Texas Farm Fresh Survey
- School Data for Area Eligibility Report
- Proposed Rule for Serious Deficiency Process in SFSP and CACFP
- Universal Breakfast Program Waiver Application: March 15
- 2024-2025 Income Eligibility Guidelines
- New Look for Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool
- CN Labeling Manual
- Small Purchase Log
- NSLP Annual Financial Report Due March 31
- Grant Opportunity: Oliver Foundation Healthy Choices Grant
- Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
- ICN Training Opportunities for New Leadership
- PY 24-25 WBSCM Round 1 Ordering Update
- Program Year 2023-2024 USDA Foods Updates
- Register for MegaCon 2024
- National School Breakfast Week
- Local Food for Schools Office Hours
- SFSP and SSO Rural Non-Congregate Service Regulations
- Unanticipated School Closure Notification Forms and Guidance
- New Duplicative Services FAQs
- New Features and Food Yields in the Food Buying Guide Web-based Tool
- CEP Data Report in TX-UNPS
- Updated TDA and USDA CEP Resources
- Food Allergies: New Online Resources
- ICN Wants to Hear from You
- Grant Opportunity: Oliver Foundation Healthy Choices Grant
- Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
- Reminder for All TX-UNPS and WBSCM Entities
- NSLP Annual Financial Report
- FSMC Contract Timeline
- NSLP-USDA Foods Inventory Management
- Reminder: Acceptance of USDA Foods Delivered by State-Contracted Warehouses
- USDA Foods Ordering Updates
- National School Breakfast Week or School Lunch Hero Day Materials Shipped
- Reaching for Excellence Grant Opportunity
- Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
- WBSCM Access Form and Ability to Add 2 User Access Managers
- Financial Report Opened January 1
- Updated ARM Sections 7, 8, 10, 17, 17b, 19, 22
- FSMC Contract Timeline
- USDA Foods Acceptance Tips
- USDA Foods Ordering Updates
- Resources on SquareMeals.org
- NSBW and SLHD Materials
- Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products
- Release of Two Requests for Applications for the Healthy Meal Initiative Sub-grants
- Updated Guidance on Access to Domesticated and Wild Game Animals
- Updated Team Nutrition Resources for CN Programs
- Farm to School Census
- Local Foods for Schools Recipients
- FY2025 Reaching for Excellence (RFE) Grant Opportunity
- Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
- FSMC Contract Timeline
- USDA Foods Usage Analysis
- NSLP Mid-Year Physical Counts Season
- USDA Foods Ordering Updates
- Resources on SquareMeals.org
- Local Foods for Schools Funding Training
- New Milk Flexibility for Emergency Conditions Notification Form
- OVS Materials in Spanish
- Updated Micropurchase Logs
- New Standardized Recipes from TDA
- Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards
- National School Lunch Week 2023 Recap
- Verification Timeline
- FSMC Contract Timeline
- USDA Foods Ordering Updates
- Resources on SquareMeals.org
- Local Foods for Schools Funding
- Final Rule Reduces CEP ISP Threshold from 40% to 25% for SY 2024-2025
- USDA's Revised Menu Planner for Schools
- Verification Timeline
- New Verification Letter Sample Templates Suite
- Updated Guidance on Meal Service During an Unanticipated School Closure
- State Reimbursement for Reduced Price Breakfast - Schools Offering Universal Breakfast
- Now Available! New Food Yields Added to the Food Buying Guide
- Attachment B Uploads due October 31
- FSMC Contract Timelines
- SY 2023-2024 Special Provisions Carryover Reports
- Guide to Professional Standards in Spanish
- New USDA Food Safety Fact Sheets
- Get Ready for 2023 National School Lunch Week
- Coming Soon: 2023 Farm to School Census
- Upcoming Webinars and Availability of Team Nutrition Materials in Print
- Connecting the Pieces: Supporting the Whole Child Virtual Summit
- Turnip the Beet Survey
- USDA Foods Ordering Updates
- Child Nutrition Program Integrity Final Rule
- Important Information About Health Coverage Among CN Participants
- Healthy Meals Incentives Grants and Recognition Awards Announced
- Attachment B Uploads due October 31
- FSMC Contract Timelines
- Get Ready for 2023 National School Lunch Week
- 2023-24 Menu Calendar Templates
- More Students Can Enjoy Free Breakfast in Texas!
- Self-Certification Option to Increase Micro-Purchase Threshold
- Pre-Award Civil Rights Compliance Review Form Revised
- Multiple ARM Sections Updated: 4, 6, 17, 17a, 19, 20
- SY24 Verification Reporting Resources Available
- TX-UNPS Ordeirng Round Update
- Surplus USDA Foods at State Contracted Warehouses
- USDA NSLP Update SY2023-2024
- Important Information on USDA Foods
- SY24 Warehouse Renewals and Delivery Rate Schedules Posted on SquareMeals
- October 2023 Farm Fresh Challenge
- Get Ready for 2023 National School Lunch Week
- Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards for School Food Authorities
- Reimbursement Rates for School Year 2023-2024
- Verification Begins in October
- Self-Certification Option to Increase Micro-Purchase Threshold
- New School Nutrition Program FAQs Published for SY 2023-2024
- New Waiver Allowing Non-Congregate Summer Feeding in Extreme Heat
- Remaining COVID-19 Flexibilities and Keep Kids Fed Act Provisions Expired June 30
- Attachment B Uploads
- Resources: FRAC Webinars, Food Yield for FBG, Made with School Lunch, ICN
- Child Nutrition Database Release 26
- Updated Household Application Documents, Media Templates
- WBSCM Updates
- Don't Forget to Turnip the Beet
- Deadlines
- MENU Module Not Supported After August 31
- Get Ready for 2023 NSLW and Bite Seen Around Texas Taste Testing
- Local Food for Schools
- SquareMeals COVID-19 Page Retired
- Remaining COVID-19 Flexibilities and Keep Kids Fed Act Provisions Expired June 30
- Updates to Civil Rights Nondiscrimination Statement
- Independent Review of Applications
- The Attachment B Upload Opened July 1
- NSLP Transitional Sodium Limits Effective July 1
- SY2023-24 TX-UNPS Allocation for USDA Foods Starting Date
- MegaCon Presentations and Handouts on SquareMeals
- Test Your Nutrition Knowledge
- Universal Free Feeding Policy Update
- PLE for School Year 2023-24
- Release: School Meal Household Applications
- Release: Complete ARM
- USDA Foods Updates: Important Information for Starting the New School Year and SY24 Warehouse Renewals/Delivery Rate Schedules Posted on SquareMeals
- Don't Forget to Turnip the Beet
- Deadlines
- Year-Round Meals: Tips for Transitioning from Summer to Afterschool Meals
- TDA Nutrition Feedback Survey
- Coming Soon! NSLW Digital Resources and Materials Order Form
- Clarification on Criteria for Operating a Closed Enrolled Site in Income-Eligible Areas
- Credibility of Dole Wiggles Fruit Juice Gels
- Crediting Grains in the CN Programs Tip Sheets
- New Features of the Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool
- Approved Sites and Sponsors Summer Outreach Materials Now Available
- PLE Tool Issues with Older Versions of Excel
- USDA Foods Annual Redistribution of Pounds (Processing)
- DoD Information
- Deadlines: This Month & FSMC Contracts
- Highlight: School Lunch Hero Day Success Stories
- MegaCon Registration
- School Lunch Hero Day
- Farm Fresh Challenge
- HART Program
- e-Harvest Newsletter
- CICN Webinar: What a Chef Can Do for You
- Fiscal Year 2023 Team Nutrition Grants
- Internet Services Available to All Households with Kids at CEP Schools
- New Trays in Team Nutrition's School Meals Trays
- Summer Materials on the Way
- Summer Outreach Materials Now Available
- USDA Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative Grants
- Choking Hazards Training Resource
- Oliver Foundation Healthy Choices Grants
- USDA Foods Transferring Opportunities Available for Processing
- Recap: 2023 School Breakfast Week
- Deadlines: Financial Report, NSLP and SSO Applications, America's Healthiest Schools Award, FSMC, CEP
- Proposed Rule: CEP Provision
- Comment Period Extended for Proposed Rule to Revise Nutrition Standards
- Universal Breakfast Program Waivers
- 2023 SSO Reviews
- Texas Farm Fresh Survey
- Summer Materials
- School Breakfast Week
- WBSCM Statewide Non-Pilot Recipient Agencies
- CICN Resources Available
- New Foods Added to FBG
- 2022 Turnip the Beet Winners
- New Feature Added for Training Tracker Tool
- TDA Jobs
- Deadlines
- Financial Report Due March 31
- FSMC Contracts - Important Dates
- Offsite Monitoring Flexibilities End June 30
- New Notification Form and Comprehensive Guidance on Unanticipated School Closures
- 2022-23 School Data for Area Eligibility Report
- Proposed Rule to Revise Meal Patterns Consistent with 2020 Dietary Guidelines
- 2023-24 School Nutrition Program Income Eligibility Guidelines
- No Findings Administrative Review Award for CEs
- Texas Farm Fresh Survey
- MegaCon 2023
- Summer Materials
- PSTTT Pro Webinar Recording
- Surplus USDA Foods
- Discover MyPlate for Kindergarten
- School Breakfast Week Materials Shipped
- TDA Jobs
- Team Nutrition Materials
- Deadlines
- NSLP Annual Financial Report
- USDA Foods for 2023-2024
- Summer Meals Notification Requirement
- 2022-23 School Data for Area Eligibility Report
- NSLP PY 2023-24 Information
- USDA Foods for SY 2022-23
- 2023 NSLP Financial Report Open
- No Findings Administrative Review Award for CEs
- School Breakfast Week 2023 Orders Due January 6
- New School Year 23-24 Menu Calendar Templates Available
- MegaCon 2023
- Discover MyPlate Printed Materials
- New Food Yields Added to Food Buying Guide Interactive Tools
- ICN iBites Digest
- Whole Grain Quiz
- Retirement of the Team Nutrition Network
- Deadlines
- NSLP Annual Financial Report
- USDA Foods for 2023-2024
- WBSCM Statewide Implementation
- New Excellent No Findings Administrative Review Award for CEs
- School Breakfast Week 2023 Pre-order for Promotional Materials
- MegaCon 2023
- Free MyPlate Materials
- USDA Foods Challenge
- Deadlines
- Warehouse Mid-year Inventory Count
- Crediting Fruit Juice Gels
- Update ARM Sections 2A and 31
- Onsite Monitoring Due February 1
- Farm Fresh Attestation Form Due
- School Breakfast Week 2023 Pre-order for Promotional Materials
- MegaCon 2023
- NSLP Weekly Commodity Bulletin - Bonus
- Updated Food Buying Guide
- Texas Action for Healthy Kids Virtual Summit
- USDA Foods Challenge
- Crediting Milk Tip Sheet
- Team Nutrition Resources
- Taste-Testing Posters
- Deadlines
- Texas Summer Mandate Notification
- Revised Whole Grain Resource for NSLP and SBP
- Approved In-State Processors for PY23-24
- State Account Transfers
- School Nutrition Program Complaints
- State Fair 2022
- NSLW 2022 Success
- National School Lunch Week 2022
- FSMC Quick Reference Guide Resource
- Renewing Contracting Entities
- Trainings offered by Share Our Strength
- Meal Talk: Taste-Test Events Webinar
- CE Warehouse Inventory Management Tool
- P-EBT 2022 Local Administrative Cost Grants
- USDA Announces SY 2022-2023 P-EBT
- P-EBT for Summer 2022 - Upload of Eligible Students
- Important Deadlines
- Verification Begins in October
- 2022 Turnip the Beet
- Farm Fresh Challenge
- National School Lunch Week 2022
- USDA Foods Feedback on New Items
- How School Lunch Is Made and How You Can Help
- USDA Foods Online Training
- WBSCM Transition Web Page
- Important Deadlines
- New FSMC Contract Review Form
- PY23 Verification Reporting Resources
- Special Provisions Carryover Reports
- ARM Update: Carryover for CEP
- Civil Rights Training Migrating to ICN
- DC Matches Reminder
- Summer P-EBT
- Verification Begins Oct. 1
- And Justice for All Posters
- Farm Fresh Challenge
- Local Wellness Policy Webinar
- National School Lunch Week 2022
- PR Lessons Learned
- CN Photo Collection
- Tip Sheet: Crediting Meat/Meat Alternates
- ICN: Back-to-School Toolbox
- Fueling My Healthy Life
- Updated Team Nutrition Brochures
- Important Deadlines
- ARM Updates
- Calculating Adult Meal Pricing
- Reimbursement Rates for SY2022-23
- Severe Need Reimbursement
- Civil Rights Training Migrating to ICN
- Updated Spanish Versions of Household Applications, Letters, and Media Release
- Keep Kids Fed Act Flexibilities
- WBSCM Update
- Performance-based Supplemental Reimbursement
- 2022 Turnip the Beet
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