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Flexibilities in the Keep Kids Fed Act during School Year 2022-2023

" August 1, 2022 - The Keep Kids Fed Act passed on June 27, 2022, will allow higher reimbursements for meals, meal service flexibilities, and meal pattern flexibilities in the event of COVID-19-related supply chain issues.
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August 1, 2022 - The Keep Kids Fed Act passed on June 27, 2022, will allow higher reimbursements for meals, meal service flexibilities, and meal pattern flexibilities in the event of COVID-19-related supply chain issues.

Specifically, the Act makes the following changes for school year (SY) 2022-2023:

Allows USDA to issue limited nationwide waivers that do not increase Federal costs.
Extends the flexibility allowing TDA to waive fiscal action for any CEs that cannot meet the meal pattern due to a COVID-19-related supply chain disruption.
Provides temporary additional reimbursements of:
40 cents per lunch served through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP); and
15 cents per breakfast served through the School Breakfast Program (SBP).

TDA will post further guidance on any additional waivers granted in this newsletter and in the School Year 2022-2023 FAQs located at: https://squaremeals.org/FandNResources/CoronavirusUpdateforContractingEntities.aspx

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