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The Seamless Summer Feeding Option: Is it for you?

The Seamless Summer Feeding Option: Is it for you?. California Department of Education February 2012. Summer Feeding Programs. Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Seamless Summer Feeding Option (SSFO). National School Lunch (NSLP)/ School Breakfast Program (SBP).

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The Seamless Summer Feeding Option: Is it for you?

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  1. The Seamless Summer Feeding Option: Is it for you? California Department of Education February 2012

  2. Summer Feeding Programs Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Seamless Summer Feeding Option (SSFO) National School Lunch (NSLP)/ School Breakfast Program (SBP) • Separate from the NSLP • Target group: summer school and community children • Claim all meals as free (in areas with at least 50% F/RP eligibility) • Run under the NSLP • Target group: summer school • and community children • Claim all meals as free • (in areas with at least 50% • F/RP eligibility) • Run under the NSLP • Target group: only • children enrolled for summer • school (no community) • Claim by student eligibility .

  3. What is the Seamless Summer Feeding Option? A food program offering a streamlined approach to feeding hungry children during the summer. A part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. It combines the best features of the Summer Food Service Program and the NSLP/SBP.

  4. Seamless Summer Benefits • Uses simplified NSLP regulations • Less paperwork • Simpler monitoring requirements • Same meal service rules and claiming process as NSLP • Same meal pattern options • Reimbursed at “Free Meal” rate* *At sites with ≥50% F/RP eligibility

  5. Reimbursement Current NSLP/SSFO rates apply for service through June 30, 2012. NSLP/SSFO rates effective July 1, 2012 to be announced in Summer 2012. All meals served apply toward USDA foods entitlement at same rate as NSLP

  6. Seamless Summer Feeding Option + National School Lunch Program = Reaching Maximum Children

  7. For More Information • USDA’s SSFO Web page: http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/seamless_summer.htm • CDE’s SSFO Web page: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/sn/ssfo.asp

  8. CDE Nutrition Services Contacts • Seamless Summer Feeding Option Lead: Donna Reedy, 916-327-5866 dreedy@cde.ca.gov • Your School Nutrition Programs county analyst: Call 916-323-7186 to be directed to your analyst • Your local Child Nutrition Consultant (CNC): Call 800-952-5609 to be referred to your assigned CNC

  9. Thank you!

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