PROGRAMS & SERVICES:
CHILD NUTRITION:
SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS:
SUMMER FOOD PROGRAMS
(Updated 5/7/13)

Just as learning does not end when school lets out, neither does the need for good nutrition. Two summer food programs are administered nationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, and within Vermont by the Department of Education’s Child Nutrition Programs.

Seamless Summer Option (SSO) - School Food Authorities participating in the NSLP or SBP are eligible to apply for the Seamless Summer Option. The same NSLP and SBP rules apply for meal service. Meals served are reimbursed at the NSLP and/or SBP “free” rates.

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) - Public or private non-profit schools, local, municipal, county, tribal or state government, private non-profits, public or private non-profit camps, and private or non-profit universities or colleges can serve as Summer Food Service Program sponsors. Sponsors must be able to provide a capable staff, managerial skills, and food service capabilities. A sponsor may provide its own meals, purchase meals through an agreement with an area school, or contract for meals with a food vendor.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Open (50% Eligibility) Towns and Sites

Comparison of SSO to SFSP

Reimbursement Rates (2013)

SFSP 2013 Family Income Eligibility Form

Submit to VT-AOE:

• SFSP Request for Field Trip Approval
• SFSP Request for Meal Pattern Exception
• SFSP Request for Unitized Meal Exception
• SFSP Pricing Agreement
• SFSP Agreement for SFA to Provide Food Service

Keep for Your Records:

• SFSP Request to School for Data
• SFSP Pre-operational (New Site) Monitoring
• SSO Site Monitoring
  SFSP Meal Production Records:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch or Supper
  • Snack
• SFSP Daily Meal Count:
  • Camp
  • Satellites at Non-camps
  • Self-prep On-site
  • Small Sites
  • SSO Meal Counts

SFSP Manuals

SFSP Applicant Appeal Policy

SFSP USDA Resources and Guidance

SFSP Meal Patterns

SFSP Vermont Manual

SSO Vermont Manual

Summer Food Service Program Availability of Funds PDF
Date Released: February 2, 2013

Nancy Lewis, Education Consultant
(802) 828-5155 (P)
(802) 828-0573 (F)
nancy.lewis@state.vt.us

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