Child Nutrition Programs

While learning does not end when school lets out, neither does the need for good nutrition. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is good nutritious food that is “in” when school is “out”. Over 12 million poor children, who qualify to receive a free or reduced price lunch during the academic year, will be deprived of this vital meal. The implications for these children’s health and well-being are significant. For over two months, the vast majority of these children will not have access to nutritious meals like the ones they receive during the school year.

We cannot accept this nutrition gap. Here at the State Department of Education (SDE), we can encourage and inform many people about the benefits of the SFSP, but the decision whether or not to offer the program to needy children will always be a local one. By working together to provide these children with adequate nutrition during the summer we can improve this situation significantly.

Sponsor Information

Sponsor Locator for FY2011

Mandated Sponsor Videoconferences will be March 10, 22, and 25 | Register Online |

For more resource and training information on the SFSP go to
www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/summer/default.htm

APPLICATION DUE: FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011

Who can sponsor SFSP?
Sponsors must be organizations that are fully capable of managing a food service program. To be a sponsor, you must follow regulations and be responsible, financially and administratively, for running your program. Eligible organizations include:

Public or Private Nonprofit Schools
Units of Local, Municipal, County, Tribal, or State Government
Private Nonprofit Organizations
Public or Private Nonprofit Camps
Public or Private Nonprofit Universities or Colleges

A sponsor may provide its own meals, purchase meals through an agreement with an area school, or contract for meals with a food vendor.

What is a site?
The SFSP reaches only a fraction of the children in need. The primary reason for the limited access to the program is that there are not enough feeding sites. Your community building or place of faith could become a feeding site. Sites are the physical locations where food is served. Each site location must work with a SFSP sponsor that is financially and administratively responsible for the meal service at the site. You can also help by coordinating site participation with other youth activity programs in your area. There are three common types of sites: open, camps (residential and nonresidential), and closed enrolled sites.

Open (at least half the children in the area are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals).
Enrolled (at least half the children enrolled in the program are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals).
Camp (it offers a regularly scheduled food service as part of a residential or day camp program).

Who is eligible to receive free meals?

All children 18 years of age or younger who come to an approved open site or to an eligible enrolled site.
At camps, only the children who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals.
People over age 18 who are enrolled in school programs for persons with disabilities.

Reimbursement Rates (combined)
(January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011)

2011 Per Meal Rates	Rural or Self-Prep Sites	All Other Types of Sites
Breakfast	1.8800	1.8450
Lunch or Supper	3.2925	3.2375
Snack	0.7750	0.7575

Summer Food Service Program Meal Patterns

Breakfast	Minimum Amounts
MILK, FLUID	1 cup
VEGETABLES/FRUITS/JUICE	1/2 cup
GRAINS/BREADS	1 slice or equivalent

Supplement	Select 2 Out of the 4 Components
MILK, FLUID	1 cup
VEGETABLES/FRUITS/JUICE	3/4 cup
GRAINS/BREAD	1 slice or equivalent
MEAT/MEAT ALTERNATE	1 ounce or equivalent

Lunch or Supper	Minimum Amounts
MILK, FLUID	1 cup
VEGETABLES/FRUITS/JUICE	3/4 cup
GRAINS/BREADS	1 slice or equivalent
MEAT/MEAT ALTERNATE	2 ounces or equivalent

The information presented here represents general guidelines. For specific information, consult the Sponsor Handbooks.

For more information on becoming a SFSP sponsor, please contact the Oklahoma State Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs at (405) 521-3327.