Application Information and Due Dates
SFSP Applications now available in the Cyber-Linked Interactive Child Nutrition System (CLiCS)
Follow the application instructions on the SFSP Applications webpage to apply.
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Sponsor Applications
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May 1: Due date for new sponsor applications, those who did not operate SFSP as a sponsor in the prior summer.
- Applicants that are not a School Food Authority (SFA) were required to submit a New Applicant form by April 1. Submissions are currently being reviewed by Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) staff and applicants will receive an email once the form is processed.
- SFAs may submit applications directly in CLiCS.
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May 15: Due date for renewing sponsor applications; those who did operate SFSP as a sponsor in the prior summer.
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Site ID Requests and Site Applications
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Congregate meal service site applications must be submitted in CLiCS by June 15.
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Rural non-congregate Site Identification (ID) Requests must be submitted by April 17 and a complete site application submitted in CLiCS by May 1.
- Approval of a complete and correct application may take up to 30 days. Plan accordingly and submit applications as early as possible to ensure they are approved before meal service begins.
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Applications must be approved before meals can be claimed for reimbursement. For example, if a site serves meals on June 10 but the application is not approved until June 11, meals served on June 10 cannot be claimed for reimbursement.
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Not planning to renew your SFSP application this summer? Please send a message to Food and Nutrition Service and let us know the reason.
Summer School Site Reminders
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Sites with summer school that participate in SFSP must operate as open sites.
- The site must be located in an eligible area to participate as an open site and must be open to serving children in the surrounding community; meal service cannot be limited to attending summer school students.
- Sites may only participate in SFSP as "restricted open" sites if site participation needs to be limited due to reasons of space, security, safety or control.
- Sites with summer school that do not want to operate as open sites, or are not located in an eligible area and therefore cannot participate in SFSP as open sites, may continue to claim meals served to children attending summer school under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)/School Breakfast Program (SBP). Meals served under NSLP/SBP must be claimed under the free, reduced-price and full-paid categories, as they are during the school year.
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How do you know if a program is considered summer school? If you answer yes to some or all of the following questions about the summer program, it is probably summer school.
- Are state education funds used to operate the program?
- Is the program considered targeted services or an extended-year program?
- Are the program classes taught by licensed teachers?
- Is the program required for students?
- Examples of programs that are not summer school include summer camps, summer child care, community education or other enrichment programs, etc.
- School sites not offering summer school may participate in SFSP as open, closed or camp—as appropriate.
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