Transcript Seamless Summer Option

Seamless
Summer Option
Food Program 2014
Overview
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The SSO allows school food authorities (SFAs)
to provide free summer meals in low income
areas during the traditional summer vacation
periods and, for year-round schools, school
vacation periods longer than 10 school days.
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This option combines features of the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP), School
Breakfast Program (SBP), and Summer Food
Service Program (SFSP).
Participation of SSO
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Only SFAs administering the NSLP or SBP may
participate in the SSO. However, with State
agency approval, SFAs may sponsor nonschool feeding sites under SSO
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Any Child 18 years of age or younger and
those persons over age 18 who meet the
State agency’s definition of mentally or
physically disabled may receive meals under
the SSO free of charge.
Site Eligibility
 All
summer feeding sites must have at
least 50% of the children eligible for free or
reduced-price eligible percentages
 May
expand their summer food service to
sponsors of non-school sites operated by
other non-profit organizations
Types of Sites
 Open
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sites
Meals available to all children residing in
the area
 Restricted
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Security, safety or control
 Closed
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Open
Enrolled
Specific group of children
Types of Sites cont.
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Camps
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May be residential or non-residential
(day camp).
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For enrolled children who meet Free and/or
Reduce meals
Migrant
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Primarily serving children of migrant families
through age 18, as certified by a migrant
coordinator.
Claims & Reimbursements
 Meals
served under the SSO are
free
reimbursable at the
rates
prescribed by the USDA for the NSLP and
SBP.
Program Requirements
 SFA
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must review compliance with:
Meal Counting
Claiming
Menu Planning
Food Safety Requirements
Production Records
New Mexico
2014 Statistics
 This
year we have 44 school districts
participating in SSO
 There are 229 sites for this summer
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Estimated daily meals state wide
#23,854 breakfasts
 #34,870 lunches
 #2,400 snacks
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New Mexico
2014 Statistics Cont.
Number of sites
SY 2013-2014
SY 2012-2013
SY 2013-2014
SY 2012-2013
200
210
220
Questions?
 Please
contact me:
Michelle Flores
Health Educator
(505)827-1829
[email protected]