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On Sept. 28, 2023, FNS released three new memos and revised two existing memos in response to an audit conducted by the USDA Office of Inspector General (OIG), Consolidated Report of FNS and Selected State Agencies’ Controls Over SFSP, Audit Report 27601-0005-41.
To complement the written guidance, FNS published this recorded webinar on Feb. 28, 2024 for state agencies. The webinar includes a summary of the new memos released in Sept. 2023 and goes into detail about best practices for unused reimbursements and site proximity.
Memos released Sept. 28, 2023
New Memos
- SFSP 13-2023 Unused Reimbursement in the Summer Food Service Program- provides guidance to state agencies and program operators for managing situations in which sponsors receive more reimbursement than they have spent on allowable costs in the SFSP.
- SFSP 14-2023 Best Practices for Managing Unused Reimbursement in the Summer Food Service Program - provides guidance to state agencies for managing those situations in which sponsors have unused reimbursement in the SFSP. The memo provides clarification to sponsors on how to identify, calculate, monitor, and verify sponsor’s unused meal reimbursements to ensure compliance with FNS regulations governing proper funds usage in the SFSP.
- SFSP 15-2023 Best Practices for Determining Proximity of Sites in the Summer Food Service Program- assists state agencies in preventing approval of multiple sites offering meal services at the same time to the same population of children.
Revised Memos
- SFSP 05-2017 Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers - updates previously issued questions and answers to clarify SFSP requirements found in 7 CFR Part 225, FNS Instruction 796-4, and other official federal program guidance. Out of date language concerning unused reimbursement has been removed.
- SFSP 01-2008 Nationwide Expansion of Summer Food Service Program Simplified Cost Accounting Procedures – updates previously issued guidance to clarify SFSP simplified cost accounting requirements, as found in 7 CFR Part 225. Out of date language concerning unused reimbursement has been removed.