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Handbooks

  • Essential Key Performance Indicator (KPIs) for School Nutrition Success
  • A Biosecurity Checklist for School Foodservice Programs - Developing a Biosecurity Management Plan
  • Accommodating Children with Disabilities in the School Meal Programs
  • Indirect Cost Guidance - SP-60-2016
    • Indirect Cost Guidance Handbook
  • Community Eligibility Provision: Planning and Implementation Guidance
  • DirectMatch User Guide
  • Eligibility Manual for School Meals with Highlights
  • Free and Reduced Application and Direct Certification Information and Procedures 
    • Free and Reduced Price Meals or Free Milk Policy Statement
  • Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Handbook
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  • NFSMI Equipment Purchasing and Facility Design for School Nutrition Programs
  • Offer Versus Serve 
  • Provision 2 Guidance
    • Provision 2 Base Year Calculator
    • SP-46-2015: Review of Special Provision Options 2 and 3 Base Year 
  • Special Milk Program Letter & Policy Statement
  • Exclusion of Military Combat Pay
  • Verification Guidance

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573-751-8673
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573-751-3526
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Jefferson City, MO 65101
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P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480

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573-751-0051

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