The
Seamless Summer Feeding Option:
Is it for you?
California Department of Education
February 2012
.
Summer Feeding
Programs
Summer Food
Service Program
(SFSP)
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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)
Seamless Summer
Feeding Option
(SSFO)
• 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)
National School
Lunch (NSLP)/
School Breakfast
Program (SBP)
• 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!