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In July of 20, the program provided meals to 5.7 and 5.1 million children each day, respectively.

COVID-19 Working Paper: Filling the Pandemic Meal Gap: Disruptions to Child Nutrition Programs and Expansion of Free Meal Sites in the Early Months of the Pandemic.

The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report.

The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report.

To learn more about pandemic-era changes to the SFSP, please see: Many children also obtained free meals through the NSLP and SBP’s Seamless Summer Option (see FNS's School Meals). In response to these disruptions and to meet rising food needs during the pandemic, USDA waived restrictions on the location of SFSP sites and when they could operate, making the SFSP one of the largest child nutrition programs during the pandemic.

The onset of the pandemic in the second half of FY 2020 disrupted the provision of meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) by forcing schools to limit their operations.

Half or more of the children served by the site meet this income criterion (see FNS's Summer Food Service Program).

The sites operate in areas where at least half of the children come from families with incomes at or below 185 percent of the Federal poverty level or.

Typically, sites are eligible to offer free USDA-funded meals and snacks if: SFSP sites include: schools, camps, parks, playgrounds, housing projects, community centers, churches, and other public sites where children gather in the summer.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers SFSP sites. In July of 2019, the month when SFSP operations typically peak, the program provided meals to 2.7 million children each day across more than 47,000 sites. In fiscal year (FY) 2019 (before the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic), the program served a total of 142 million meals at a cost of about $475 million. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free meals to children in low-income areas through eligible organizations, primarily in the summer months when most schools are closed for instruction.