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Published: 5 days ago
" TDA has posted the new Ramadan Non-Congregate Feeding Waiver Request Form to TX-UNPS Download Forms. This waiver allows eligible NSLP and CACFP operators in good standing to offer meals that participants in attendance and observing Ramadan can take off-site and consume after fasting.
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TDA has posted the new Ramadan Non-Congregate Feeding Waiver Request Form to TX-UNPS Download Forms (SNP-000 SNP Waiver Portal for school districts, CACFP-113 for CACFP CEs). This waiver allows eligible operators in good standing to offer meals that participants in attendance and observing Ramadan can take off-site and consume after fasting. Note that per USDA guidance, this waiver is only available to Contracting Entities operating NSLP, SBP, CACFP At-Risk sites, CACFP Emergency Shelters, CACFP Outside-School-Hours Care Centers, and CACFP Adult Day Care Centers.
Requesting CEs must submit this form and be approved prior to serving any non-congregate meals. In using this waiver, CEs agree to the following:
-- Multi-day meal bundling and parent pick-up are not allowed under this waiver.
-- Non-congregate meals must only be distributed to participants who have indicated verbally or in writing that they are fasting between February 28 and March 30, 2025.
-- If a participant chooses to consume a meal or snack during the day, schools or CACFP operators may not deny a meal or snack because the participant is thought to be fasting.
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