The Seamless Summer Feeding

Option: Is it for you?

California Department of EducationFebruary 2012

.Summer Feeding

Programs

Summer FoodService Program

(SFSP)

Seamless SummerFeeding Option

(SSFO)

National School Lunch (NSLP)/

School BreakfastProgram (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

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.

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

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

Seamless Summer Feeding Option

+ National School Lunch Program

= Reaching Maximum Children

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

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

Thank you!Thank you!