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Published: 19 hours ago
" Several revised Administrator’s Reference Manual (ARM) sections have been posted and released as follows. Most updates were made to incorporate elements of the final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and to incorporate several recently released USDA policy memos. Further general updates were made to clarify various existing ARM guidance.
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Several revised Administrator’s Reference Manual (ARM) sections have been posted and released as follows. Most updates were made to incorporate elements of the final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and to incorporate several recently released USDA policy memos. Further general updates were made to clarify various existing ARM guidance.
Policy plans to post a pre-recorded webinar explaining the updates in this release soon and will post in on the Policy page of www.SquareMeals.org.
Guidance changes and clarifications were made to the following:
• Definitions
• Section 2, Program Application & Agreement
• Section 3, Civil Rights
• Section 4, Eligibility
• Section 7, Breakfast Meals
• Section 8, Lunch
• Section 9, Pre-Kindergarten Meals
• Section 10, Afterschool Snack
• Section 11, Summer Meals
• Section 16, Financial System
• Section 17, Procurement
• Section 17a, Procurement Procedures
• Section 19, Meal Pricing
• Section 20, Counting & Claiming
• Section 21, Meal Service
• Section 25, Meal Accommodation
Update Guide sections located at the beginning of each ARM section provide more information about the topics addressed in each release. New language is also highlighted in yellow.
You can find the ARM here.
Please replace any previous versions of the above sections that you may have saved.
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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
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