Accessing Summer Food and After School Snack Resources - Telephone Workshop

To listen to this workshop, click the link above. To be joined to a summer food sponsor, see below.

Workshop Summary
On Thursday, May 21, 2009 the Network offered a Telephone Workshop, Accessing Summer Food and After School Snack Resources. Participants learned how to access federal funding available to provide meals during the summer. The call included experts from the California Department of Education, the United States Department of Agriculture, the California Food Policy Advocates, the California Association of Food Banks, and the Food Research and Action Center. Participants learned the requirements to become a summer food sponsor (and operate many feeding sites), and how to become a summer food site (and operate under the umbrella of a sponsor). Also discussed were the number of after school snack programs that are available. The workshop also covered how to utilize local Food Bank resources to provide food to youth all year round. Participants in this workshop also heard from a successful large-scale summer food program operating in Sacramento, offering them an understanding of the day to day operations of summer food programs.

Featured Speakers (Click Play Button Above to listen to audio
Crystal FitzSimons: Food Resource and Action Center (FRAC)
Melissa Garza: CDE Nutrition Services Division
Ronna Jakobitz: CDE Nutrition Services Division
Richard Lincoln: Superintendent; 4th R Children Services, Summer Food
Eric Manke: California Association of Food Banks
Matt Sharp: California Food Policy Advocates
Timothy Thole: USDA Food and Nutrition Services

After School Snack Programs

• The National School Lunch After School Meals Program (For School Districts)
• The Child and Adult Care Food Program (For outside of school programs, snack and supper served when school is not in session)
• Community Child Nutrition Snack Project (An After School Snack Program that can provide snack to eligible organizations)
• Locate feeding sites in the Oakland area for summer 09: Dial 1-800-870-FOOD

For more information call the CDE Nutrition Services Division at 1-800-952-5609. More information can be found at their website - http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/di/or/division.asp?id=nsd

Additional Resources

Information for ASES grantees on participating in Summer Food
http://www.frac.org/CA_Guide/summer_funding.html

Basics about the Califonria Community Child Nutrition Pilot Project
http://www.frac.org/CA_Guide/pilot_program.html

Becoming a Sponsor of Summer Food Programs is a very real option
It may be difficult to become a sponsor of summer food programs for this summer. The experts listed below recommended to sign up to be a site (click the link above) for this summer while beginning the process to become a summer food sponsor. To begin the process of becoming a summer food sponsor call the CDE Nutrition Services Division at 1-800-952-5609. Ask to be put on their mailing list and learn how to begin the application process. More information can be found at their website - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/sf/sfspinfo.asp

Sign up to be matched with a summer food sponsor
This function is no longer enabled. Matches have been made. For more information about summer food and after school snack programs contact the CDE Nutrition Services Division at 1-800-952-5609. More information can be found at their website - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/sf/sfspinfo.asp