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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).
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Programs—Income
Eligibility Guidelines
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
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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 selfemployment; (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)).
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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
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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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should also bring a photo identification
(ID) and plan for adequate time to pass
through security screening systems.
Dated: February 16, 2007.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
39TH SESSION OF THE CCFA CONTACT:
Food Safety and Inspection Service
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
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Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Ellen Matten,
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:
https://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
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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.
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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
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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:
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• 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.
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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.
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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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Dated: February 16, 2007.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator.
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