Summer Food Service Program
JAMESTOWN AREA YMCA RECEIVES 2025 NO KID HUNGRY COMMUNITY PARTNER AWARD
JAMESTOWN AREA YMCA RECEIVES
2025 NO KID HUNGRY COMMUNITY PARTNER AWARD
Using Federal Funds to Purchase Local Foods
The purpose of this memorandum is to remind schools, sponsors, and institutions participating in any U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Nutrition Program (CNP), including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Special Milk Program for Children (SMP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), and the Seamless Summer Option (SSO), of the many ways they can purchase local foods to serve in Program meals.
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Outreach
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 established requirements for SFAs conducting outreach for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). SFAs may distribute information through means normally used to communicate with households of enrolled children. Acceptable outreach activities may include developing and distributing printed and electronic materials that provide information on the availability and location of summer meals to families of school children prior to the end of the school year. Here are some outreach strategies for you:
Waiver Now Available for Excessive Heat
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has received State-level waiver authority from the United States Department of Agriculture for Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sponsors to provide non-congregate meal service at certain Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) outdoor meal sites on days when the area is experiencing excessive heat. The flexibility will allow Program operators to safely provide meals to Program participants during times of excessive heat.
Waiver Now Available for Poor Air Quality
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has received State-level waiver authority from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Summer Food Service Program Sponsors, in good standing, to operate approved outdoor meal sites without alternative indoor sites as non-congregate sites on days when the area is experiencing certain air quality advisories.
Offer Versus Serve Waiver Now Available for Non-SFA Sponsors
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has received State-level waiver authority from the United States Department of Agriculture for non-school food authority Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sponsors to utilize Offer versus Serve (OVS) during the 2025 SFSP. OVS allows children to decline some of the foods offered in a reimbursable breakfast, lunch, or supper.
Public Notification: SFSP Waivers Requested
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has requested the following waivers from the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services (FNS):
1. Waiver to allow Offer versus Serve using the SFSP Meal Pattern for all sponsoring organizations (statutory and regulatory requirements rescinded in SP 10-2017, SFSP 06-2017.)
2025 Summer Food Service Program Sponsor Renewal
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Sponsors that operated the SFSP in 2024 must complete the SFSP Renewal on the Child Nutrition Management System (CNMS). The renewal is now available, and it is expected that all experienced sponsors will log in and submit the renewal on-line and send any additional required information via email to their program representative. Your program representative is available to assist you with this process.
2025-26 SFSP Sponsor Training
No Kid Hungry Summer Grant Opportunity
No Kid Hungry Summer Grant Opportunity Now Open!
A key part of No Kid Hungry's work is to expand access to and participation in summer meals programs. This summer, our summer grant opportunity will support the expansion of non-congregate summer feeding models (grab-n-go meals, home-delivered meals and/or parent/caregiver pick-up) by providing funding to sponsors operating the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in rural communities.