Sponsoring organizations and institutions are required by regulation to keep Bulletins, Instructions, and USDA Policy Memorandums for reference and to apply them immediately to the appropriate agency programs. Call Child Nutrition Programs if you need further clarification.
To view the USDA SFSP policy memos, visit: DEED Child Nutrition Programs website or the USDA Policy Memorandum webpage by clicking on the links provided.
Waivers:
All USDA Waivers for the SFSP can be found here.
To view the USDA SFSP policy memos, visit DEED Child Nutrition Programs website or the USDA Policy Memorandum webpage. The latest policy memos are below:
SFSP 13-2023 Unused Reimbursement in the Summer Food Service Program– This memorandum provides guidance to state agencies and program operators for managing situations in which sponsors receive more reimbursement than they have spent on allowable costs in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
SFSP 14-2023 Best Practices for Managing Unused Reimbursement in the Summer Food Service Program– This memorandum provides guidance to state agencies for managing those situations in which sponsors have unused reimbursement in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
SFSP 15-2023 Best Practices for Determining Proximity of Sites in the Summer Food Service Program– This memorandum provides information to assist state agencies in preventing approval of multiple sites offering meal services at the same time to the same population of children in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
Revised policy memos:
SFSP 05-2017 Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers - Revised - This guidance updates previously issued Questions and Answers to clarify Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) requirements, as found in 7 CFR Part 225, FNS Instruction 796-4, and other official federal program guidance. It supersedes SFSP 05-2017, Summer Food Service Program Questions and Answers, Dec. 1, 2016.
SFSP 01-2008 Nationwide Expansion of SFSP Simplified Cost Accounting Procedures - Revised - This memorandum updates requirements related to unused reimbursement originating in the fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Dec. 26, 2007, which were codified in Simplified Cost Accounting and Other Actions To Reduce Paperwork in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), 83 FR 25349, published on June 1, 2018. Out-of-date language concerning unused reimbursement has been removed.
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