- Important Dates and Deadlines
- Memos and Waivers
- SFSP Renewal and Application Timelines
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Summer Meals Intent to Participate Survey - Link Revised
- SFSP Final Rule Highlight: Offer Versus Serve
- Team Update: Welcome Natalie Bratton!
- Contact Us
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February 3, 2023: Last day to complete the SFSP Intent to Participate Survey
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March 17, 2023: Deadline for New SFSP Applicants to submit an Eligibility Assessment
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April 3, 2023: SFSP Renewals Open
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April 21, 2023: SFSP Renewal Close
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No new memos since the last newsletter.
ODE CNP is adjusting the timeline for SFSP renewals. In the past, renewals had opened in early March and ended in mid-April. However, it was found that many organizations were unable to utilize the time in March as their organizations and partners were unable to finalize summer plans in early spring.
Current Sponsors:
SFSP Renewals for FY2023 in CNPweb will open on April 3, 2023 and close April 21, 2023. ODE CNP encourages SFSP sponsors to continue to reach out to their counterparts and partners to gather summer plans in March or earlier to ease the burden of the renewal process. ODE CNP will notify SFSP sponsors later this winter on annual SFSP training requirements.
New Applicants:
If you know of an organization that is interested in applying to become their own SFSP sponsor, meaning they have not previously operated the SFSP as a sponsor, please pass along that the application timeline has also been adjusted. This is due to new application requirements based on the SFSP Final Rule. All new SFSP applicants must submit an eligibility assessment by March 17, 2023.
Revision: The link in this article has been updated from the previous version of the newsletter. We apologize for any inconvenience.
ODE CNP needs your help in planning for SFSP next summer. ODE CNP is gathering preliminary data to provide the USDA with the number of potential sponsors and sites we expect this summer. This data will help to fund the Summer Food Service Program and aid in developing targeted outreach strategies to increase overall participation.
To assist ODE CNP in compiling this data, we ask you to please take a few minutes and complete the SFSP Intent to Participate Survey by February 3, 2023.
On September 19, 2022, USDA released the Final Rule titled 'Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the SFSP.' This rule was proposed on January 23, 2020 and seeks to codify flexibilities that were previously allowed as state waivers. The new rules are effective October 1, 2022 and compliance is required as of May 1, 2023.
USDA developed a Comparison Table for the Final Rules which detail out Previous Regulations, the Previous Guidance and Waivers. In this month's newsletter, ODE CNP is highlighting Offer Versus Serve.
Please note that Offer Versus Serve will only be available to School Food Authorities going forward.
See the Comparison Table below for Offer Versus Serve:
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Previous Regulations
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Previous Guidance and Waivers
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New Regulations
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§ 225.16(f)(1)(ii) allows school food authorities (SFA) that are program sponsors to “permit a child to refuse one or more items that the child does not intend to eat”, which is referred to as offer versus serve (OVS), and follows the rules of the National School Lunch Program.
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Through previous policy guidance in SP10, SFSP06-2017, Meal Service Requirements in the Summer Meal Programs, with Questions and Answers – Revised, Dec. 5, 2016, FNS extended the option to use OVS at all sites, regardless of location or type of sponsorship, and allowed SFA sponsors electing to use the SFSP meal pattern to use SFSP OVS guidelines.
That guidance was rescinded in 2018 by SFSP 01-2019, Summer Food Service Program Memoranda Rescission, Oct. 11, 2018. Since that time, FNS approved waivers of OVS requirements through individual and COVID-related nationwide waivers, most recently Nationwide Waiver to Allow Offer Versus Serve Flexibilities in the Summer Food Service Program for Summer 2021 Operations– EXTENSION 3, March 9, 2021.
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Retains the requirement at § 225.16(f)(1)(ii) that only SFA sponsors may utilize the OVS option, consistent with the statute.
Allows SFA sponsors electing to use the SFSP meal pattern to use SFSP OVS guidelines.
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ODE CNP welcomes Natalie Bratton to the Community Team! Natalie is our newest Child Nutrition Specialist and will be working with both CACFP and SFSP Sponsors.
Natalie was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and loves spending time outside in the rain. She began her post-secondary education in Psychology at Western Oregon University and then pursued her ultimate passion of Nutrition at Oregon State University. She joined Community Action Head Start not long after finishing school, starting as a Nutrition Assistant and eventually became the Nutrition Services Manager. Natalie is excited to be a part of the ODE Community Nutrition Team. In her free time, she serves on the Board of Creating Opportunities, a non-profit organization serving children with disabilities and their families and also enjoys cooking, baking, and playing violin with the local all-volunteer Salem Pops Orchestra.
Natalie says she is looking forward to supporting Sponsors in the amazing work that you do!
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 Meghan Tschida, Community Team Manager
Deanna (DeDe) Poynor, Team Lead
Cathy Brock, Child Nutrition Specialist, Summer Food Service Program Outreach Coordinator
Natalie Bratton, Child Nutrition Specialist
Sarah English, Child Nutrition Specialist
Eliza Kondo, Child Nutrition Specialist
Darcy Miller, Child Nutrition Specialist
Kaitlin Skreen, Child Nutrition Specialist
Shannon Smith, Child Nutrition Specialist
Shirley Wu, Child Nutrition Specialist
Teresa Murray, Fiscal & Audit Analyst
Community Nutrition Emailbox
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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: Filing a Program Complaint as a USDA Customer webpage, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 Complaint form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
- fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
- email:
program.intake@usda.gov
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