SNP Verification Resources

NSLP sponsors are required to conduct verification once a year. Verification means that you verify a certain percentage of household applications for meal benefits to ensure that what the household reported is accurate. It begins on October 1st of every year and ends November 15th.

Visit the SNP Training page to view available training on this topic.

Verification Sample Processes and Instructions

• Standard - 3% Error-Prone
• Alternate One 3% Random
• Alternate Two - 1% Plus One Half %
• Income Eligibility Guidelines with Error-Prone Guidelines
• Sponsors Required to use Standard - 3% Error-Prone
• Sponsors with a Choice of Verification
• RCCI With Day Students Verification Quick Reference

FNS-742 - Verification Collection Report

Verification Collection Report Sample Only

Completing The FNS-742 Verification Collection Report (Verification Quick References)

• RCCI With no Day Students
• CEP and Non-CEP
• CEP Only
• Sponsors Completing FNS-742
• Provision 2 Non-Base Year and Non-Provision
• Provision 2 Only

Letters to Households

• Notice of Verification Selection

  • Notice in English
  • Notice in Spanish
  • Notice in Russian
  • Notice in Vietnamese
  • Notice in Chinese

• Notice of Adverse Action: Changing Meal Benefits (Use for Administrative Review, Second Review of Application and Verification)

  • Notification in English
  • Notification in Spanish
  • Notification in Russian
  • Notification in Vietnamese
  • Notification in Chinese

• Notice of Adverse Action: Not Responding to Verification

  • Verification in English
  • Verification in Spanish
  • Verification in Russian
  • Verification in Vietnamese
  • Verification in Chinese

Verification Helpful Documents

Optional - Tracking Form

Verification Quick References

• Verification At A Glance
• Confirmation Review of Applications
• Second-Independent Review of Applications
• Verification for Cause