Become a Summer Food Service Program Sponsor!

Whether you have decided to sponsor a meal site again this year or you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the first time, this website is designed to help walk you through the process.

What is the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)?

As a SFSP sponsor, you can help children get the food they need to fuel up for summer fun so they can learn, play, and grow when they are not in school. The Summer Food Service Program provides healthy meals at no charge to children age 18 and younger in their communities.

Program sponsors serve meals with milk, meat, fruits, vegetables, and bread. All meals and snacks meet federal nutrition standards.

What is a sponsor?

An organization agreeing to operate the SFSP is called a sponsor. Sponsors may be

• public or private nonprofit school food authorities
• public or private nonprofit residential summer camps
• units of state, local, municipal, or county governments
• public or private nonprofit colleges or universities participating in the National Youth Sports Program
• private, nonprofit tax exempt organizations

Sponsors have administrative and financial responsibility for all sites they operate.

Sponsor Required Training Current sponsors with self-registration rights
You can register for training from the “FND Learning Center” by selecting the “Program/Nutrition Training” link and then the “Scheduled Classes” link from the left hand navigation bar and follow the instructions. Current sponsors with self-registration rights are expected to self-register for training to guarantee pre-registration seating.

New sponsors or staff who do not have self-registration rights
You must be associated with a current contract and have an active Personal User Code (PUC) to self-register for training. To request a PUC: download the “FND Training Request Form” from the left hand navigation bar on the Program/Nutrition Training page or from the link in the “FND Learning Center”; complete the form; and fax it to the FND Training Unit at 1-888-237-5030. You will be notified that your PUC is active.

Trainings will be held in different locations throughout the State for three different audience groups: School Food Authority; Non-School Food Authority; and School Food Authority/Non-School Food Authority Combined Classes.

Due to increased program information that we would like to convey at this time, we are requiring all applicants to attend face-to-face training prior to the beginning of the operation of their 2010 SFSP.

Individual sponsors may be given specific instructions by their Community Operations office to attend specific training as part of a corrective action.

Suggested participants are the person(s) completing the application and budget, submitting the claims or the person who performs these tasks in their absence.

The FND Training Unit adheres to standard procedures to ensure success at our training events. These policies are located at the “Training Unit Policies” link from the left hand navigation bar on the Program/Nutrition Training page.

If you have any questions please contact your Food and Nutrition Community Operations office.

Texas Department of State Health Services Health Safety Links

Click here for a list of the names of the regulatory authorities over the retail food program in a specific county or city.

Click here for contact information for the regulatory authorities.

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