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Summer Food Service Program

What's New

SFSP Meal Benefit Form and Instructions (doc.)
(Oct. 3, 2008)
Automatic Eligibility for Early Head Start Participants
(Aug. 5, 2008)
Simplified Acquisition Threshold (Jul 3, 2008)
Emergency Operation of the SFSP in Areas of the Midwest Affected by Severe Flooding  (Jun 19, 2008)

Automatic Eligibility for Free Meal Benefits Extended to All Children Enrolled in Head Start  (May 16, 2008)

Rebates from the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Mar 26, 2008)
Part 225 [PDF] - Summer Food Service Program Regulations (Jan. 1, 2008)
Sharing Income Eligibility Information between Child Nutrition Programs  (Feb. 15, 2008)
Simplified Procedures in the Summer Food Service Program (Feb. 14, 2008)
 
The 2008 editions of the SFSP handbooks are now available
 
Meal Reimbursement Rates for 2008  - Effective Jan. 1, 2008, the Summer Food Service Program meal reimbursement rates have changed.
 
Nationwide Expansion of SFSP Simplified Cost Accounting Procedures (Jan. 2, 2008)
 
Final Rule: Data Collection Related to the Participation of Faith-Based and Community Organizations  (May 2, 2007)
 
Report to Congress: USDA's Simplified Summer Food Service Program 2001-2006 (April 2007)
 
Rural Transportation Grants  - The U. S. Department of Agriculture awarded multi-year grants funds to Mississippi, New York, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia for innovative approaches in overcoming limited transportation resources in rural areas for the Summer Food Service Program.
2007 SFSP Regulations  - The SFSP regulations, as of Jan. 1, 2007, have been posted. 
Income Eligibility Guidelines - Effective July 1, 2007, the income eligibility guidelines for the Summer Food Service Program were changed.
Simplified Summer Food Program - The Simplified Summer Food Program is a statutory provision in the NSLA that permits sponsors to receive meals times the rates without the need to compare this with their actual costs.  Currently 27 States have this authority.
Seamless Summer Option - The Seamless Summer option (formerly the Seamless Summer Waiver) is now a permanent option for school districts participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program.  Click here for more information about the Seamless Summer Option.

 

Last modified: 11/13/2008