SFSP Requirements and Materials

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Materials to help with program applications, requirements, and record-keeping such as program forms, monitoring forms, special dietary needs requirements, and more!

Appeals
Application Materials

The application materials below are for sponsors to operate the SFSP in Summer 2024. It can take up to 30 days to process a complete application – please submit your application at least 30 days before your planned start date. All applications must be submitted by June 1, the state application deadline.

1. Review the appropriate SFSP Application Bulletin for requirements.

2. Use the SFSP Application Checklist to help complete application requirements.

3. Gather the appropriate additional documentation to submit your application.

4. Submit required documentation using the 2025 SFSP Application Submission Survey. NOTE: Make sure you have all your documents ready to upload before completing the checklist. If you exit the checklist before it is submitted, your progress will be lost.

Area Eligibility
Civil Rights

Civil Rights Training

Civil Rights training must be completed annually by all staff who help administer a Child Nutrition Program. Program directors and administrators must train staff on organizational practices and requirements. This training is geared toward Child Nutrition Program sponsors and administrators or directors of organizations. While this training goes over what is required for Civil Rights training, it does not go specifically into organizational practices.

Visit the Civil Rights Training in our learning system, Canvas, to review the training. Note: You will need to create a free Canvas account to access this training.

Field Trips
Financial Management

Tools

Reference Sheets

Resources

Camps and Closed Sites

Residential or day camps providing regular meal service to enrolled children throughout the day may operate the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Camp sites are required to collect household income applications to establish eligibility for free or reduced-price meals.

Income Eligibility Information for Camps and Closed Sites

Meal Count Forms
Miscellaneous Forms and Documents
Monitoring Forms
Promotional Materials

Spread the word about your programs using branded statewide promotion materials! The Free Summer Meals webpage helps families find SFSP meal sites and shares information about other meal programs in our state.

Social Media Content

Marketing Materials

USDA Materials

Rural Non-Congregate

Non-congregate meal service allows eligible Summer Meals sites to provide meals in a flexible, accessible way for children in rural areas with limited access to traditional meal sites. To ensure successful implementation, all sponsors serving a non-congregate meal service must complete annual training on program requirements, best practices, and compliance.

Visit the Non-Congregate Summer Meals Training in our learning system, Canvas, to complete the required training. Note: You will need to create a free Canvas account to access this training.

Special Dietary Needs
Sponsor Staff Training

This is the required documentation for training that sponsors conduct for their staff. 

Vending Meals