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At-Risk Afterschool - Promoting YearRound Feeding with SFSP

Kathryn QuillenUSDA, FNS

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Today’s Session

Overview of CACFP At-risk Afterschool Program Brief overview of streamlining efforts - schools/SSO

Overview of SFSP National expansion

STAT teams

Latest guidance on streamlining: application requirements, site eligibility, monitoring and training requirements

Encourage year round feeding

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Why Is This Important?

Children in CACFP have access to nutritious meal year round

Older children often lose access when the school year ends

Expand summer meals to reach millions of children who are not being served by a Child Nutrition program

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Agency Priorities

Childhood nutrition,

Healthier food choices,

Availability of healthy food,

Science-based nutrition standards, and

Ensure that children get nutritious food year-round.

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At-Risk Afterschool Meals

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010:Signed into law by President Obama

December 13, 2010Expanded eligibility for At-Risk Afterschool

Meals to ALL StatesPreviously, 13 States and D.C. were eligible

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Eligibility

Available to children through age 18 participating in a CACFP afterschool care program No application forms for parents/guardians Meals served/consumed in group settings

“Area eligible” based only on school attendance area – valid for 5 years Actual site must be in eligible area

Afterschool educational or enrichment activities

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Eligibility

Open to schools, nonprofits, and for profit centers Programs can be drop-in or enrolled

Federal law does not require licensing for centers participating in the at-risk afterschool meals component of CACFP.

States or local jurisdictions may require licensing.

If there is no State or local requirement for licensing, then afterschool care programs must meet State or local health and safety standards.

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Activities

Educational or enrichment activities Tutoring, nutrition/exercise, music classes

Organized competitive athletic programs (Babe Ruth/Pop Warner league) may not be approved as sponsors or independent centers

Athletic activity may participate as long it’s “open to all”

If a school offers afterschool meals, then choir, football team, chess club would be permitted to attend the meal service

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Reimbursement

Reimbursement for serving one meal and one snack per child, per day

Federal law has no minimum age for at-risk participants. Meals and snacks served to children who are enrolled in preschool, Head Start, Even Start, etc., and who are participating in an eligible afterschool program are eligible for reimbursement.

Reimbursement is at the free rate

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Meal Service

After the school day or on weekends and vacations during the regular school year

At any time during the afterschool program, but States may establish meal time requirements

No time between end of school and meal service, or the order, but must be during the afterschool program

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Recordkeeping

At-risk afterschool programs must maintain:

Daily attendance rosters, sign-in sheets, or other records of daily attendance

Records of the number of meals and snacks prepared or delivered for each meal service

The number of snacks and meals served Menus for each meal and snack serviceAny additional records required by the State

agency

Handbook:http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/atriskhandbook.pdf

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Streamlined Requirements for Schools

Streamlined application process

Single agreements for all Child Nutrition

Programs

Streamlined training requirements

CACFP or NSLP meal pattern requirements

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With Afterschool, Everyone Wins!

Nutritious meals and snacks for children

Activities that are safe, fun, and filled with opportunities for learning

Support for family food budgets

Support USDA’s Strategic Plan to reduce food insecurity

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Why SFSP?

21 million NSLP – 3.7 million SFSPHunger is one of the most severe roadblocks

to the learning processLack of nutrition during the summer months

makes children more prone to illness and other health issues.

The SFSP is designed to fill the nutrition gap and make sure children get the nutritious meals they need when school is not in session

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Summer Food Service Program

Sponsors are reimbursed for free meals served to children, including teenagers through age 18, at approved meal sites in low-income areas

Congregate setting

Open/enrolled sites, camps

Two meals per child/day

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Summer Food Service Program-Structure

Sponsors run the program and communicate with the State agency. Schools, local government agencies, camps, faith-based and other non-profit community organizations that have the ability to manage a food service program may be SFSP sponsors.

Sites are places in the community where children receive meals in a safe and supervised environment - schools, parks, community centers, churches, and migrant centers. Sites work directly with sponsors.

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SFSP

No requirement for structured activities, although sites that offer them draw greater participation

Any combination of two meals may be served – except lunch and supper

Congregate setting – Federally mandatedNo meal service times, although they should

be realistic for needs of the participantsNot reimbursable, but consider offering

meals to parents to encourage children to participate

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National Expansion Efforts

Despite efforts, SFSP remains the most underutilized nutrition program

In 2013 USDA formed State Technical Assistance Teams (STATS)

Collaborative Engagement and Partnerships USDA Agencies Federal Agencies and Departments Nonprofit Organizations, Faith Based/Community Political Engagement Public/Private Enterprise

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Summer Expansion – Target States

STAT teams for five States where FNS worked in partnership with State and community agencies. 2013: Arkansas, California, Colorado,

Rhode Island and Virginia 2014: All five 2013 States and six new

States: Alabama, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, and Texas

2015: All six 2014 States and Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and W. Virginia

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Summer Expansion – STAT Teams

STAT Teams: Focused Intensive Technical Assistance Advanced Training for State Agency Staff Other Assistance as Needed

Overall STAT Project + National Expansion: 2013, goal was 5 million more meals

Served 7 Million more! 2014, goal was 10 million more meals

Served 11 Million more!

Summer 2015 serve 13 Million more – 200 million total!

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Stat Project – What Works

Strategic year round summer meals campaignGIS mapping technologies for strategic targeting,

outreach and promotion Capacity Builder, Summer Meal Site Finder

Expanded partner collaboration and engaged new partners Rural Development, HUD, Feed the Children, libraries, social

and traditional media communication strategy Twitter town halls, blog series, webinar series, radio and

print media tours Retaining strong sponsorsCongressional and local elected leader outreach

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Resources

www.SummerFood.usda.gov

2015 Webinar Series

www.fns.usda.gov/sfsp/2015-summer-meals-webinars

Summer Meals Toolkit

www.fns.usda.gov/sfsp/summer-meals-toolkit

Capacity Builder www.fns.usda.gov/capacitybuilder

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Seamless Summer Option

The Seamless Summer Option (SSO) has less paperwork, making it easier for schools to feed children during the summer

Like SFSP, meals are served free of charge to children, including teenagers through age 18, under the school meal program rules

Meals must follow the NSLP and SBP meal patterns

Reimbursement is at the free NSLP and SBP rates

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Benefits of Year-Round Feeding

Organizations Benefit: Can hire year-round staff Receives additional financial stability Becomes a stable source of services

Community Benefits: Providing year-round meals to low-income children Brings more Federal funds into the local economy

State Agency Benefits

Feed More Kids!

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Why Transition from CACFP to SFSP?

As a CACFP organization, you are well positioned to succeed in the SFSP…

Staff that is trained A presence in your community An established program You already meet several SFSP requirements

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Transitioning From CACFP to SFSP

Site EligibilityCACFP sites are already SFSP area eligible

Applications:Not required to demonstrate financial and administrative capability

May follow application requirements for experienced sponsors and sites versus for new sponsors and sites

Single Agreements

MEMO CODE: SP 06-2014, CACFP 03-2014, SFSP 06-2014

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Transitioning From CACFP to SFSP

Health and Safety Inspections

Training

Monitoring Requirements

Excess Funds - CACFP may be used in SFSP operations and vice versa

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Reminder…..

Must keep separate records must for each program and must ensure that the same children are not served meals in both programs.

Sponsors cannot switch back and forth between participation in CACFP and participation in SFSP to serve the same children.

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Funding Opportunities

USDA’s Rural Development Agency Provides loans and grants for development of

essential community facilities that serve areas of up to 20,000 www.rurdev.usda.gov/HAD-CF_Grants.html

USDA - Farm to School Grants – for Schoolswww.fns.usda.gov/farmtoschool/farm-school-grant-program

No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices Sponsor Center Lists funding opportunities for summer programming,

physical activities, organizational capacity building, capital expenditures, and hunger relief bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/child-nutrition-program-grant-opportunities

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Resources

Reimbursement Rates: http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/FR-010714_SFSP.pdf

Questions? Contact your State agency! http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Contacts/StateDirectory.htm

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