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State compliance manager summarizes USDA memos, waivers and Medicaid direct-certification rules
Summary
Rhonda Mead, senior compliance and data manager, reviewed administrative and procurement reviews, clarified how Medicaid data intersects with direct certification for free/reduced-price meals, and summarized three recent USDA policy memos and approved prospective waivers for non‑congregate service.
Rhonda Mead, senior compliance and data manager for Tennessee school nutrition, briefed participants on administrative and procurement reviews for the year and walked through recent USDA policy memos and available waivers. She also clarified how Medicaid/TennCare data are used for direct certification for free and reduced-price meal eligibility.
Mead said reviews have begun and that lead reviewers will contact SFAs that have not yet scheduled reviews. "We have fully completed 19 CEP/ISP validation reviews, and we have 17 more in progress," she said, and added that some closing letters had recently arrived after the slide was created.
On direct certification, Mead explained the mechanics: "In order to be directly certified…
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