Summer Food Service Program

FRAC's September Summer Meals Matter Conference Call

Thursday, September 5, 2019
1:00 PM EDT

Debriefing Summer - What Worked, What Didn’t, What's Next

With summer break wrapping up, now is the perfect time to reflect on what worked, what didn’t, and, most importantly, what to do next. Join this call to evaluate summer program challenges and successes and identify opportunities to increase participation next year.

New food yields for the following food items have been added to the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (FBG) Interactive Web-Based Tool: surimi seafood, tempeh, coconut, popcorn, and hominy. Please see the following memos for guidance on these newly creditable food items:

Click here to Find Open Summer Meal Sites in your Community

For all sponsors that operated the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in 2018, the SFSP Renewal on the Child Nutrition Management System (CNMS) is now active for the 2019 summer. It is expected that all experienced sponsors will access and submit the renewal on-line and send any additional required information via fax, email or mail. 

To begin the Renewal on-line:

Go to http://www.cn.nysed.gov

Click on “Log In”,

Log in with your User Name and Password,

Click “I Agree” to agree to the terms listed,

The New York State Education Department (SED) has received approvals for all three waiver requests submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for rescinded policy waivers as issued in SFSP 01-2019, Summer Food Service Program Memoranda Rescission, October 11, 2018. The following waiver approvals are for:

Waiver Request 1 – Policy extending Offer versus Serve using the SFSP Meal Pattern for all sponsoring organizations  (statutory and regulatory requirements rescinded in SP 10-2017, SFSP 06-2017.)

The New York State Education Department (SED) has submitted waiver requests to the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for rescinded policy waivers as issued in SFSP 01-2019, Summer Food Service Program Memoranda Rescission, October 11, 2018.

The goal of these waivers is to reinstate the rescinded flexibilities and policies to allow for efficient and cost-effective Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) management and reduce the administrative burden for sponsoring organizations and SED staff. The following waivers have been submitted for consideration:

Below is the link to the SFSP Recission Webinar that was recorded on February 5th, 2019. Since this this webinar took palce, SED in the process of requesting Statewide waivers for Offer vs. Serve, Meal Time Restrictions, and qualifying Closed Enrolled Sites using SED data. These waivers will soon be posted on our website.

https://vimeo.com/315985658

The New York State Education Department (SED) review process is required by Part 7 CFR, Section 225 of the Federal regulations for sponsors administering the SFSP. The objective of the review process is to ensure program compliance through the evaluation of the sponsor’s program operations by observing site operations and conducting a fiscal audit of the SFSP administration. SED reviews all SFSP sponsors a minimum of once every three years.

Sponsor training is mandatory for all experienced and potential new Summer Food Service Program sponsors. The New York State Education Department (SED) will conduct seven training workshops and three webinars in March, April and May. SED will offer separate training webinars for experienced sponsors and potential sponsors. Webinar attendance fulfills the mandatory training requirement. All training locations and webinar dates are listed on page three.