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The forms below are for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) school nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program (SBP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP, Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) of the NSLP, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), and Special Milk Program (SMP). For guidance on program requirements, CSDE's Program Guidance for School Nutrition Programs webpage.

Note: The date in italics after each document is the current revision date.

 

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A

• A la Carte Food Cost and Price Charged Comparison Worksheet: "Allowable Expenditures" section of CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Action Planning Form  April 2023
• Addenda (Free and Reduced Applications): "Application Forms" section of CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Administrative Review: "Forms" section of CSDE's Administrative Review for School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Afterschool Snack Program (ASP): "Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Afterschool Snack Program webpage
• Application for Free and Reduced-price School Meals or Free Milk: "Application Forms" section of CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Authorized Signatures: Authorized Signatures Change Form and Instructions  March 2025

B

• Buy American Justification Form  December 2024

C

• Certification of Meal Pattern Compliance: "USDA Meal Pattern Compliance Worksheets" section of CSDE's Certification of Meal Pattern Compliance for School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Civil Rights: "Civil Rights for School Nutrition Programs" section of CSDE's Civil Rights for Child Nutrition Programs webpage
  • Sample Civil Rights Complaint Procedures for School Nutrition Programs  September 2024
  • Sample Taglines Form  July 2024
• Community Eligibility Provision (CEP): "Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) webpage
• Connecticut Nutrition Standards (CNS) Worksheets: "Evaluating Foods for CNS Compliance" section of CSDE's CNS webpage 

D

• Disclosure Release: Disclosure Release Request for Free or Reduced Eligibility Status of Students in the School Nutrition Programs  July 2024
  • USDA Memo SP 16-2016, CACFP 06-2016, SFSP 10-2016: Disclosure Requirements for the Child Nutrition Programs
• District Benefit Issuance: District Benefit Issuance Excel Spreadsheet (DBIES)   April 2023

E

• Edit Check Forms: "Edit Check Forms" section of CSDE's Meal Counting and Claiming for School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Equipment Purchase Approval Request Form: "Allowable Expenditures" section of CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Exemption Requests
  • Lunch Period Waiver: Circular Letter C-9: Federal and State Requirements for Provision and Timeframe of Daily Lunch Period for Students 
  • Meal Pattern Exception Request Form for Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs)  September 2023
  • Weekend or Vacation Waiver: FNS 786-7 Rev. 2: Reimbursement for Meals and Milk Served on Weekends  

F

• Family Application for Free and Reduced-price School Meals or Free Milk: "Application Forms" section of CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Food Distribution Program: USDA Foods
• Food Service Management Company: School Food Authority/Food Service Management Company Monitoring Form  February 2025
• Free and Reduced-price Meals: "Application Forms" section and "Parent and Guardian Notification Letters" section of CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Fundraisers: Sample Fundraiser Form for Healthy Food Certification (HFC)  February 2025

H

• HFC Documentation Forms: "Annual HFC Documentation" section of CSDE's HFC webpage

 

I

• Interschool Agreements
• Full-service Interschool Agreement Form  April 2025
• Recipient Site Vended Interschool Agreement  April 2025

M

• Meal Count Forms (CSDE's Meal Counting and Claiming for School Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Media Release: Press Release
• Medical Statements (CSDE's Special Diets in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
• Menu Forms for Preschoolers: "Menu Forms and Production Records" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Menu Planning Checklists for Lunch for Grades K-12
  • Five-day Week Lunch Menu Planning Checklist: Grades K-5  November 2024
  • Five-day Week Lunch Menu Planning Checklist: Grades 6-8  November 2024
  • Five-day Week Lunch Menu Planning Checklist: Grades 9-12  November 2024
  • Five-day Week Lunch Menu Planning Checklist: Grades K-8  November 2024
  • Seven-day Week Lunch Menu Planning Checklist: Grades 6-8  November 2024
  • Seven-day Week Lunch Menu Planning Checklist: Grades K-5  November 2024
  • Seven-day Week Lunch Menu Planning Checklist: Grades 9-12  November 2024
  • Seven-day Week Lunch Menu Planning Checklist: Grades K-8  November 2024
• Monitoring Forms
  • ASP: Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) On-site Monitoring Form January 2025
  • FSMC: School Food Authority/Food Service Management Company Monitoring Form  January 2025
  • NSLP: School Food Authority On-site Review Checklist for the National School Lunch Program  February 2025
  • SBP: School Food Authority On-site Review Checklist for the School Breakfast Program  February 2025
  • SSO: Seamless Summer Option (SSO) Sponsor Monitor Site Review Form September 2023
  • Overview of Meal Counting and Claiming Process  

N

• Nonprogram Foods Pricing Worksheets (Adult Meals and A La Carte Sales): "Nonprogram Foods" section of CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage

P

• Paid Lunch Equity: "Paid Lunch Equity" section of CSDE's Financial Management for School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Parent/Guardian Notification Letters (Free and Reduced Applications): "Parent and Guardian Notification Letters" section of CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage
• Policy Statement for Free and Reduced-price Meals, Afterschool Snack Programs, and Free Milk  August 2024
• Press Release
  
  • Public schools only: Sample Public Media Release for Public School Sponsors of the Connecticut School Nutrition Programs  August 2024
  • Private schools only: Sample Public Media Release for Private School Sponsors of the Connecticut School Nutrition Programs  August 2024
  • SSO only: Sample Press Release for the SSO  February 2023
• Procurement: "Forms and Policy Memos" section of CSDE's Procurement for School Nutrition Programs webpage 
• Production Records for Grades K-12 in the NSLP and SBP: "Production Records" section of CSDE's Production Records for School Nutrition Programs webpage 
• Production Records for Preschoolers in the NSLP, SBP and ASP: "Menu Forms and Production Records" section of CSDE's Meal Patterns for Preschoolers in School Nutrition Programs webpage 
• Production Records for the Afterschool Snack Program (ASP): "Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's ASP webpage 
• Professional Standards Tracking Log  December 2024

R

• Refrigerator and Freezer Temperature Control Record   September 2023

S

• Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP: "Forms" section of CSDE's SSO webpage
• Snack Count Forms for the ASP (Not Site Area Eligible): "Forms" section of CSDE's ASP webpage 
• Snack Count Forms for the ASP (Site Area Eligible): "Forms" section of CSDE's ASP webpage 
• Special Milk Program (SMP): "Documents/Forms" section of CSDE's SMP webpage
• Standardized Recipe Form for School Nutrition Programs  February 2024

U

• USDA Foods 
  • USDA Foods Transfer Request Form  May 2024
  • USDA Foods Ordering Worksheets: "Direct Delivery and Processing Orders" section of CSDE's Food Distribution Program webpage

V

• Verification: "Forms" section of CSDE's Verification Procedures for School Nutrition Programs webpage

Y 

• Yield Study Form for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)  February 2024