Now Available:
The online SFSP Refresher
training course is now available! This course is designed for those who have operated
the SFSP successfully in the past and need a brief refresher on program
requirements before the summer begins. Access online training courses on the SFSP Training webpage.
USDA SFSP Handbooks are
available
on the USDA SFSP webpage. Updated versions may be
posted in the upcoming months, but we don’t anticipate significant changes. If
you need to print copies of handbooks for training staff, use the versions
currently available.
The 2018 Administrative
Review List is posted on the SFSP Monitoring webpage. New SFSP sponsors are not
included on this list, but will receive a state agency administrative review in
the first year of operation. An MDE nutrition consultant will contact you to
schedule a review. Site reviews may occur at any time throughout the summer and
may be announced or unannounced.
Other Resources and Trainings:
Resources to help households locate SFSP sites:
- Download the Summer Eats Minnesota app.
- Call the 2-1-1
Hotline or from cell phones – Twin Cities Metro Area: 651-291-0211, Greater
Minnesota: 800-543-7709, TTY: 651-291-8440.
- Call the National
Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3-Hungry or 1-877-8-HAMBRE, available from Monday
to Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Central Time.
- Text "Summer
Meals" to 97779. Spanish speakers, text "Verano" to 97779.
Upcoming USDA Summer Meals
Program webinars
Next Steps:
How to Submit SFSP
Applications
- Visit the MDE
SFSP Applications webpage for application instructions.
- When entering applications in CLiCS, select Program Year 2019.
- Remember to submit a site application in CLiCS
for each location where meals are served and verify site application approval
in CLiCS before beginning meal service.
- Meals cannot be claimed for reimbursement if
served prior to the date of site application approval.
Promote SFSP Sites
- Visit the SFSP Outreach and
Promotion webpage for template media releases and other promotional
materials.
- Promote open sites to the public.
- Inform potential participants at closed
enrolled/camp sites that the site is participating in the Summer Food Service
Program (SFSP).
Complete Training/Train
Staff
-
The SFSP Training webpage contains a link to online
sponsor training.
- Sponsors must keep abreast of current program requirements
and annually train staff.
- Some of the online training lessons may also be used to train
monitoring and site staff.
- Maintain documentation of training, including a sign-in sheet
and agenda.
School Food Authorities – Submit
a Request for Health Inspection Funds
- Form is available on the SFSP Claims and
Reimbursement webpage.
- Requests must be submitted by September 1.
- Reimbursement will be provided only to schools
that are approved to participate in SFSP during the current year.
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