Summer Food Service Program

The New York State Education Department is accepting applications for the 2023 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Last year, 470 sponsoring organizations served meals at more than 2,500 locations across the state to young people in need.

The SFSP rates below are effective as of January 1, 2023.

The No Kid Hungry Youth Ambassador Program works with partner organizations across the country, to hire and place undergraduate students with organizations working to end childhood hunger across the country. This unique program gives college students the opportunity to witness hunger in their community firsthand and involve themselves in our partner organizations’ work.

The recording of the September 21, 2022, Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Final Rule webinar is now available for all Child Nutrition Program operators and State agency staff. The PowerPoint slide deck from the webinar is also available. Both links can be found on the FNS website at: https://www.fns.usda.gov/sfsp/streamlining-summer. 

The SFSP Sponsors that are due for an Administrative Review of their 2022 SFSP operations are listed in the table below.  This list is not all inclusive and is subject to change.

Click here to access the SFSP New Sponsor Application Request Form.

The Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 (KKFA), which President Biden signed into law on June 25, 2022, provides additional support and resources to help Child Nutrition Program (CN) operators continue to serve healthy meals to children during this challenging time.

While KKFA does not extend the broader waiver authority or the resources that would allow USDA to extend the full range of flexibilities currently in place—most notably the ability to serve all meals for free—it is a critical step forward.

The New York State Education Department (SED) was approved for the Non-Congregate Meal Service and Parent/Guardian Meal Pickup waivers by the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.  These waivers may only be implemented by Program operators when congregate meal service is limited by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Please note, sponsors must receive SED approval prior to implementing these waivers. 

The availability of nationwide waiver flexibilities over the previous two summers allowed SFSP operators to provide meals when social distancing was integral to control the spread of COVID-19.