Program monitoring and assistance.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (b) (c) (d) (1) The State agency must visit, prior to approval: (i) All applicant sponsors that did not participate in the program in the prior year; (ii) All applicant sponsors that had operational problems noted in the prior year; and (iii) All sites that the State agency has determined need a pre-approval visit. (2) If a sponsor is a school food authority or Child and Adult Care Food Program institution and was reviewed by the State agency under their respective programs during the preceding 12 months, and had no significant deficiencies noted in that review, a pre-approval visit may be conducted at the discretion of the State agency. (3) Pre-approval visits of sponsors proposing to operate the Program during unanticipated school closures may be conducted at the discretion of the State agency. (4) Each State agency must establish a process to determine which sites need pre-approval visits. Characteristics that must be considered include, but are not limited to: (i) Sites that did not participate in the program in the prior year; (ii) Existing sites that are new to non-congregate meal service; and (iii) Existing sites that exhibited operational problems in the prior year. (e) (2) (3) (4) (i) Conduct a review of every new sponsor at least once during the first year of operation; (ii) Annually review every sponsor that experienced significant operational problems in the prior year; (iii) Review each sponsor at least once every 3 years; (iv) Review more frequently those sp

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 225.7