To find a local Summer Food Program Site in Ohio, click on Munch the Fox. If the map does not appear, please search by your zip code.
Only those sites that are indicated as OPEN are available to walk-in's.
Please call ahead for times and availability.
Your children are out of school for vacation.
Where can they still get good free meals while you're working?*
USDA's Summer Food Service Program gives your children good food to eat at a place near where you live.
Children need good food all year long, even when they're not in school.
The Summer Food Service Program provides free,
healthy meals for children
.
Your children get the foods they need to learn, play, and grow, during vacation when they don't eat at school.
Benefits for childrenIn the Summer Food Service Program, children have a place to go to:
eat good food,
have planned activities,
and play with other children.
The Summer Food Service Program is for children age 18 and younger.
There are no papers for you to fill out.
Meals have all the good things that children need to grow up strong and healthy.
Children eat at a place nearby.
Your children might get breakfast, lunch, supper, or snack, depending on what the site serves.
Your children can have free meals each day, and you will have more money left to buy food for the whole family.
The Summer Food Service Program serves meals with milk, meat, fruits, vegetables, and bread.
All meals and snacks meet USDA’s nutrition standards.
The food is free to children age 18 and younger.
Children can eat up to three meals a day.
Meals are served at a supervised site near where you live.
For more information on Ohio's Summer Food Service Program, please visit the Ohio Department of Education's web site.
For more information please click here.
For more information on the Summer Food Service Program from the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition service, www.summerfood.usda.gov.
More Summer Food Service Program information pamphlets published by the United States Department of Agriculture
(These will link you to the USDA's web site and are PDF files.)
A Guide To Starting The Summer Food Service Program In Your Community
Food that's in when school is out! Private nonprofits can help...
*From Helping Migrant Families (brochure), United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, FNS-322, April 2001
Summer Food Program 2007 Guide and Q & A's
Summer Meals Program (WebCast) Learn more about the Summer Meals Program and what your organization can do the help.
If you agency is interested in becoming a summer feeding site please visit this link
and information will be forwarded to you by the Ohio Department of Education.
SFPC Increases Rates of Reimbursement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program for Children (SFSP). These adjustments reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index and are required by the statute governing the Program. Effective January 1, 2005, the max m rates are as follows:
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Operating Costs |
Administrative Costs |
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Rural or Self-Preparation Sites |
Other Types of Sites |
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Breakfast |
$1.77 |
$.1750 |
$.14 |
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Lunch or Supper |
$3.09 |
$.3225 |
$.2675 |
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Supplement |
$.72 |
$.0875 |
$.07 |
For further information contact Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and Program Development Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 640, Alexandria, Virginia 22302; Phone: 703.305.2590. [Source: Federal Register, 12/30/04]
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