Appendix K Child Nutrition Response #4: The Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility in the Child Nutrition Programs

OMB Control Number: 0584-0654
Expiration date: 01/31/2022

Appendix K
Child Nutrition Response #4:
The Nationwide Waiver to Allow Meal Pattern Flexibility
in the Child Nutrition Programs

The information is being collected to meet the requirement established at Section 2202(a)(2) of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
(P.L. 116-127), as extended by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (P.L. 116-159), for states to elect to be subject to
each nationwide waiver prior to implementing the flexibilities granted in the waiver. In addition, this nationwide waiver requires Child Nutrition
Program (CNP) operators to develop and submit requests to their respective State agencies to utilize the meal pattern flexibilities authorized in the
waiver; requests should be targeted and justified based upon disruptions to the availability of food products resulting from impacts of the novel
Coronavirus. Section 2202(d) of the FFCRA requires states to report on the use of nationwide waivers by the state and eligible service providers. FNS
uses the information collected via this waiver to evaluate nationwide waiver participation, ensure nationwide waivers improve services to children,
maintain program integrity, and meet reporting and notification requirements established under the FFCRA. This collection does not request any
personally identifiable information under the Privacy Act of 1974. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB
control number for this information collection is 0584-0654. The time required for States to notify FNS of their election to be subject to a nationwide
waiver is 5 minutes (.0835 hours). The time required for a local program operator to develop and submit a request to implement a meal pattern
flexibility authorized in this Nationwide waiver is 1 hour, and the burden associated with a State agency’s responsibility to review each request and
respond to a program operator is 15 minutes (.25 hours). Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Policy
Support, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314 ATTN: PRA (0584-0654).

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