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Publication Name	Download	About	Program Name
Off-Site Consumption of Food			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Section 7: Financial Management			TEFAP Handbook
Section 7: Financial Management			CSFP Handbook
Section 7000: Financial Management			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 7000: Financial Management			SFMNP Handbook
Section 7000: Storing USDA Foods			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Smoothies Offered in SFSP			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Section 8: Denials and Terminations			TEFAP Handbook
Section 8: Denials, Terminations, and Appeals			CSFP Handbook
Section 8000: Denials, Terminations, and Appeals			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 8000: Denials, Terminations, and Appeals			SFMNP Handbook
Section 8000: Inventory and Records			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Site Eligibility Based on Census Data			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
USDA Demonstration Project for Non-Congregate Feeding			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Categorical Eligibility in the Summer Food Service Program			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Demonstration Project for Non-Congregate Feeding			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Section 9000: Terms, Definitions and Acronyms			CACFP
Section 9: Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms			TEFAP Handbook
Section 9000: Monitoring and Compliance			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 9000: Terms, Definitions and Acronyms			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 9: Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms			CSFP Handbook
Section 9000: Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms			SFMNP Handbook
Notification to Local Health Departments			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Procurement			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Section 10: Disaster Policies and Procedures			TEFAP Handbook
Section 10: Disaster Policies and Procedures			CSFP Handbook
Section 10000: Email Notification and FMNP Handbook Online			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 10000: Email Notification and SFMNP Handbook Online			SFMNP Handbook
Section 10000: Processing			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 10000: Serious Deficiency			CACFP
Duration of Income Eligibility Determinations in SFSP			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Procurement			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Section 11000: Audits			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 11000: Resources			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Section 11000: Resources			SFMNP Handbook
Section 11000: Resources			CACFP
Denials, Terminations and Appeal Rights			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Revision Notice			FMNP Handbook for Contracting Entities
Revision Notice			SFMNP Handbook
Section 12000: Use of USDA Foods in a Disaster			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Site Eligibility Based on Census Data			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Advance SFSP Program Payments			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Revision Notice			CSFP Handbook
Revision Notice			TEFAP Handbook
Section 13000: Adverse Actions and Appeals			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Waiver of Unitized Meal Requirement and Offer Versus Serve Questions and Answers			TDA SFSP Policy - Archive
Procurement			TDA SFSP Policy - Current
Section 14000: Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms			Food Distribution Program Handbook
Section 09. Pre-Kindergarten Meals			NSLP Handbook: Administrator's Reference Manual
Section 09. Pre-Kindergarten Meals			SBP Handbook: Administrator's Reference Manual

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Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. Mail:

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

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