On October 1, the Office of Management and Budget increased the micro-purchase threshold from $10,000 to $15,000. Effective immediately, all Organizations (formerly known as Contracting Entities) can use this higher threshold when using the micro-purchase method of procurement. All handbooks will be updated soon to reflect this new threshold. All other procurement requirements remain unchanged.

One of the most common things CEs request is more recipes. TDA has heard the requests and is seeking recipe submissions from Texas school districts and childcare providers to share. If you have recipes your students love that you’d like to share, please submit them and a photo here.

To better align with the Program Year calendar and our development efforts, the new TANS rollout date for Summer Applications is now scheduled for January 2027 and Summer Claims and Compliance are scheduled to launch in May 2027. To learn more, please visit the TANS homepage on SquareMeals. 

Thank you for taking some time to join and participate in our January TANS Talk webinar. Click here to find a recap presentation of the talking points that were discussed and a video recording of the webinar.

You can also find January's TANS Talk video recording and PowerPoint slides on SquareMeals under "TANS Updates."