1. Sponsors of the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs
    2. SUBJECT:
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NOTE
No. 2007-18
School Business Services
Contact: Michelle Morris
Food and Nutrition Management
Department of Education
2007-2008 Florida Child Nutrition Programs
(850) 245-9262
Jeanine Blomberg,
Income Eligibility Guidelines
SC
205-9262
Commi sioner
s
DATE:
?
June
7
, 2007
TO:
?
Sponsors of the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk
Programs
FROM:
Diane Santoro, Administrator
Food and Nutrition Management
SUBJECT:
?
2007-2008 Florida Child Nutrition Programs Income Eligibility Guidelines
The United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, released its 2007-2008
income eligibility guidelines in the Federal Register, Volume 72, No. 38, on Tuesday, February 27,
2007. The attached table, based on the federal income eligibility guidelines, is to be used to determine
eligibility for free and reduced-price meals and free milk for the period from July 1, 2007, through
June 30, 2008.
If you have questions, please contact your area representative at (800) 504-6609.
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Attachments
DIANE SANTORO, ADMINISTRATOR
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FOOD AND NUTRITION MANAGEMENT
?
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 1044 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (800) 504-6609 • www.fldoe.org
Suncom 205-0460
• FAX (850) 245-7855 • diane.santoro@fldoe.org

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eligibility threshold on: (1) The number
of family day care homes offering meals
through the CACFP in rural areas; (2)
the number of family day care homes
offering meals as a tier I entity, that
would otherwise be defined as tier II
family day care home under program
regulations; (3) the geographic location
of the family day care homes; (4) a
description of services provided to
eligible children; and (5) other factors
determined by the Secretary. The
evaluation will collect information from
CACFP staff at the Nebraska Department
of Education, from CACFP sponsor
agencies in the state, from family day
care providers, and from parents of
children in family day care homes. Two
surveys will be conducted: A survey of
a random sample of family day care
providers (Provider Survey); and a
survey of a random sample of providers
who drop out of the CACFP program
after the pilot ends and reimbursement
levels for some providers decrease (Exit
Survey). A report of the results of the
evaluation is due to Congress no later
than March 31, 2008.
Affected Public:
Two respondent
groups are identified: (1) A random
sample of all rural family day care
providers in Nebraska who participate
in the CACFP at the time of the planned
survey (Summer 2007), and (2) a
random sample of all rural family day
care providers in Nebraska who exit the
CACFP program after the end of the
pilot.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
632. The estimated number of
respondents to the Provider Survey is
582. The estimated number of
respondents to the Exit Survey is
uncertain because the number of exiting
providers is unknown. The evaluation
contractor will survey up to 50
respondents as part of the Exit Survey.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent:
The number of responses
per respondent is one for each of the
two surveys. Because both surveys will
contact random samples of the family
day care community in rural areas of
Nebraska, however, it is possible that
some exiting providers who are
contacted for the second survey may
also have responded to the first survey.
If the probability of exiting is equally
distributed across the approximately
1,350 rural providers in Nebraska, and
if at least 50 rural providers leave the
CACFP program after the pilot ends, the
a priori likelihood of a provider being
sampled for both surveys is
approximately 1.6 percent (i.e., about a
43 percent chance of being selected for
the Provider Survey times about a 3.7
percent chance of being selected for the
Exit Survey).
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
632.
Estimated Time per Response:
38.4
minutes (0.64 hours). The estimated
average time to respond to the Provider
Survey is 40 minutes (0.67 hours), based
on a pre-test of the draft instrument in
December 2006 and subsequent
revisions based on pre-test results. The
data collection instrument for the Exit
Survey cannot be pre-tested because the
pilot will not end until September 30,
2007. The Exit Survey instrument shares
many questions with the Provider
Survey instrument, however, and the
pre-test results for the Provider Survey
are used to estimate average response
time for the Exit Survey, which is 20
minutes (0.33 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents:
405 hours.
Dated: February 16, 2007.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. E7
3309 Filed 2
26
07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Programs
Income
Eligibility Guidelines
AGENCY:
Food and Nutrition Service, ?
USDA. ?
ACTION:
Notice. ?
SUMMARY:
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, 2007 through
June 30, 2008. 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
benefits to those children most in need
and are revised annually to account for
changes in the Consumer Price Index.
DATES:
Effective Date:
July 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr.
Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and
Program Development Branch, Child
Nutrition Division, FNS, USDA,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302, or by phone
at (703) 305
2590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This
action is not a rule as defined by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
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 new recordkeeping or reporting
requirements have been included that
are subject to approval from the Office
of Management and Budget.
This action is exempted from review
by the Office of Management and
Budget under Executive Order 12866.
These programs are listed in the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
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 7 CFR Part
3015, Subpart V, and the final rule
related notice published at 48 FR 29114,
June 24, 1983.)
Background
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
in accordance with applicable program
rules.
Definition of Income
In accordance with the Department
s
policy as provided in the Food and
Nutrition Service publication
Eligibility
Guidance for School Meals Manual,
‘‘
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

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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
legislative 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
11(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1760(e) and 1780(b)).
The Income Eligibility Guidelines
The following are the Income
Eligibility Guidelines to be effective
from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
The Department
s guidelines for free
meals and milk and reduced price meals
were obtained by multiplying the year
2007 Federal income poverty guidelines
by 1.30 and 1.85, respectively, and by
rounding the result upward to the next
whole dollar.
The income eligibility chart for
School Year 2007
2008 continues the
changes that were implemented for
School Year 2004
2005. Prior to School
Year 2004
2005, the Department
displayed the monthly and weekly
amounts for the Federal poverty
guidelines in addition to the annual
figures as issued by the Department of
Health and Human Services. This
Notice, however, only displays the
annual figures because the monthly and
weekly Federal poverty guidelines were
not used to determine the Income
Eligibility Guidelines. As detailed
below, all calculations are based on the
annual figures.
In addition, the chart which details
the free and reduced price eligibility
criteria includes columns for income
received twice monthly as well as
income received every two weeks. To
differentiate, a person paid every two
weeks is paid 26 times per year,
whereas a person paid twice monthly is
paid 24 times per year. Furthermore, the
inclusion of information about income
received twice per month as well as
income received every two weeks
conforms to the format used by the
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC) (42 U.S.C. 1786; 7 CFR
Part 246).
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 3.25% over last year
s level for a
family of the same size.
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INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
EFFECTIVE FROM JULY 1, 2007 TO JUNE 30, 2008
FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES
REDUCED PRICE MEALS-185%
FREE MEALS-130%
HOUSEHOLD
ANNUAL
ANNUAL
MONTHLY
TWICE PER
EVERY TWO
WEEKLY
ANNUAL
MONTHLY
TWICE PER
EVERY TWO
WEEKLY
SIZE
MONTH
WEEKS
MONTH
WEEKS
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GUAM AND TERRITORIES
1…..
10,210
18,889
1,575
788
727
364
13,273
1,107
554
511
256
2…..
13,690
25,327
2,111
1,056
975
488
17,797
1,484
742
685
343
3…..
17,170
31,765
2,648
1,324
1,222
611
22,321
1,861
931
859
430
4…..
20,650
38,203
3,184
1,592
1,470
735
26,845
2,238
1,119
1,033
517
5…..
24,130
44,641
3,721
1,861
1,717
859
31,369
2,615
1,308
1,207
604
6…..
27,610
51,079
4,257
2,129
1,965
983
35,893
2,992
1,496
1,381
691
7…..
31,090
57,517
4,794
2,397
2,213
1,107
40,417
3,369
1,685
1,555
778
8…..
34,570
63,955
5,330
2,665
2,460
1,230
44,941
3,746
1,873
1,729
865
For each add'l
family member,
3,480
6,438
537
269
248
124
4,524
377
189
174
87
add
ALASKA
1…..
12,770
23,625
1,969
985
909
455
16,601
1,384
692
639
320
2…..
17,120
31,672
2,640
1,320
1,219
610
22,256
1,855
928
856
428
3…..
21,470
39,720
3,310
1,655
1,528
764
27,911
2,326
1,163
1,074
537
4…..
25,820
47,767
3,981
1,991
1,838
919
33,566
2,798
1,399
1,291
646
5…..
30,170
55,815
4,652
2,326
2,147
1,074
39,221
3,269
1,635
1,509
755
6…..
34,520
63,862
5,322
2,661
2,457
1,229
44,876
3,740
1,870
1,726
863
7…..
38,870
71,910
5,993
2,997
2,766
1,383
50,531
4,211
2,106
1,944
972
8…..
43,220
79,957
6,664
3,332
3,076
,1538
56,186
4,683
2,342
2,161
1,081
For each add'l
family member
4,350
8,048
671
336
310
155
5,655
472
236
218
109
add
HAWAII
1…..
11,750
21,738
1,812
906
837
419
15,275
1,273
637
588
294
2…..
15,750
29,138
2,429
1,215
1,121
561
20,475
1,707
854
788
394
3…..
19,750
36,538
3,045
1,523
1,406
703
25,675
2,140
1,070
988
494
4…..
23,750
43,938
3,662
1,831
1,690
845
30,875
2,573
1,287
1,188
594
5…..
27,750
51,338
4,279
2,140
1,975
988
36,075
3,007
1,504
1,388
694
6…..
31,750
58,738
4,895
2,448
2,260
1,130
41,275
3,440
1,720
1,588
794
7…..
35,750
66,138
5,512
2,756
2,544
1,272
46,475
3,873
1,937
1,788
894
8…..
39,750
73,538
6,129
3,065
2,829
1,415
51,675
4,307
2,154
1,988
994
For each add'l
family member
4,000
7400
617
309
285
143
5,200
434
217
200
100
add

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Authority:
(42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1))
Dated: February 16, 2007.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 07
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS
2007
0003]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Additives
AGENCY:
Office of the Under Secretary
for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
SUMMARY:
The Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, are sponsoring a
public meeting on March 8, 2007. The
objective of the public meeting is to
provide information and receive public
comments on agenda items and draft
United States positions that will be
discussed at the Thirty-ninth Session of
the Codex Committee on Food
Additives (CCFA) of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission (Codex),
which will be held in Beijing, China, on
April 24
28, 2007. The Under Secretary
for Food Safety and FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 39th
Session of CCFA and to address items
on the agenda.
DATES:
The public meeting is scheduled
for Thursday, March 8, 2007 from 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
The public meeting will be
held in the auditorium (Room 1A003),
Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building,
FDA, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch
Highway, College Park, MD 20740.
Documents related to the 39th Session
of CCFA are accessible via the World
Wide Web at the following address:
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/
current.asp.
The U.S. Delegate to the CCFA, Dr.
Dennis Keefe, invites U.S. interested
parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following e-mail
address:
ccfa@fda.hhs.gov.
Registration:
Attendees may register
electronically to the same e-mail
address above by March 6, 2007. Early
registration is encouraged because it
will expedite entry into the building
and its parking area. If you require
parking, please include the vehicle
make and tag number, if known, when
you register. Because the meeting will
be held in a Federal building, you
should also bring a photo identification
(ID) and plan for adequate time to pass
through security screening systems.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
39TH SESSION OF THE CCFA CONTACT:
Dennis Keefe, Office of Food Additive
Safety (HFS
205), Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA,
5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College
Park, MD 20740. Phone (301) 436
1284,
Fax:
(301) 436
2972, e-mail
dennis.keefe@fda.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT:
Ellen Matten,
International Issues Analyst, U.S. Codex
Office, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, Room 4861, South building,
1400 Independence Ave SW.,
Washington, DC 20250. Phone (202)
205
7760,
Fax:
(202) 720
3157.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius (Codex) was
established in 1963 by two United
Nations organizations, the Food and
Agriculture Organization and the World
Health Organization. Through adoption
of food standards, codes of practice, and
other guidelines developed by its
committees, and by promoting their
adoption and implementation by
governments, Codex seeks to protect the
health of consumers and ensure that fair
practices are used in trade.
The Codex Committee on Food
Additives was formed in 2006 from the
division of the Codex Committee on
Food Additives and Contaminants. It
was established to set or endorse
maximum levels for individual food
additives; prepare priority lists of food
additives for risk assessment by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on
Food Additives (JECFA); assign
functional classes to individual food
additives; recommend specifications of
identity and purity for food additives for
adoption by the Commission; consider
methods of analysis for the
determination of additives in food; and
consider and elaborate standards or
codes for related subjects such as the
labeling of food additives when sold as
such. The Committee is hosted by the
People
s Republic of China.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the Agenda
for the 39th Session of CCFA will be
discussed during the public meeting:
Matters Referred to the Committee
from other Codex bodies.
Matters of Interest arising from
FAO/WHO.
Endorsement/revision of Maximum
Levels for Food Additives and
Processing Aids in Codex Standards.
Inclusion of Food Additive
Provisions of Commodity Standards into
the Codex General Standard for Food
Additives (GSFA).
Consideration of the Codex General
Standard for Food Additives.
Proposed Draft Guidelines for the
Use of Flavourings.
Processing Aids.
International Numbering System
(INS) for Food Additives.
Specifications for the Identity and
Purity of Food Additives.
Priority List of Food Additives
Proposed for Evaluation by JECFA.
Each issue listed will be fully
described in documents distributed, or
to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior
to the Meeting. Members of the public
may access or request copies of these
documents (see
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 39TH SESSION OF
THE CCFA CONTACT
).
Public Meeting
At the March 8, 2007 public meeting,
draft U.S. positions on the agenda items
will be described and discussed, and
attendees will have the opportunity to
pose questions and offer comments.
Written comments may be offered at the
meeting or sent to the U.S. Delegate for
CCFA, Dr. Dennis Keefe (see
ADDRESSES
). Written comments should
state that they relate to activities of the
39th Session of CCFA.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, in an effort to
ensure that minorities, women, and
persons with disabilities are aware of
this notice, FSIS will announce it on-
line through the FSIS Web page located
at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/
2007
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FSIS also will
make copies of this
Federal Register
publication available through the FSIS
Constituent Update, which is used to
provide information regarding FSIS
policies, procedures, regulations,
Federal Register
notices, FSIS public
meetings, recalls, and other types of
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be of interest to constituents and
stakeholders. The update is
communicated via Listserv, a free
electronic mail subscription service for
industry, trade and farm groups,
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