1. Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs
Afterschool and Summer Meals
Presented by:
Shirley Wu, MS, RDN
My name is Shirley Wu and I am a Child Nutrition Specialist with the Oregon Department of Education (ODE). When you think of child nutrition programs, the national school lunch program likely comes to mind, but here at the Oregon Department of Education, we also have other meal programs that can help nourish children in Oregon throughout the year. I work with the community team in Child Nutrition and we work with the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program and I’ll talk a little today about what they are, resources you can use, and how you can apply to be a sponsor.
Oregon Department of Education
Child Nutrition Programs

2. Quick Survey Have you heard of Child Nutrition Programs?
Have you heard of the At-Risk Afterschool Meals program or the Summer Food Service Program?
Have you been a part of the Afterschool At-Risk Meals or the Summer Food Program?
Do you work with an Afterschool At-Risk Meals or Summer Food Program?
First, I want to know a little more about you today.
Everybody stand up.
Please remain standing if you have heard of any Child Nutrition Programs, such as school lunch, summer food, or CACFP before.
Please remain standing if you have heard of At-Risk Afterschool meals or the Summer Food Service Program before.
Please remain standing if you have been a part of Afterschool At-Risk meals or the Summer Food Service Program before in any way.
Please remain standing if you work with either an Afterschool At-Risk or Summer Food Service Program sponsor.
What sponsors do you work for?
Where is everyone else from?

3. Topics Program Overviews: Area Eligibility USDA’s Capacity Builder
CACFP: At-Risk Afterschool Meals and Snacks
Summer Meals: The Summer Food Service Program
Area Eligibility
USDA’s Capacity Builder
Grants
My goal today is to introduce you to some lesser known but equally beneficial child nutrition programs- such as the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program. Participating in these programs can help alleviate child hunger in your communities. During this presentation we may refer to the Child and Adult Care Food Program as CACFP, and the Summer Food Service Program as SFSP.
In addition to talking about the CACFP and SFSP, we’ll also discuss Area Eligibility, including how to use interactive maps that are available, such as the Capacity Builder.
And our grant that will be opening in March.

4. Definitions
Sponsors: Organizations that sign a contract with ODE CNP to administer and/or serve reimbursable meals or snacks to their participants.
Sites: Locations administered by the sponsor where CACFP meals or snacks are served.
Reimbursable Meals: Meals served to participants that meet the CACFP or SFSP meal pattern guidelines.
Let’s start with some definitions first. A sponsor is an organization that works with ODE to administer and/or serve reimbursable meals or snacks to their participants.
A site is a location that is administered by the sponsor where the meals and snacks are being served.
A reimbursable meal is one that gets paid because it’s served to eligible participants and meets the nutritional requirements of the CACFP meal pattern.

5. Oregon Department of Education Child and Adult Care Feeding Program
At-Risk Afterschool Meals and Snacks
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) was born out of NSLP when the National School Lunch Act was amended in Like the NSLP, the it is a voluntary Federally-funded program that provides meal reimbursements for serving nutritious meals and snacks to eligible participants in many different settings, such as child care centers, family daycare homes, Head Start programs, homeless shelters, adult day care centers, and afterschool programs. The goal was to improve meal quality in these settings for low-income families and improve the health of the nation. In 1975 CACFP was made permanent.
Art by Connor Hofmann, Age 10, Wright Elementary
Oregon Department of Education
Child and Adult Care Feeding Program

6. History of the Afterschool Program
1994- Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act
1998- Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act
2000: The Agricultural Risk Protection Act
At-Risk Afterschool Snacks approved in Oregon
2010: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
The ability to offer reimbursable snacks in areas with a high number of at-risk youth began in 1994, when the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act funded several demonstration projects. One of the projects included the ability to offer snack to participants ages in areas with a high rate of violence or alcohol and drug abuse.
In 1998 the Child Reauthorization Act opened the gate for nationwide reimbursement for at-risk afterschool snacks served through CACFP and Area Eligible Snacks for schools and school-sponsored sites through NSLP.
In 2000 the Agricultural Risk Protection Act piloted CACFP afterschool meals in 6 states. Oregon was one of the 6 selected after a competitive selection process.
Between 2000 and 2009 nine additional states were authorized to provide meal reimbursement for at-risk afterschool meals.
Then the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 allowed meal reimbursements though CACFP for at-risk afterschool programs in all states.

7. Oregon By the Numbers
Number of At-Risk Afterschool Sponsors 97
Number of Meals Served in FY 2016 by Oregon At-Risk Sponsors
2,520,225
Number of Snacks Served in FY 2016 by Oregon At-Risk Sponsors
247,830
In Oregon, there are currently 97 sponsors participating in At-Risk Afterschool meals.
These sponsors served over 2.5 million meals and over 247,000 snacks in FY 2016 during the school year.
While most of these meals were Suppers, a small amount (1700+) were also lunch meals. You may be wondering how that is possible for an afterschool at-risk program to serve meals that are typically part of a school day. If a sponsor is providing afterschool meals they can be approved to serve meals such as lunch or breakfast when school is out during the academic year, such as over winter and spring breaks and days off of school. It must be noted, however, sponsors may only serve supper or lunch, not both, on the same day. At-Risk Afterschool sponsors are also only allowed to serve up two different meal types. This could be Lunch and PM snack, Supper and PM Snack, or AM Snack and Lunch.

8. Snack vs. Meal Snack Meal Consists of 2 components
Choose 2 from following 4 items
Grain
Meat/ Meat Alternate
100% Juice or Fruit or Vegetable
Fluid Milk
Meal
Consists of 5 components
Grain
Meat/ Meat Alternate
Vegetables and/ or Fruits (2 or more)
Fluid Milk
For At-Risk Afterschool programs, sponsors can claim up to 1 meal and 1 snack per child each day. What does it mean to offer a reimbursable snack or meal? Here’s a visual comparison between these two meal patterns.
Snacks consist of 2 meal components and must be two different components from the list of 4 items. For instance, pretzels and string cheese, yogurt (which is a meat alternate) and strawberries, or carrots and peanut butter.
Meals offer greater nutritional variety and more sustenance to participants. At-Risk Afterschool Meals look a lot like school lunch. There must be a total of 5 items offered, 2 of which are a fruit and/ or vegetable.

9. 2008 Oregon Case Study Why did sponsors take advantage of the
after-school supper program?
Kids are hungry afterschool
Offering snacks wasn’t enough
The reimbursement rate made it financially sustainable
Attracts participants to their afterschool program
Decreases behavioral problems
Increases participants’ capacity to focus
As mentioned previously, Oregon helped pilot the At-Risk program and in 2008, the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force conducted a case study about the impact of introducing supper meals to At-risk Afterschool CACFP.
Respondents to their survey responded with the following reason as to why they decided to implement meals:
Kids are hungry
Offering snack is not enough
The reimbursement made it financially sustainable.
In fact, results indicated that 80%  of operators feel the supper program has made their afterschool program more effective and/or financially sustainable. By financially stable means that money that had previously been used to pay for snacks was now available for them to use to pay for enrichment while the reimbursement money was used for the food program.
Having meals attracted participants. Think about it. How do you react when you hear that lunch is being provided if you attend a meeting? Of course you show up- there’s free food available.
Feeding hungry kids helped decrease behavioral problems.
Once participants had their need (hunger) met, they were better able to focus.

10. Benefits
Gives participants the energy to focus and engage in afterschool activities
Allows participants one more opportunity to have a meal before going home
Provides reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks served to afterschool enrichment participants
When lunch was the last meal afterschool program participants had hours ago, afterschool meals can help them to focus in afterschool enrichment programs. It’s a lot easier to pay attention to instructions when you don’t have to listen to your stomach say, “feed me.”
For some participants, this meal may be the last meal they get before breakfast or lunch at school the next day. I often hear from CACFP program administrators who have participants taking the time to say “thank you” because they no longer have to wait until lunch the next day to eat again.
Additionally, the At-Risk Afterschool Meals and Snacks provides reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks served to afterschool enrichment. As the New York Department of Health puts it- “good nutrition pays!”

11. Reimbursement Meals @ $3.39/ meal Snacks @ $0.86/ snack
Example- 100 participants in enrichment programs, 5 days a week for 8 months of the year:
If snack is served, could receive up to $13,760
If a meal is served, could receive up to $54,240
Note: All money received from this program must be spent in the Child Nutrition Program.
Let’s take a look at what the meal reimbursement looks like. All meals are claimed at the same rate- which is $ This is the highest reimbursement you can receive for CACFP.
A snack is reimbursed at 86 cents per snack.
For example, the afterschool program has an average of 100 participants that come 5 days a week for 8 months of the year. If all these participants have snack, their program could receive $13,760 in reimbursement. However, if they serve the meal, they could receive over $50,000 in reimbursements
It should be noted that only one meal or snack may be claimed for reimbursement per participant in a given meal period. Meaning a participant cannot have one snack, then go back for a second snack, and be counted as an additional reimbursable meal.
Please note that reimbursement that is received must be used for the child nutrition program- be it NSLP, CACFP, or SFSP.

12. Program Eligibility
Athletic teams and clubs that limit membership based on ability or other requirements are not eligible.
Be located in a low-income area
Educational or enrichment activities
Work with school age children and youth
Not charge children for meals or snacks
In order to be eligible to serve CACFP meals, there are a few requirements that must be met.
The school or site must be located in a low-income area: This it is based on the school’s free/ reduced price student percentage or by using an area eligibility map. Once a site is determined to be eligible, it remains eligible for 5 years.
Have regularly scheduled educational or enrichment activities: These activities can be tutoring, science club, STEM activities, 21st Century School, Boys and Girls Club, YMCA
Work with school age children and youth
Not charge children for meals or snacks- all meals and snacks are reimbursed at the same rate. All participants who take a reimbursable meal are counted on a tally sheet and that number is used for the amount of meals that may be claimed.
Please note that athletic teams and clubs that limit membership based on ability or other requirements are not eligible. If there is an activity they participate in prior to practice they may be eligible for meals. For instance, a homework help session. (Studying play books does not count.)

13. Application Process Online Forms Offline Forms Pre-approval Visit
Training
Pre-approval Visit
There are 4 parts to the application process.
Offline line forms must be submitted to ODE CNP in order for to gain access to CNPweb, documentation showing that program requirements are understood and in compliance, and sign an agreement to contract with the state to provide these meals.
CNPweb houses the online forms that need to be completed. CNPweb is both an application to apply to participate in CNP programs and is a tool to claim meals served.
For the application portion there is a sponsor information sheet and then site information sheets for each site that intends to participate in the program
Training
Potential sponsors must inform administrative staff about Program requirements and attend necessary training offered by ODE CNP.
Pre-approval visit
ODE CNP will conduct a Pre-Approval Review before approving the application.
If you’re interested in more information about CACFP, you can contact a child nutrition specialist on the community team – applications can be started at any time during the year.

14. Oregon Department of Education Summer Food Service Program
CACFP At-Risk Afterschool meals are only available during the school year. When school is not in session, the Summer Food Service Program is available to provide children who rely on free or reduced-priced meals during the school year with meals until school begins again. The summer food service program is open to participants ages 1 to 18, meaning not only do school age children benefit from this program, but their younger siblings do as well.
Oregon Department of Education
Summer Food Service Program

15. History 1968- Special Food Service Program for Children created
1975- separate Child Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program authorized
SFSP Dark Ages
1980s- early 1990s- legislation passed to address reduced participation
1998- current- legislation passed for pilot and demonstration projects, meant to improve access to summer meals
The Summer Food Service Program began in 1968 with the creation of the Special Food Service Program for Children. This program granted money to states to help provide meals when school was not in session.
In 1975 this was made into two programs- the Child Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program.
1977 to 1981 were the dark ages for SFSP. In 1977 SFSP had an all-time peak of nearly 2.8 million children participating. Then it was discovered that some provisions were leading to abuse and inefficiency. During this time more standards were put into place, including limiting who could serve as a SFSP sponsor and changing areas of poor economic conditions from one third of children qualifying for free/ reduced price meals to be at least 50% of children. In 1982 these new restrictions led to 1.4 million SFSP participants- half of what it was 5 years earlier.
Through the 1980s and early 1990s, several pieces of legislation were passed to address the reduced participation. Due in part to these initiatives, participation rose gradually, from just over 1.4 million children in 1983, until finally topping 2 million in Since 1993, participation has remained relatively stable at slightly more than 2 million children.
Since 1998 legislation has been passed that has allowed for pilot and demonstration projects to find new ways to improve access to summer meals for children in urban and rural areas. Parts of legislation has made operating the program easier for sponsors- such as allowing administrative funds to pay for operational expenses (and vice-versa) and allowed for reimbursement based off of the number of meals served.

16. 2 months behind in reading
Summer Hunger and the Education Impact
“Summer Slide”
2 months behind in reading
Effect is cumulative
Catch-up cost: $1,540
According to the “Summer Hunger is Too Expensive to Ignore” report from Center for Best Practices: No Kid Hungry, hunger in the summer can have significant education, health, and economic impacts.
Studies have shown that students from low-income families have a greater “summer slide” in academics than their peers, returning to school 2 months behind in reading skills. The effect of this cumulative and by the end of fifth grade low-income youth are nearly 3 grade equivalents behind in their more affluent peers
The Deloitte study found that it costs schools $1,540 to re-teach a student struggling with summer learning loss

17. Summer Hunger and the Education Impact
Nearly 80% of education gap attributed to summer reading loss
In Maryland, schools participating in summer meals had up to a 5.3% higher graduation rate than non-participating schools
Overall, nearly 80% of the education gap between high and low income students is attributed to summer reading loss.
In Maryland, schools that had successfully implemented the summer meals program had up to a 5.3% higher graduation rate than non-participating schools.
Decrease hunger, decrease summer learning loss, and reduce the achievement gap!

18. Oregon By the Numbers
Number of SFSP Sponsors FY 2016
140
Number of SFSP Sites FY 2016
889
Number of Meals Served in FY 2016 by Oregon SFSP Sponsors
1,744,933
Number of Snacks Served in FY 2016 by Oregon SFSP Sponsors
87,663
In Oregon, we had 140 Summer Meal sponsors in 2016 and these sponsors together operated 889 sites.
Together, these sponsors served over 1.7 million meals, with about 1.3 million of these being lunches. In addition, over 87,000 snacks were served as well.
Most sponsors may serve up to two meals a day (excluding lunch and supper) and camps and sites that serve migrant children may serve up to 3 meals a day.
You can see that summer meals help a significant number of families throughout Oregon.

19. SFSP in Oregon
54.1% of students in National School Lunch Program eligible for free/ reduced-priced meals
18.1% of eligible participants participate in SFSP
However, there is still a lot of children in Oregon that can benefit from Summer Meals, but are not participating in this program.
In Oregon, 54.1% of students enrolled in the National School Lunch Program are eligible for free or reduced priced meals. This number does not include schools that are not participating in National School Lunch Program or their siblings that are not yet enrolled in school.
Out of the 54.1% however, only 18.1% of the eligible participants participate in the Summer Meals program. This is our best estimate of participation since in doesn’t include children who are not participating in NSLP.  

20. Oregon Counties No SFSP Sites Low Participation Harney (August)
Clackamas
Lake
Crook
Morrow (August)
Douglas
Sherman
Jackson
Wheeler
Lincoln
Hood River (August)
Tillamook
Wasco (August)
Union
Wallowa
We wanted to know why there was such a gap in participation, so ODN CNP analyzed data for summer meal sites by counties. We compared the number of SFSP sites in each county to the amount of eligible participants located there.
From this ODE CNP determined the counties that had the highest need.
The counties we identified as being in “need” fell into one of the three categories. There are counties with no SFSP sites for at least one month of the summer, counties that need more sites to serve more eligible children, and counties that have enough sites but participation is low.
What is interesting with the first group is that Harney and Morrow County, when SFSP is in operation, have two of the highest participation rates. Their participations rates hover around 25%- that is almost 10% higher than the average participation rate in Oregon.
The second set of counties have SFSP meal sites, but do not have enough SFSP sites by ODE’s estimations to serve eligible participants living in these areas. By our estimates these counties do not have at least 50% of the estimated number of meal sites to adequately serve the number of eligible participants in these areas.
The last set of target counties have enough if not more SFSP sites to feed eligible participants, but 10% or less of eligible participants are attending these sites on an average day. These are counties where we are trying to identify and minimize barriers to SFSP participation.
If you have a summer program in these areas or if you know of a program that could host a summer site in this area, you can contact ODE CNP to talk about bringing summer meals to this area.

21. Why? Stigma Transportation Safety Concerns Families Uninformed Teens
Participants “stuck” at home
Families Uninformed
This leads us to the age old question of “why”? Why is participation in summer meals so low compared to National School Lunch Program when the need is so great? And why are particular counties in Oregon not able to meet this need?
ODE has surveyed organizations participating in SFSP for their thoughts and these were some of the answers we received.
One reason eligible participants may not be participating is there is a stigma attached to it. Potential participants may be thinking the SFSP site is for only the quote-unquote poor kids.
There is also the thought of “I’m too cool for that” by teens and seeing younger children at the meal sites. Teens more often feel the need to be in an environment with peers closer to their age and not with their siblings.
Transportation- some sites may be too far away from where potential participants are actually located. In the more rural areas of the state, there may be miles between where kids live and SFSP sites. If an adult is not home, they may not have a safe way to get to the site. In some instances the child may attempt to go on their own, including riding bikes or walking on highways.
This brings us to the safety concern. Parents/ guardians may not allow children to leave their residence if they are not home. SFSP sites located in residential areas, such as apartment complexes, have seen kids looking out the windows at the site but they never come down to eat with them. Part of it is viewing the other complex as unsafe and the other goes back to the “it’s for them not for us” idea.
The reason that participation is low is that families and potential participants simply uninformed. Families might not know that all kids can come and eat at the site and not just the ones they see there. Families might not know that the site exists and they have no idea that SFSP meals are being served at their apartment complex at lunch time. Or simply, they just don’t know that SFSP even exists.

22. Brainstorming De-stigmatize! Advertise Be a community resource
Reach out
At our recent Summer Partner’s meeting with various sponsors and stakeholders, some of our sponsors shared resources and strategies that they used to encourage participation. These can be helpful for organizations who are considering joining summer meals as well.
Some of these strategies include de-stigmatizing by not including the words “low-income” or “high-need” in the advertisement. Also, advertise in different forums such as social media in addition to traditional media, and make yourself a known community resource. And it’s always good to reach out to current sponsors and organizations out there who can provide resources for you.

23. Reimbursable SFSP Lunch/Supper Reimbursable SFSP Breakfast
SFSP Meals
Reimbursable SFSP Lunch/Supper
Reimbursable SFSP Breakfast
Now that you know why summer meals exist and how they can help your community, we can talk about what summer meals look like. The SFSP meal pattern is very similar to the CACFP lunch, breakfast, and snack meal pattern. Please note that all children receive the same meal- there is not variation in portion sizes for younger or older kids. However, sponsors may apply for a waiver to use the CACFP meal pattern for participants under 5 years old.
Sponsors may serve up to up to 2 meals a day, although they cannot serve both a lunch and a supper. You can serve a lunch and breakfast, a snack and supper, or even just serve lunch.
Snacks must have two components, just like CACFP.

24. Reimbursement
In 2016, sponsors that are self-operational or are vended rural programs, received $2.13 for each breakfast, $3.74 for each lunch or supper, and $0.88 per snack. Vended non-rural sites receive slightly less per meal served. In addition, all sponsors will receive an additional 5 cents for each breakfast and/ or lunch served.
To be a vended program means that the sponsor contracts with a food service management company to manage the operations of their food service program. Self operating programs are just that- they operate all aspects of the Summer Food Service Program in -house.

25. Program Eligibility For-profit organizations are not eligible
Be located in a low-income area
Public or Non-profit entity
Demonstrate fiscal and administrative capability
Provide year-round public service
To be a SFSP sponsor, your site must be located in a low-income area. Like CACFP, you can use school data using the percentage of students who qualify for free/reduced price meals if the site is within an eligible school’s attendance boundaries. Sites can also use census data.
Sponsors must also be public or non-profit entities and must provide year-round public service and be able to demonstrate fiscal and administrative capability.
Note that for-profit organizations are not eligible to be sponsors, but may operate as a site under a public or non-profit sponsor.

26. Resources
ODE CNP has resources available on our SFSP website for becoming a SFSP sponsor. The “How do I apply to offer the Summer Meals Program?” link goes to our “Becoming A Summer Food Service Sponsor” Webpage. On it is a short video Food for Lane County produced about being a SFSP sponsor. Additionally, application materials may be found on this site as well.

27. Applications are due by
May 14, 2017
Here is the page for becoming a summer food service sponsor. If you click on the Applications Checklist, you’ll get a Word document that has a checklist of offline and online documents you’ll need for your application. Applications will need to be submitted by May 14 this year.

28. Applications are due by
Application Process
Applications are due by
May 14, 2017
Online Forms
Training
Similar to the CACFP, Summer Meals application process has 4 parts, the Offline forms which can be found on our website and the online forms, which are completed through CNPweb. CNPweb will be available after March 6, 2017 for renewals and new applicants for the 2017 program year.
Training and a pre-approval visit from your friendly specialist will be required for your application to be approved.
Again, all offline and online forms and trainings must be completed by May 14, 2017 in order for your application to move forward.

29. Area Eligibility
As mentioned previously, both At-Risk Afterschool program and Summer Meals Program sites must be in eligible areas. Area eligibility is determined by being in an area where at least 50% of children are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. For the At-Risk Afterschool program, this can be determined by being at a school or in the school boundary area of a school where 50% of their enrolled students are eligible for the free or reduced-price lunches. ODE CNP has a list that is updated every year of Oregon schools with the percentage of free and reduced price-eligible students. You can find it on our SFSP web page.

30. Area Eligibility
For Summer Meals, sponsors can also document site eligibility through Census Data. From the same SFSP webpage, you can also find the FNS Area Eligibility Map or the FNS Capacity Builder, both of which can be used to find census data.

31. Link: https://www.fns.usda.gov/capacitybuilder
FNS Capacity Builder
Link:
Let’s take a look at the Capacity Builder. Here’s the link to the Capacity Builder and you can insert the address for your site at the first arrow (click). Then you can go to the side bar to the left and see the operational layers that are available. If you want to see whether the site is in an area that is area eligible based on census data, (click) you can check the box next to FY17_FNS_CACFP_SFSP_Eligibility.

32. Here, I have zoomed out the map so you can see a larger area
Here, I have zoomed out the map so you can see a larger area. The Eligibility layer has been checked and now you can see a new layer on the map. You can see blue and red areas. The blue areas are not eligible since there are less than 50% of children who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals in that area. However, the red areas are eligible and it looks like our address is in an eligible area. So this would be an eligible location for SFSP based on Census Data.
Note: Both School Data and Census Data are good for 5 years.

33. Also, if you click on the blue dot, it’ll show you the statistics for the area. Note that it says Area Eligible? Yes.
If you’re in a non-eligible (blue) area and you’re surrounded by eligible areas, there may be a way to get eligibility for the site as well. Contact an ODE CNP specialist to find alternative ways to qualify the site.

34. In addition to checking out census data eligibility, the Capacity Builder is also very helpful as a summer site planning tool because you can see data about other sites and locations of other resources and information. (click) So I checked the Summer Meals Sites 2016 to show sites from last year and you can see that there are 3 sites nearby, but not very close, so this might be a good place for a site.

35. You can also click on those dots and see contact information for the site (click) as well as their serving times, dates, and meals.

36. If you were a sponsor that was interested in collaborating with libraries and farmers markets for your summer meal program, the Capacity Builder also has nearby libraries, museums, farmers markets, and congregations available as well. So here I checked the Libraries and Farmers Market boxes. And you can see the red icon for the library and the little blue dot for the farmers market.

37. Here is the information for the farmer’s market
Here is the information for the farmer’s market. There’s lots of different ways you can use the Capacity Builder and it’s a great tool for planning any type of community event since it provides a lot of detail on the local community and the available resources out there.

38. ODE Grants At-Risk Afterschool Meals and Summer Meals Program
Over $400,000 in grant funds available
Available up to $20,000 per sponsor
Allowable costs
Foodservice equipment purchases
Staffing costs for outreach
SFSP Planning
Enrichment activities
Transportation costs for summer meals
State funds, administered through ODE Child Nutrition Programs, are available for Start-up and Expansion Grants for At-Risk Afterschool Meals and Summer Meals Program. ODE CNP was provided $400,000 in grant funds available for Sponsors during the biennium. Grant funds are available up to a maximum of $20,000 per Sponsor during this biennium. At this time, there is still $150,000 left. For sponsors who have requested some but not the max of $20,000, you can reapply for the amount up to $20,000 that you haven’t received.
Grant applications will be considered for costs that support the start-up or expansion of at-risk afterschool or summer meal sites. Examples of allowable costs include:
Foodservice equipment purchases
Staffing costs for outreach and increasing participation
SFSP Planning
Enrichment activities
Transportation costs for summer meals.
This transportation cost is the cost of the transportation of meals to sites and not the cost of transporting participants to meal sites. Grant funds cannot be used to purchase a vehicle, but grant funds may be used to refurbish one that has already been acquired.

39. ODE Grants Important Dates:
Round 4:
Opens February 3, 2017
Closes February 24, 2017
For more information contact Cathy Brock at or
The grant is in it’s 4th round right now and it opens on February 3rd and closes February 24th.
All funds must be spent by the end of the biennium.
For more information, please contact Cathy Brock, at or

40. Summer Sunshine Award Winner
Congratulations to Renea Woods and the Child Hunger Coalition of Klamath County! Winner of the 2016 Summer Sunshine Award for Outstanding Summer Meals Partner!

41. Contacts For additional information on these programs
CACFP and/ or SFSP
Cathy Brock
Hazel Randolph
If you would like more information from us in regards to these programs, Cathy’s contact information is available on this slide.

42. Questions?

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