Summer Food Service Program- FINAL

Question 1

Summer food service program: “___ ___ ___ ___ ___ is ___”

Answer 1

food that’s in when school is out

Question 2

Function:
-provide __, __ meals and snacks to help children in __-__ areas get the nutrition they need to __, __, and __ throughout the __ __ when they are out of ___.”

Answer 2

free, nutritious 
low-income 
learn, play, grow
summer months 
school

Question 3

Function:
To have children “__ to ___” upon start of school.

-Children have fewer ___ days, are more ___ and score higher on ___ ___ when ___.

Answer 3

ready to learn
sick, attentive
higher achievement tests
fed

Question 4

Who’s Eligible?

-Same standards as NSLA
  Free lunch
  \_\_\_% of poverty-level income
  Reduced-price lunch
  \_\_% of poverty-level income

-___ restriction
__ years of age or younger
Unless __ and participating in school
___ or ___

Answer 4

NSLA 
130%
185%
age
18
disabled
mental 
physical

Question 5

30,033 children enrolled in SFSP 2011

Approx. ___ meals per child over __mo.

Answer 5

36

3

Question 6

Responsibilities within the USDA

–___ acts on behalf of the USDA in the Administration of the SFSP.

Answer 6

FNS

Question 7

Responsibilities of the State

• -Developing ___ state programs in accordance to the Act
• -This includes ___, ___ and ___ the program in order to meet the program goals.
• -The state agency must also develop a budget in order to receive ___ ___.

Answer 7

individual
administration, monitoring, measuring
budget, federal funds.

Question 8

Barriers to Impact:
1. ___
No buses or other public transport specific to SFSP
–School bus vs. city bus
___ more effective
–Children already in location to receive meals (school)

2. ____ ___
   Lower rates = ___ ___

Answer 8

1. Transportation
   NSLA
2. Reimbursement rates
   less involvement

Question 9

Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010:

• -Increase ___ ___ ___
• -Improve ___ of ___
• -Increase ___ of children in the program
  - -Provides more ___ for __-__ children
• -Makes ___ readily available to ___

Answer 9

federal reimbursement rate
quality of food
eligibility 
more 
at-risk children
information, parents

Question 10

2010 Summer Food for Children Demonstration

–Test methods of providing access to ___ for __ ___ children in ___ and ___ areas

Answer 10

food,
low income
urban, rural