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Keep up with the latest policy memos and news from the Texas Department of Agriculture.
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August 2024
- USDA Foods Rate of Assistance Published
- Make Your Farm Fresh Challenge Pledge Today!
- TANS Update
- Come Work with School Operations
- SFAs: Attachment B Upload
- Attachment B: Meal Counting and Claiming Procedures
- SY 2024-2025 Special Provisions Carryover Reports
- School Year 24-25 Administrative and Procurement Review Schedule
- ICN's 2024 Back to School Toolbox
- Plan Your Road Map for Healthier School Meals in 2024-2025
- RELEASE: Revised Letter to Household - Eligibility Determination (SPANISH)
- NSLP-USDA Foods Inventory and Contract Management
- Congratulations to our Texas HMI Awardees!
- Ahoy! Order No-Cost Materials for National School Lunch Week 2024
- Deadline to Apply for Turnip the Beet 2024 is August 30th!
- New Resource! Reducing Added Sugars at School Breakfast
- USDA Foods: Ordering Updates
- Unanticipated School Closure Non-Congregate Flexibilities Approved by USDA
July 2024
- Expansion of Excess Net Cash Resource Threshold for NSLP Operators
- USDA Foods Ordering Updates
- USDA Foods Inventory Management for NSLP
- Interested in Your Students Becoming MyPlate Ambassadors?
- Please Respond to TDA's Farm Fresh Survey 2024
- New Resources - Vegetable Subgroups
- Apply for Turnip the Beet 2024
- Coming Soon: National School Lunch Week 2024
- Apply for the HMI Recognition Awards
- Next Office Hours for Local Food for Schools - Sept. 18
- WBSCM Security Updates and Reminders
- 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
