SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM 1]

Data as of December 30, 2008

Fiscal

Number of

Peak (July)

Meals

Total Federal

Year

Sites

Participation

Served

Expenditures 2]

------------Thousands------------

--Mil.--

---Million $---

1969

1.2

99

2.2

0.3

1970

1.9

227

8.2

1.8

1971

3.2

569

29.0

8.2

1972

6.5

1,080

73.5

21.9

1973

11.2

1,437

65.4

26.6

1974

10.6

1,403

63.6

33.6

1975

12.0

1,785

84.3

50.3

1976

16.0

2,453

104.8

73.4

TQ 3]

22.4

3,455

198.0

88.9

1977

23.7

2,791

170.4

114.4

1978

22.4

2,333

120.3

100.3

1979

23.0

2,126

121.8

108.6

1980

21.6

1,922

108.2

110.1

1981

20.6

1,726

90.3

105.9

1982

14.4

1,397

68.2

87.1

1983

14.9

1,401

71.3

93.4

1984

15.1

1,422

73.8

96.2

1985

16.0

1,462

77.2

111.5

1986

16.1

1,509

77.1

114.7

1987

16.9

1,560

79.9

129.3

1988

17.2

1,577

80.3

133.3

1989

18.5

1,652

86.0

143.8

1990

19.2

1,692

91.2

163.3

1991

20.6

1,845

96.2

181.4

1992

22.8

1,922

107.4

205.1

1993

25.8

2,119

113.4

219.7

1994

28.4

2,167

116.9

229.8

1995

28.2

2,107

120.4

237.0

1996

28.3

2,213

125.4

249.7

1997 4]

28.8

2,176

128.5

243.9

1998

30.3

2,308

134.5

262.2

FY 2008 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision. 

1] Fiscal Year 1969 through 1975 data are for the summer component of the Special Food Service Program.

2] Includes cash payments for meals served, sponsor administrative costs, State administrative expenses, and health inspection costs.  Also includes entitlement and bonus commodity costs for FY 1978 onward; prior year data  are included under the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

3] TQ = Transitional Quarter, the interim between the old definition of  fiscal year (July through June) and the current one (October through September).

4] The decline in costs from FY 1996 to FY 1997 reflects legislated reduction of payment rates.

5] The decrease in FY 2002 activity is largely attributable to alternative Seamless Waiver meal service in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, an outreach initiative which enables sponsors to operate summer meal service with reduced paperwork requirements.