Appendix E5 Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines

OMB #0584-0055
Expiration Date xx/xx/20xx

Appendix E5. Child Nutrition Programs Income
Eligibility Guidelines

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) regulations (7 CFR 226.6(f)(1)(ii)) require
State agencies to annually provide all institutions with a copy of the income standards to be used
by institutions for determining the eligibility of participants for free and reduced-price meals
under the Program, which will enable institutions to claim the reimbursement to which they are
entitled by law. Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1766),
authorizes the CACFP. This collection is required to obtain or retain benefits and the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) uses the information collected to conduct reviews that determine
whether or not institutions are observing the requirements of the Program established by
regulations and statute. In addition, the information collection is necessary for administering
agencies to monitor Program operations to ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory
requirements. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, any personally identifying information obtained
will be kept private to the extent of the law. 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0584-0055. The time required
to complete this information collection is estimated to average 30 minutes (0.5 hours) per
response. This burden consists of the time it takes the State agency to annually provide all
institutions a copy of the income standards to be used by institutions for determining the
eligibility of participants for free and reduced-price meals under the Program. 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
Services, Office of Policy Support, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314, ATTN: PRA
(0584-0055). Do not return a completed form to this address.

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Lunch Program and Organizations that
Participate in the USDA’s Child and
Adult Care Food Program’’ to ‘‘Team
Nutrition Database’’ as it is commonly
known.
The collection of the school and
CACFP organization contact information
is currently approved under OMB
Control #0584–0642, which expires on
October 31, 2021. FNS wants to extend
this data collection to continue the
customer service provided to these
entities. Once this information
collection request has been reviewed
and approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), FNS
will update the collection with the new
expiration date.

Subtotal of Businesses or
Other for Profit, Not-for
Profit.

Subtotal for State, Local, or
Tribal Government.

Responses
annually per
respondent

Total annual
responses
(col. bxc)

Estimated
avg. number
of hours
per response

Estimated
total hours
(col. dxe)

Reporting Burden ...............
CACFP Organizations
(completed form)–CACFP
Sponsors: Centers Only.
CACFP Organizations
(completed form)—
CACFP Sponsors of All
Home Care.
CACFP Organizations
(completed form)—
CACFP Sponsors of
Adult Care.
CACFP Organizations (updated form)—All.
CACFP Organizations (reminder notification).
.............................................

........................
19,662

........................
1

........................
19,662

........................
0.25

........................
4,915.5

674

1

674

0.25

168.5

1,794

1

1,794

0.25

448.5

22,130

1

22,130

0.0835

1,847.9

22,130

1

22,130

0.025

553.3

22,130

........................

66,390

........................

7,933.6

Schools (completed form) ..
Schools (updated form) ......
Schools (reminder notification).
.............................................

100,000
100,000
100,000

1
1
1

100,000
100,000
100,000

0.167
0.0835
0.025

16,700
8,350
2,500

100,000

........................

300,000

........................

27,550

Total Reporting Burden ......

122,130

........................

366,390

........................

35,484

Respondent

Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Programs: Income
Eligibility Guidelines
AGENCY:

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of responses per respondent for the
entire collection is 3. The CACFP’s
organization and the schools will be
asked to voluntarily complete one (1)
enrollment form and submit changes as
needed.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
366,390.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time of response varies from
0.0835 to 0.25 hour (5–15 minutes),
with an average estimated time of 0.097
(approximately 5.82 minutes) for all
participants.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 354,484 hours. See the
table below for estimated total annual
burden for each type of respondent.

Estimated
number
respondent

Affected public

Businesses or Other for
Profit, Not-for-Profit.

Affected Public: Business or Other For
Profit; Not For Profit; and State, Local
and Tribal Government: Respondent
groups identified include: (1)
Organizations that have a CACFP
agreement with the States and (2)
Schools that participate in the NSLP.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated number of
respondents is approximately 122,130
(22,130 are CACFP organizations and
100,000 are schools). For CACFP
organizations, the total is broken down
as follows: 19,662 CACFP sponsors;
centers only; 674 CACFP sponsors of all
home care; and 1,794 CACFP sponsors
of adult care.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: The total estimated number

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This notice announces the
Department’s annual adjustments to the
Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used
in determining eligibility for free and
reduced price meals and free milk for
the period from July 1, 2021 through
June 30, 2022. These guidelines are used
by schools, institutions, and facilities
participating in the National School
Lunch Program (and Commodity School
Program), School Breakfast Program,
Special Milk Program for Children,
Child and Adult Care Food Program and
Summer Food Service Program. The
annual adjustments are required by
section 9 of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act. The
guidelines are intended to direct

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benefits to those children most in need
and are revised annually to account for
changes in the Consumer Price Index.
DATES:

Implementation date July 1,

2021.
J.
Kevin Maskornick, Program Monitoring
and Operational Support Division,
Child Nutrition Programs, Food and
Nutrition Service, United States
Department of Agriculture, 1320
Braddock Place, Suite 401, Alexandria,
Virginia 22314, or call 703–305–2537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

This
action is not a rule as defined by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.

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601–612) and thus is exempt from the
provisions of that Act.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
no recordkeeping or reporting
requirements have been included that
are subject to approval from the Office
of Management and Budget.
This notice has been determined to be
not significant and was not reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget in
conformance with Executive Order
12866.
The affected programs are listed in the
Assistance Listings (https://
beta.sam.gov/) under No. 10.553, No.
10.555, No. 10.556, No. 10.558, and No.
10.559 and are subject to the provisions
of Executive Order 12372, which
requires intergovernmental consultation
with State and local officials. (See 2 CFR
part 415).
Background

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Pursuant to sections 9(b)(1) and
17(c)(4) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1758(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 1766(c)(4)),
and sections 3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1772(a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)), the
Department annually issues the Income
Eligibility Guidelines for free and
reduced price meals for the National
School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210),
the Commodity School Program (7 CFR
part 210), School Breakfast Program (7
CFR part 220), Summer Food Service
Program (7 CFR part 225) and Child and
Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part
226) and the guidelines for free milk in
the Special Milk Program for Children
(7 CFR part 215). These eligibility
guidelines are based on the Federal
income poverty guidelines and are
stated by household size. The guidelines
are used to determine eligibility for free
and reduced price meals and free milk

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in accordance with applicable program
rules.

11(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1760(e) and 1780(b)).

Definition of Income
In accordance with the Department’s
policy as provided in the Food and
Nutrition Service publication Eligibility
Manual for School Meals, ‘‘income,’’ as
the term is used in this notice, means
income before any deductions such as
income taxes, Social Security taxes,
insurance premiums, charitable
contributions, and bonds. It includes the
following: (1) Monetary compensation
for services, including wages, salary,
commissions or fees; (2) net income
from nonfarm self-employment; (3) net
income from farm self-employment; (4)
Social Security; (5) dividends or interest
on savings or bonds or income from
estates or trusts; (6) net rental income;
(7) public assistance or welfare
payments; (8) unemployment
compensation; (9) government civilian
employee or military retirement, or
pensions or veterans payments; (10)
private pensions or annuities; (11)
alimony or child support payments; (12)
regular contributions from persons not
living in the household; (13) net
royalties; and (14) other cash income.
Other cash income would include cash
amounts received or withdrawn from
any source including savings,
investments, trust accounts and other
resources that would be available to pay
the price of a child’s meal.
‘‘Income’’, as the term is used in this
notice, does not include any income or
benefits received under any Federal
programs that are excluded from
consideration as income by any
statutory prohibition. Furthermore, the
value of meals or milk to children shall
not be considered as income to their
households for other benefit programs
in accordance with the prohibitions in
section 12(e) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act and section

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The following are the Income
Eligibility Guidelines to be effective
from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
The Department’s guidelines for free
meals and milk and reduced price meals
were obtained by multiplying the year
2021 Federal income poverty guidelines
by 1.30 and 1.85, respectively, and by
rounding the result upward to the next
whole dollar.
This notice displays only the annual
Federal poverty guidelines issued by the
Department of Health and Human
Services because the monthly and
weekly Federal poverty guidelines are
not used to determine the Income
Eligibility Guidelines. The chart details
the free and reduced price eligibility
criteria for monthly income, income
received twice monthly (24 payments
per year); income received every two
weeks (26 payments per year) and
weekly income.
Income calculations are made based
on the following formulas: Monthly
income is calculated by dividing the
annual income by 12; twice monthly
income is computed by dividing annual
income by 24; income received every
two weeks is calculated by dividing
annual income by 26; and weekly
income is computed by dividing annual
income by 52. All numbers are rounded
upward to the next whole dollar. The
numbers reflected in this notice for a
family of four in the 48 contiguous
States, the District of Columbia, Guam
and the territories represent an increase
of 1.1 percent over last year’s level for
a family of the same size.
Authority: Section 9(b)(1) of the Richard
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)(A)).
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Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, USDA Food and
Nutrition Service.

(1) On page 1919, in column 2, on
lines 16 and 17, remove ‘‘Community
Connect Grant; see 7 CFR part 1739;’’
(2) On page 1919, in column 2, under
section II. ‘‘Award Information,’’ in the
table, remove ‘‘Community Connect
10;’’ and
(3) On page 1919, in column 2, on
lines 4 and 5 under the subheading
‘‘Award Dates’’ in section II. ‘‘Award
Information,’’ remove ‘‘Community
Connect Grant Program.’’

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Housing Service

Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Rural
Development.

Rural Utilities Service
[Docket No. RBS–20–BUSINESS–0040]

Notice of Solicitation of Applications
(NOSA) for the Strategic Economic and
Community Development Program for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021; Correction

[Docket No. ATBCB–2020–0005]

The Rural BusinessCooperative Service, Rural Housing
Service, and Rural Utilities Service,
agencies that comprise the Rural
Development Mission Area within the
United States Department of
Agriculture, published a notice of
solicitation of applications in the
Federal Register on January 11, 2021,
entitled ‘‘Notice of Solicitation of
Applications (NOSA) for the Strategic
Economic and Community Development
Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021.’’ The
NOSA provides requirements to
applicants submitting applications for
programs that have been prioritized by
the Secretary of Agriculture for Strategic
Economic and Community Development
funding. Contrary to what was
published in the NOSA, this Correction
Notice (Correction) is being issued to
clarify that Strategic Economic and
Community Development priority
funding will not be set aside for the
Community Connect Grant Program in
FY 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
Batson, Rural Development Innovation
Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Stop 0793, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20250–0783,
Telephone: (573) 239–2945. Email:
[email protected].
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SUMMARY:

Correction
In FR Doc 2021–00234 of January 11,
2021 (86 FR 1918), make the following
corrections of references in the NOSA to
‘‘Community Connect,’’ ‘‘Community
Connect Grant,’’ and ‘‘Community
Connect Grant Program’’ are being
removed by this Correction:

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission of Renewed
Generic Clearance for OMB Review
Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board (Access Board) has submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for renewal of its
existing generic clearance to continue to
collect qualitative feedback on agency
services and programs.
DATES: Submit comments by April 5,
2021.
SUMMARY:

Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
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PRAMain. Find this particular
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search function.
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A. Background
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agencies must generally provide
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obtain OMB approval for each collection
of information they conduct or sponsor
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collection by a third-party). ‘‘Collection
of information’’ refers to agency
informational requests that pose
identical questions to, or impose
reporting or record-keeping obligations
on, ten or more non-federal entities or
persons, regardless of whether response
is mandatory or voluntary. See 5 CFR
1320.3(c); see also 44 U.S.C. 3502(3).
In December 2020, the Access Board
published a 60-day notice concerning
the proposed renewal of its existing
generic clearance for the collection of
qualitative feedback, which expires in
May 2021 (OMB Control No. 3014–
0011). 82 FR 37421 (Aug. 10, 2017). We
received no comments in response to
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B. Overview of Requested Generic
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By this notice, the Access Board
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clearance so that we may continue
ongoing efforts to solicit qualitative
customer feedback on agency programs
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OMB Control Number: 3014–0011.
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
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Type of Request: Extension without
change.
Abstract: The proposed information
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information collections that provide
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