This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection for the mandatory collection of summer meal site information from state agencies.
This rule removes the Coordinated Services Plan (CSP) requirement for the Summer Food Service Program and Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program under the “Implementing Provisions from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs” interim final rule published Dec. 29, 2023.
This webinar was hosted on March 20, 2025 for state agencies administering the Summer Food Service Program and focused on strategies to ensure integrity in SFSP non-congregate meal service.
This decision tree assists industry K-12 product manufacturers on how to publish their product data to the Child Nutrition Database and the USDA Foods Database.
In the Summer Food Service Program, parent or guardian pick-up is a meal service option for which approved sponsors may distribute meals to parents or guardians to take home to their children.
In the Summer Food Service Program, site proximity refers to the minimum distance between approved sites, based on population density and accessibility to participants.
To maintain program integrity and ensure the site is meeting the intended purpose, site caps for rural non-congregate meal sites must accurately reflect the needs of the targeted rural communities being served.
Final Rule: Simplified Cost Accounting and Other Actions To Reduce Paperwork in the SFSP