Summer Food Service Program

The Child Nutrition Program Office reminds all Child Nutrition Program operators of the flexibilities provided by Title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 200.320(f)(2), noncompetitive procurements resulting from a public emergency.  A noncompetitive proposal is a procurement method used when competition is deemed inadequate or impossible due to public exigency or emergency.

All Summer Food Service Program webinars have been cancelled at this time. Our office will notify you when a rescheduled webinar date becomes available. Additionally, we will keep our website updated with additional webinar information when it becomes available.

Greetings,

All on site SFSP Trainings have been cancelled. All organizations that have registered for an on-site training location can register for the upcoming webinar. Webinar attendance fulfills the mandatory training requirement.

Updates Webinar for Experienced Sponsoring Organizations will be held on March 19, 2020 from 10:00am-11:30am.

School Food Authorities (SFA) and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sponsors may provide reimbursable meals to low-income children during school closures related to COVID-19. Upon Child Nutrition’s approval of their application, schools may provide up to two meals per day per child through the SFSP or the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP.  Meals may be provided and consumed at schools or other locations in the community or provided for consumption at home.

The New York State Education Department (SED) has requested a waiver from USDA for regulations 7 CFR 210.7, 220.9 and 225.9(d)(7) to allow School Food Authorities and Summer Food Service Program Sponsors additional reimbursement for costs necessary to provide meals and meal supplements with appropriate safety measures to help minimize potential exposure to COVID-19 while schools are closed.

The waiver has not been approved at this time. Further guidance will be made available upon approval.

Sponsor training is mandatory for all experienced and potential new Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sponsors. The New York State Education Department (SED), will conduct six training workshops in March and April. SED will offer separate training webinars for experienced sponsors and potential new sponsors. Training locations and webinar dates are listed on the link below; your attendance at the webinar fulfills the sponsor training requirement.

Find the full proposed rule and a link to comment on the propsed rule on the Federal Register