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NEW YORK STATE

Summer Food Service Program Status Report June 2019

Summer Food Service Program Status Report HUNGER SOLUTIONS NEW YORK 1

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free meals and snacks to children in eligible communities during the summer months. Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and New York State (NYS), the program is intended to ensure children do not go hungry when school is out of session and school meals are not available. However, in NYS, the SFSP reaches fewer than one in three students who rely on healthy school meals, creating a nutritional gap for many low-income children.

During the 2016 -2017 school year, nearly 1.1 million low-income school-age children across NYS relied on free or reduced-priced school lunch. That number accounts for more than 75% of total school lunches (1.4M) eaten on an average school day in March 2017, and it is a number that has been increasing over the past several years. During July 2017, the SFSP reached nearly 287,000 children, approximately 27% of the low-income students who ate school lunch just a few months prior.

WHY DO SUMMER MEALS MATTER?

Summer meals provide many benefits to children: they provide quality nutrition during the summer months when school meals are not available to fuel academic readiness, they may help curb obesity, and they promote increased positive peer interactions in communities and enrichment programs.

It is widely understood that students lose academic ground over the summer months, and that this loss increases with age through the middle school years. In recent years, this troubling “summer learning slide” phenomenon has placed added focus on the necessity of incorporating meals into summer enrichment programming.

The SFSP also benefits communities: free summer meals for kids and teens offset the limited food budgets of families in low-income communities; meal preparation and service creates summer employment opportunities; meals enhance camp and other summer enrichment programs; and since meals are federally and state funded, millions of dollars are infused into local economies as each summer meal served and claimed for reimbursement draws down public funding.

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ABOUT SUMMER MEALS

School districts, food banks, local government entities, faith-based organizations, and other community-based nonprofit organizations can be involved in summer meals. Qualifying entities can be program sponsors and/or meal sites. The program is administered by USDA at the national level and NYS Education Department (NYSED) at the state level.

Sponsors handle program operations, menu planning and preparation or vendor contracts, and general administration, training, and management of sites. Sponsors use public reimbursement dollars to prepare and serve or purchase vended summer meals, and are reimbursed per meal served. The USDA annually updates the per-meal reimbursement rate for the SFSP. In addition, NYS contributes a per-meal reimbursement.

Sites are the locations where children eat. Since the SFSP is intended to serve low-income children, meal sites are predominantly located in areas of high need (defined as where 50% or more of children qualify for free or reduced-price school meals) and where many children naturally gather. Examples of site locations include parks, day camps, schools, libraries, playgrounds, churches, low-income housing communities and other neighborhood centers and locations. While day camp and residential camp sites enroll children in their care, most neighborhood sites are considered open to the community’s children and do not require an enrollment process. In those locations, kids and teens can simply drop in during times when meals or snacks are served.

SUSTAINABLE GROWTH EFFORTS

Since sponsors and meal sites make the SFSP a success, it is important to identify and recruit sustainable sponsors and meal sites in areas where there is an unmet need. Equally important to the SFSP’s success is ensuring that children are eating at meal sites. To serve those goals, in recent years, the USDA and national partners have hosted informational webinars, released information about the prevalence of summer hunger to the media, established a national SFSP week in June, and created interactive online capacity-building mappers and site locator texting options. NYSED and state and regional advocates conduct outreach throughout the year to identify new sponsors and sites in underserved areas, conduct statewide and regional campaigns during the summer on public transportation and in public places, and promote the availability of online site finder mappers and hotline and texting options for families to locate their nearest meal site. In addition, sponsors with open community sites conduct local outreach to promote their own sites.

MISSED MEALS AND OPPORTUNITIES

While New York State has one of the largest programs in the nation, in both average daily participation and ratio to low-income students who regularly eat school meals, there are tens of thousands more children who could benefit from the nutrition SFSP provides.

There are not enough meal sites in currently eligible areas to reach all hungry children. In some communities, access is limited due to lack of program sponsors or because it is difficult to reach meal site locations. Additionally, a number of areas across the state with significant concentrations of low-income children lack access to summer nutrition programs due to current federal eligibility guidelines. Other common reasons for low participation include:

• lack of sites located where kids and teensnaturally gather or are enrolled in summerenrichment programming;

• lack of appealing activities at sites;

• limited meal options and menu appeal;

• lack of awareness about the availabilityof free meals;

• limited access to transportation;

• safety concerns outside of the immediatemeal site location; and

• stigma, especially for teens and caregiverswho would bring a young child to a site.

Even where sites are in operation, meals are often only served for a portion of the summer. A fraction of all sites operate most or all weeks of summer break, the vast majority of them in NYC, on Long Island, and in a few upstate counties. Other than residential camps that serve low-income campers, only a handful of sites operate during weekends.

Throughout the school year, there are missed opportunities for SFSP sponsors to nourish kids with afterschool meals. Qualifying SFSP sponsors may continue to serve meals to low-income students in eligible afterschool care programs through a different USDA nutrition program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program’s (CACFP) At-Risk Afterschool Supper/Snack component. In NYS, unlike in most other states, CACFP is administered by a separate state agency—the NYS Department of Health—with a separate application process and operating procedures. Those additional considerations have proven to be a barrier to CACFP afterschool meals participation for summer meals sponsors.

Communities, as well as state and federal government, can take action to address those missed opportunities and alleviate summertime childhood hunger. Hunger Solutions New York created this brief to raise awareness about the benefits and reach of the Summer Food Service Program to aid local advocates and partners, and to provide examples and recommendations of how to strengthen the program in underserved areas of the state.

While SFSP may operate the entire summer, for the purposes of this report, we will focus on the core summer months of July and August.

MEAL TYPE SITE TYPE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT

NYS SUPPLEMENT

BreakfastRural and/or Self Prep $2.1875 $0.0567

Other* $2.1450 $0.0567

Lunch/SupperRural and/or Self Prep $3.8325 $0.1761

Other* $3.7700 $0.1761

SnackRural and/or Self Prep $0.9075 $0.1194

Other* $0.8875 $0.1194

2017 Summer Food Service Program Reimbursement Rates

*Meals purchased from a vendor and served at urban sites are reimbursed at the lower rate.

2019 reimbursement rates can be found at:www.cn.nysed.gov/content/2019-summer-food-service-program-federal-reimbursement-rates

http://www.cn.nysed.gov/content/2019-summer-food-service-program-federal-reimbursement-rates


STATEWIDE FINDINGS

• During the summer of 2017, 359 sponsors operated (claimed reimbursable mealsfrom) a total of 2,9521 sites in 61 of 62 counties.

• Although final participation data for summer 2018 was not available when this reportwas prepared, we can note that as of the end of summer 2018, there were 377 sponsorsapproved to serve 3,128 sites in all but one county. Although historically not all approvedsites have operated and claimed meals, this preliminary data reflects continued steadygrowth in efforts to sustainably expand access to summer nutrition.

Key Findings—Summer 2017 in NYSOverview of SFSP—Summer Meals Gaps

Although summer recess from school is 10 weeks long, children most often have access to summer meals during a portion of July. In July 2017, nearly 287,000 children ate at one of 2,886 meal sites across NYS; statewide, sites served lunch an average of 17 days of the month, and served breakfast an average of 13 days. However, during August 2017, fewer than 244,000 children ate at one of 2,761 operating sites, which averaged 13 days of service for lunch and nine for breakfast. While residential camps most often operate every day of the month, and may skew a county’s average days of service higher than a typical community meal site, it is notable that most sites that operate near the beginning of summer often begin after Independence Day, and those that operate in August most often end their meal service within the first week or two of the month.

Participation in the Summer Food Service Program is significantly lower than in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). School lunch participation is relatively strong among low-income children. Seventy-six percent of low-income children who qualified for free or reduced-price school meals ate school lunch on an average school day in March 2017. In recent years, concerted national, statewide, and regional outreach efforts have been undertaken to make information about summer meal sites more easily accessible to

the general public via online resources, text message services, and social media. Despite those efforts, summer meals participation remains relatively stagnant statewide. During July 2017, statewide, the SFSP reached 27% of students who ate school lunch just a few months prior.2 New York City reached 36% of low-income students who ate school lunch, while the rest of the state reached 17%.

Lunch, then breakfast, are the most common meals served. Most summer food programs have the option to serve a certain combination of one or two of the following meal types daily: breakfast, lunch, snack, or supper. For example, open and closed enrolled sites may choose to serve up to any two meal types except for a lunch and supper combination; residential camps and migrant sites may serve up to three meals (including snacks) each day. Overwhelmingly throughout NYS, sponsors/sites offer lunch alone. The second most common daily service is for breakfast and lunch, a positive and encouraged trend in recent years that provides the maximum nutrition allowed under program rules. During July and August of 2017, nearly 6.4 million breakfasts and more than 9.6 million lunches were served to children. Approximately 30 percent of all breakfasts and lunches served in both months were to children from upstate New York and 70 percent were to those from New York City.

IN NYS IN THE SUMMER OF 2017, ON AVERAGE:

Fewer than one-third of low-income children had access to summer lunch.

Outside of New York City, fewer than one in five children had access to summer lunch.

There was a larger gap in access to summer breakfast.

There was a larger gap in access to all summer meals in August.

Only 27% of NYS’s 1.06 million low-income children who rely on school meals ate SFSP lunch in July

17% of the rest of the state’s low-income children ate SFSP lunch in July

36% of New York City’s low-income children ate SFSP lunch in July

Access Gap

Geographical Gap

Breakfast Gap August Gap

2,952 Sites

898 Sites

operated at some time during the summer

operated after mid-August, excluding residential camps

JULY

AUG

286,797 kids ate SFSP lunch

184,534 kids ate SFSP breakfast

days for lunch

days for breakfast

vs.

In July:

¹This number is higher than table totals for July and August as not all sites operated in both months.

²The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) also provided approximately 67,000 meals daily in 36 counties during some weeks of the summer. Places that serve NSLP during the summer weeks include schools providing summer school classes, religious schools, as well as foster care and special needs centers. While the overall summertime reach of USDA child nutrition programs would be higher in these counties, the purpose of this report was to analyze participation and reach in the SFSP.

And sites were open for service an average of:


COUNTY FINDINGS

Many upstate counties have very few summer food sites.

COUNTY RATIO OF SFSP TO NSLP ADP

Clinton 9%

Columbia 5%Fulton 10%Genesee 10%Hamilton 0%Madison 8%Montgomery 10%Ontario 6%Orleans 6%

COUNTY JULY SITES AUGUST SITES

Cayuga 8 7

Chenango 11 9Clinton 8 8Columbia 5 4Cortland 11 9Essex 9 8Fulton 4 4Genesee 9 10Greene 5 5Hamilton 0 0Herkimer 9 9Lewis 3 3Livingston 4 4Madison 5 5

COUNTY JULY SITES AUGUST SITES

Montgomery 6 6Ontario 5 5Orleans 3 3Otsego 8 7Putnam 6 6Saint Lawrence 6 4Schoharie 4 4Schuyler 5 4Seneca 7 7Warren 10 9Washington 3 2Wyoming 2 2Yates 9 9

Counties Serving 10% or Fewer of their Low-income Children through SFSP in July 2017

Counties with 10 or Fewer SFSP Sites in July and/or August 2017

Seventeen upstate counties served 10% or fewer of their low-income children through the SFSP in July 2017, based on the ratio of average daily participation in SFSP lunch to average daily participation in NSLP free or reduced-price school lunch in March 2017.

COUNTY RATIO OF SFSP TO NSLP ADP

Putnam 7%Saint Lawrence

8%

Saratoga 8%Schoharie 7%Suffolk 9%Ulster 7%Washington 4%Wyoming 2%

Most counties average fewer than 20 serving days each month.3

• Only three counties’ sites averaged at least 20 serving days in July (Clinton, Greene, and Kings).

• Only one county’s (Saratoga) sites averaged 20 serving days in August.

Access to summer meals in August dropped off, in terms of both days of service and number of sites available. While 2,761 sites served meals sometime in August, other than residential camps, only:

• 898 sites (591 of them in NYC) in 39 counties were approved to serve meals after Friday, August 18, leaving children in most areas across the state without access to summer nutrition programs nearly three weeks before school started.

• 534 sites (422 of them in NYC) in 25 counties were approved to serve through Friday, September 1.

Note: In summer 2018, there appears to have been improvement, with 2,954 total sites in 61 counties approved to operate in August. Of those, apart from residential camps, 1,070 sites in 42 counties were approved to operate after Friday, August 17. In addition, 668 sites (500 of them in NYC) in 33 counties were approved to serve through the last week of summer.

• During July 2017, while there were nearly 2,900 summer meal sites operating statewide, more than 40% of the state’s counties (27:62) had 10 or fewer sites operating in July and/or August.

• Fourteen upstate counties throughout NYS had five or fewer summer meal sites in operation in July and/or August.

• Only one county (Hamilton) had no summer meal site available.

NYS is missing out on millions of federal dollars. Summer meals benefit communities. Meal preparation creates summer employment opportunities, SFSP meals augment camp and other summer program services, and producing meals supports local food systems. For each meal served, summer food sponsors receive a per-meal reimbursement, primarily from the federal government, to pay for meal-related costs. Those costs include food, labor, meal packaging, and transportation (though based on feedback from a variety of sponsors, it can be a stretch to cover all of these costs). Since serving more meals means more reimbursement, it is financially advantageous for NYS to increase participation in the SFSP. If the SFSP had reached 40% of the low-income children eating school lunch during the 2016-2017 school year—the benchmark used by national partner Food Research and Action Center—not only would counties have fed an additional 138,000 children in July and 181,000 in August, NYS would have received $8.3 million additional federal reimbursement dollars in July 2017 and $11.2 million in August 2017 for lunch meals alone, even if maintaining the same average number of serving days.

³Twenty serving days in July is what is assumed by national anti-hunger partner Food Research and Action Center, when determining state-level average daily participation nationwide.


Action Steps to Increase Access to SFSP SPONSOR STRATEGIES

Summer food sponsors and sites make the SFSP a success in NYS. A growing number are strategically working to make sure the SFSP is operating well in their community and reaching more kids and teens. Efforts include: conducting coordinated outreach and promoting available meal sites before and throughout summer, organizing volunteers and activities at sites to engage children around the meal service time, conducting taste tests and including children’s preferences in menu options.

Examples of other strategies:

Maximize participation among historically tried-and-true sites. There has been solid growth in recent years in the number of summer enrichment programs that have added summer meals. Such programs include: NYS YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs, and Salvation Army summer programs.

Connect with non-traditional partners. Statewide efforts have identified under-tapped potential site locations where children gather over the summer. Libraries are one such location. A statewide effort has been connecting libraries with sponsors. This has allowed libraries to expand their service, raising the number of sites from 36 in 2014 to 127 in 2018. Libraries have been excellent partners in feeding children, often seamlessly wrapping meals around their summer reading programming. Doing so can help minimize the stigma associated with summer meals served in isolation and increase participation in both summer meals and library programs.

Collaborate with area sponsors to assess and expand the reach of SFSP. City and region-wide outreach partnerships have developed in Rochester, the Capital Region, and the Southern Tier in recent years. A Rochester community foundation, the United Way, and area food banks bring sponsors together multiple times a year to talk about strengths, unmet need, opportunities, and meal quality. They share lessons learned that help with overall improvement in their service areas. Those groups also fund some sponsors’ or sites’ new initiatives to expand summer meals service and join forces to promote summer meals to potential sites and families through social and traditional media.

Expand meal service to neighboring counties. Sponsors are not bound by county or even state lines; a growing number of sponsors are reaching across traditional lines to serve sites in neighboring communities. For example, Gowanda School District in Cattaraugus County sponsors several sites in Erie County.

Think creatively about expanding meal sites’ days of service and reaching underserved teens. Island Harvest on Long Island connected with area high schools to provide meals to student athletes and musicians involved with practices and other activities on campus during the final weeks of summer.

Explore innovative approaches to meal delivery. After consulting with several community-based organizations that have developed mobile routes, Gates-Chili Central School District in Monroe County and Lyons Central School District in Wayne County launched mobile routes in 2018, in partnership with their transportation department and/or area libraries.

Engage the entire community to support summer meals. Schenectady Community Ministries (SICM) has organized volunteer teams from area businesses, organizations, congregations, and the local NYS Air National Guard base to serve meals for a week at various sites all 10 weeks of summer. The organization also coordinates with nonprofits that provide free creative arts and swimming lessons at city parks so enrichment activities are provided around meal serving times.

Improve nutritional quality by offering menu variety and more NYS fresh produce. Deposit Central School District in Delaware County incorporates school garden and greenhouse grown produce in their weekly menu rotation at their elementary school’s open site. Children help tend the garden and greenhouse, pick and bring the produce into the cafeteria, and wash and prepare the produce to serve with their summer lunch program. The school district’s horticulture class also grows fresh herbs for the summer program.

Develop some summer sites as year-round nutrition hubs. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area in Albany and Rensselaer counties self-preps summer and afterschool meals for several of their sites and serves as the vendor for a growing number of other area sponsors’ sites. Club attendees and neighborhood kids alike know that they can enjoy a fresh and tasty meal to fuel their summer or afterschool enrichment activities. Weekly Family Night meals (offset by private funding) bring the community together, serving an average of 40-60 families in Troy every summer Friday evening.


Additional Recommendations for SFSP in NYSThe USDA, NYSED, and many program sponsors, meal sites, community- based organizations, schools, and advocates conduct extensive outreach and promotion of summer meals. Still, gaps remain:

• Additional sponsors and sites are needed to reach more low-income youth.

• Community service providers must be better informed about SFSP in their area, so they can make referrals for families.

• Sponsors and sites need to effectively market sites and prove themselves as welcoming to families and children.

We must do more to decrease summertime childhood hunger.

LOCAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Use the USDA Capacity Builder interactive mapper (embedded on SummerMealsNY.org) to identify common and recommended partner systems not yet involved with summer meals and encourage them to become involved in outreach and serve as sites in underserved areas.

Encourage communities where the SFSP is in operation to share experiences and collaboratively identify gaps and needs in local meal programs such as transportation, marketing and meal quality.

Encourage sponsors and sites to expand the days of service and types of meals served daily, as allowed.

Preserve summer school programs in high-need school districts, and ensure they serve meals to students through the federal child nutrition programs.

Encourage sponsors to survey children and parents about meal quality and cultural appropriateness, staff service, and meal site location.

NYS RECOMMENDATIONS

Require school districts with eligible schools in underserved communities to provide meals to sites, as a sponsor or vendor, for a minimum of 30 days, with increased administrative support from the regulatory agency.

Develop a system to promote and connect sites with sponsors in both SFSP and CACFP, including posting information and resources on both agency websites; coordinate, cross-promote and cross-train on both programs.

Provide supplemental reimbursement for sponsors who include enrichment activities in their meal service and/or provide transportation to underserved areas.

Create new funding sources to increase the amount of NYS-grown fruit and vegetables on the menu.

Create incentive funding sources to encourage sponsors in good standing to expand their service reach in terms of meal types served, average daily participation, and days of service in underserved areas, weeks of summer and/or school holidays.

Ease program administration and operation for sponsors and sites by integrating the use of more technology to increase capacity.

Child Nutrition Reauthorization

The most recent federal Child Nutrition Reauthorization in 2010 affected SFSP in specific ways:

• Required school food authorities to collaborate with summer food sponsors on developing and distributing SFSP outreach materials.

• Allowed nonprofit summer food sponsors to operate more meal sites by lifting the cap that limited the number of sites and children served.

• Improved and supported more efficient ways to identify low-income children and therefore qualify more geographic areas to become summer meal sites.

• Authorized $20 million in grants to SFSP sponsors to establish and maintain programs.

Yet national data show a minimal increase in average daily SFSP lunch participation, both nationally and in NYS, compared to the increase in the number of low-income students regularly benefiting from school lunch.

As Congress drafts the next Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill, federal and state authorities can do more to increase program access by:

• Expanding program eligibility for sponsors and sites.

• Increasing per-meal reimbursements.

• Encouraging systemic coordination between and participation of operators of other child nutrition programs.

• Offering start-up grants to organizations new to the program.

• Offering capacity-building grants to experienced sponsors.

FEDERAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Streamline access:

Align the eligibility requirement with the Department of Education’s Title 1 and 21st Century Community Learning Center programs by expanding the SFSP area eligibility threshold from 50% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price school meals to 40%.

Allow local government agencies and private nonprofit organizations to feed children year-round through the SFSP.

Maximize program effectiveness:

Increase flexibility and explore other options to provide nutrition support to children with limited access to congregate feeding models outside of school.

• Implement a Summer EBT for children qualified for free/reduced-price school meals.

• Provide funding for start-up grants for mobile meals and other innovative strategies for rural and other hard-to-reach communities.

• Give funding priority for federal grants to programs that sponsor/operate all eligible child nutrition programs.

• Allow all SFSP sites the option of serving a third meal.


SFSP is part of a larger group of publicly funded nutrition programs that help alleviate food insecurity across New York State and nationwide. Hunger Solutions New York provides information and assistance to help schools, organizations, and families connect with these programs, which include:

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) CACFP funds healthy meals and snacks in afterschool enrichment programs, daycare settings—including childcare centers, daycare homes, and adult daycare centers—and some emergency shelters. Visit ChildcareMealsNY.org to learn more.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) SNAP provides monthly benefits to help eligible low-income households supplement their grocery budgets. Hunger Solutions New York provides SNAP outreach, education, and application assistance through county-based Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP) Coordinators. Visit FoodHelpNY.org to find a local NOEP Coordinator.

National School Lunch Program & National School Breakfast Program School meal programs provide healthy breakfast and lunch to students every school day. Students who qualify under income guidelines can receive school meals for free or at a reduced price. Visit SchoolMealsHubNY.org for more information and to learn about strategies for schools to increase access and student participation in school meal programs.

Spread the Word About Other Nutrition Programsthat nourish kids where they live, learn, and play!

Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) CEP allows qualified schools with high concentrations of low-income students to serve free school breakfast and lunch to all students. Visit SchoolMealsHubNY.org to learn about CEP eligibility, program benefits, and how schools can get started.

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) WIC provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, nutrition education, and breastfeeding promotion and support to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk. Hunger Solutions New York’s WIC Help NY outreach program provides community-based outreach, statewide campaigns, and public education efforts. Visit WICHelpNY.org to connect with a WIC Help Specialist.

2018 SFSP Waiver Rescissions

In October 2018, USDA rescinded several national waivers, including those allowing the following flexibilities:

• Extending area eligibility to closed enrolled sites;

• Extending the Offer Versus Serve option to non-school food authority (SFA) sponsors;

• Waiving first week site visits for SFAs, CACFP sponsors, and returning sites in good standing, and;

• Waiving certain meal timing and duration requirements, including the requirement that three hours must elapse between the beginning of one meal service and another, or four hours between lunch and supper if no snack is served.

As we look to the next Child Nutrition Reauthorization and as other rulemaking processes allow, we encourage USDA to incorporate the flexibilities previously permitted through waivers into SFSP regulations.

In the meantime, we commend NYSED for requesting and receiving statewide waivers for the regulations pertaining to Offer Versus Serve, meal timing and duration, and area eligibility for closed enrolled sites. In the absence of statewide waivers for the remaining policies, which relate to first week site visits, local sponsors may submit waivers through NYSED.

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New York State can make significant strides toward reducing summertime childhood hunger.

What is needed is a concerted effort at the federal, state and local levels. Collaboration is necessary to identify and address unmet needs, and to increase access to meal locations through more sustainable sites and sponsors in underserved areas. Federal, state and local leaders must work to safeguard and embed SFSP into summer enrichment programming in low-income communities and increase SFSP awareness and promotion. Leaders must collaborate as well to find ways to financially support the SFSP to ensure quality programs, and to connect children and families to all the supports available to them.


COUNTY SPONSORS, ALL MONTHS

JULY SITES

AUGUST SITES

Albany 11 43 41

Allegany 6 12 11

Bronx 1 287 273

Broome 7 45 44

Cattaraugus 3 19 19

Cayuga 2 8 7

Chautauqua 8 33 31

Chemung 2 27 28

Chenango 8 11 9

Clinton 3 8 8

Columbia 1 5 4

Cortland 5 11 9

Delaware 7 13 13

Dutchess** 10 45 42

Erie 12 177 171

Essex 1 9 8

Franklin 3 25 24

Fulton 2 4 4

Genesee 3 9 10

Greene 3 5 5

Hamilton 0 0 0

Herkimer 4 9 9

Jefferson 6 39 34

Kings 72 426 409

Lewis 1 3 3

Livingston 2 4 4

Madison 4 5 5

Monroe 11 122 116

Montgomery 4 6 6

Nassau 5 74 73

New York 17 218 213

Niagara 1 40 39

COUNTY 2017 2018

Albany 11 15

Allegany 0 0

Bronx 110 132

Broome 13 13

Cattaraugus 0 2

Cayuga 2 3

Chautauqua 4 6

Chemung 0 10

Chenango 1 0

Clinton 5 5

Columbia 0 0

Cortland 3 4

Delaware 2 2

Dutchess 13 11

Erie 11 70

Essex 0 0

Franklin 0 0

Fulton 0 0

Genesee 0 0

Greene 0 0

Hamilton 0 0

Herkimer 0 0

Jefferson 2 2

Kings 232 224

Lewis 0 0

Livingston 0 0

Madison 0 0

Monroe 64 53

Montgomery 0 3

Nassau 29 23

New York 109 122

Niagara 16 20

COUNTY SPONSORS, ALL MONTHS

JULY SITES

AUGUST SITES

Oneida 6 43 35

Onondaga 8 72 69

Ontario** 2 5 5

Orange 7 53 48

Orleans 2 3 3

Oswego 8 32 32

Otsego 5 8 7

Out-of-State** 6 0 0

Putnam 2 6 6

Queens 2 305 294

Rensselaer 2 25 27

Richmond 1 81 81

Rockland 6 13 14

Saint Lawrence 4 6 4

Saratoga 2 20 18

Schenectady 2 30 29

Schoharie 2 4 4

Schuyler 1 5 4

Seneca 4 7 7

Steuben 11 39 37

Suffolk 12 107 100

Sullivan 6 99 99

Tioga 4 20 13

Tompkins 4 21 19

Ulster 4 27 28

Warren 3 10 9

Washington 1 3 2

Wayne 6 17 16

Westchester 10 72 68

Wyoming 0 2 2

Yates 1 9 9

NYS Total 359 2,886 2,761

COUNTY 2017 2018

Oneida 1 1

Onondaga 2 6

Ontario 0 0

Orange 14 29

Orleans 0 0

Oswego 4 4

Otsego 1 1

Putnam 1 1

Queens 122 137

Rensselaer 10 9

Richmond 18 25

Rockland 2 2

Saint Lawrence 2 1

Saratoga 15 16

Schenectady 18 29

Schoharie 0 0

Schuyler 0 0

Seneca 0 0

Steuben 5 7

Suffolk 39 47

Sullivan 7 9

Tioga 1 2

Tompkins 3 8

Ulster 2 4

Warren 1 2

Washington 0 0

Wayne 0 1

Westchester 2 6

Wyoming 0 0

Yates 1 3

Yates 1 9

NYS Total 898 1070

Number of Sponsors and Sites*Summer Food Service Program, July and August 2017

Number of Sites other than Residential Camps Approved to Operate after Mid-AugustSummer Food Service Program, 2017* and 2018**

*Sponsors may be geographically located in one county, but operate meal sites in different counties and/or multiple counties. Sites are listed by their geographic location, not necessarily where children reside during the school year.

**These counties had at least one sponsor that served sites in either July or August, but not both months.

*2017: number of sites other than residential camps approved to operate after Friday, August 18

**2018: number of sites other than residential camps approved to operate after Friday, August 17


COUNTY

JULY AUGUSTBreakfast Lunch Snack Supper Total Breakfast Lunch Supper Snack Total

Albany 36,886 52,131 0 7,747 96,764 17,710 25,475 951 0 44,136Allegany 4,234 7,070 309 0 11,613 2,596 3,606 0 135 6,337Broome 26,567 48,245 10,480 4,913 90,205 15,400 28,488 435 6,197 50,520Cattaraugus 704 12,196 0 0 12,900 469 7,173 0 0 7,642Cayuga 5,000 5,035 0 0 10,035 2,424 3,333 0 0 5,757Chautauqua 16,403 22,261 2,343 1,636 42,643 9,120 13,144 192 1,708 24,164Chemung 8,979 15,344 0 1,773 26,096 4,598 9,439 860 0 14,897Chenango 8,679 16,868 0 0 25,547 3,715 5,664 0 0 9,379Clinton 4,457 7,797 0 2,630 14,884 1,185 3,338 175 0 4,698Columbia 1,797 2,049 0 0 3,846 1,254 1,355 0 0 2,609Cortland 9,836 13,447 0 890 24,173 4,589 6,878 0 0 11,467Delaware 7,723 11,297 0 0 19,020 3,820 6,074 0 0 9,894Dutchess 27,395 43,262 2,340 6,054 79,051 14,280 25,682 1,793 2,677 44,432Erie 96,199 188,055 19,121 9,757 313,132 65,894 139,622 4,996 14,580 225,092Essex 4,460 5,922 0 0 10,382 2,027 2,566 0 0 4,593Franklin 11,861 21,481 0 0 33,342 6,050 11,382 0 0 17,432Fulton 5,315 6,327 0 0 11,642 3,101 3,215 0 0 6,316Genesee 2,203 4,552 0 0 6,755 1,353 2,104 0 0 3,457Greene 8,373 8,982 0 4,875 22,230 2,706 2,789 1,950 0 7,445Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Herkimer 3,404 8,545 0 0 11,949 1,966 4,469 0 0 6,435Jefferson 6,503 30,321 13,293 0 50,117 3,169 16,383 0 5,663 25,215Lewis 2,666 3,172 0 0 5,838 888 1,130 0 0 2,018Livingston 6,693 6,066 0 705 13,464 4,284 3,735 0 0 8,019Madison 3,368 4,057 0 1,719 9,144 2,116 2,612 1,080 0 5,808Monroe 118,035 128,633 13,778 3,977 264,423 59,795 72,697 978 7,973 141,443Montgomery 4,776 6,545 0 0 11,321 2,587 3,479 0 0 6,066Nassau 23,339 90,282 14,137 0 127,758 12,764 50,232 0 11,030 74,026Niagara 14,215 31,521 0 212 45,948 9,524 18,933 40 0 28,497New York City

2,833,283 4,171,217 65,167 1,000,627 8,070,294 2,117,336 3,083,004 935,870 50,858 6,187,068

Oneida 9,856 45,024 2,909 0 57,789 4,073 20,049 0 1,141 25,263Onondaga 61,540 95,120 0 564 157,224 19,255 33,366 0 0 52,621Ontario 2,072 3,618 1,567 0 7,257 1,524 2,804 550 1,142 6,020Orange 95,680 116,408 0 56,539 268,627 77,026 91,360 60,554 0 228,940

COUNTY

JULY AUGUSTBreakfast Lunch Snack Supper Total Breakfast Lunch Supper Snack Total

Orleans 2,651 2,695 1,257 0 6,603 1,150 1,176 0 275 2,601Oswego 8,997 17,911 2,833 3,152 32,893 4,929 10,505 813 2,543 18,790Otsego 4,811 5,798 1,105 1,089 12,803 1,039 2,115 126 106 3,386Putnam 3,310 3,380 0 1,928 8,618 2,443 2,524 1,186 0 6,153Rensselaer 17,389 28,184 5,020 0 50,593 8,713 16,398 0 3,611 28,722Rockland 20,679 25,696 222 2,341 48,938 10,072 12,857 1,070 122 24,121Saint Lawrence 3,118 7,324 0 0 10,442 819 2,071 0 0 2,890

Saratoga 2,108 5,893 479 0 8,480 1,416 4,932 0 117 6,465Schenectady 6,962 24,621 4,186 0 35,769 3,243 13,745 0 1,806 18,794Schoharie 878 1,895 0 0 2,773 36 716 0 0 752Schuyler 1,643 3,287 2,142 0 7,072 475 671 0 211 1,357Seneca 1,711 7,701 0 0 9,412 124 1,792 0 0 1,916Steuben 19,027 27,826 1,462 508 48,823 11,864 16,500 446 1,403 30,213Suffolk 65,075 89,504 18,590 3,969 177,138 39,351 56,389 2,566 15,951 114,257Sullivan 16,284 22,621 0 0 38,905 7,008 10,007 0 0 17,015Tioga 7,743 9,312 0 105 17,160 2,435 4,009 0 0 6,444Tompkins 10,118 15,741 1,282 91 27,232 5,434 8,571 0 354 14,359Ulster 9,027 9,154 0 544 18,725 4,857 4,774 610 0 10,241Warren 3,751 7,770 0 0 11,521 1,550 4,017 0 0 5,567Washington 1,763 2,746 0 0 4,509 65 239 0 0 304Wayne 11,301 17,765 1,031 0 30,097 6,675 10,343 0 553 17,571Westchester 71,064 96,831 19,983 940 188,818 32,373 46,706 370 7,073 86,522Wyoming 0 262 0 0 262 0 147 0 0 147Yates 1,190 3,505 0 0 4,695 1,233 2,610 0 0 3,843

NYS Total 3,763,101 5,670,272 205,036 1,119,285 10,757,694 2,625,902 3,939,394 1,017,611 137,229 7,720,136

* Numbers of meals/snacks served include the first meal claimed for reimbursement. A limited number of second meals served are allowed to be claimed, but are not included here.

Number of Meals Served* by Meal TypeSummer Food Service Program, July and August 2017


COUNTY

BREAKFAST LUNCH SNACK SUPPERJuly DOS

August DOS

July DOS

August DOS

July DOS

August DOS

July DOS

August DOS

Albany 14 9 17 12 0 0 1 0Allegany 7 5 14 9 1 1 0 0Bronx 15 11 17 14 0 0 0 0Broome 8 6 16 11 6 4 1 0Cattaraugus 1 0 16 9 0 0 0 0Cayuga 11 6 13 11 0 0 0 0Chautauqua 12 7 17 11 2 2 2 0Chemung 8 5 15 9 0 0 2 1Chenango 15 7 17 9 0 0 0 0Clinton 7 4 20 17 0 0 3 0Columbia 11 6 17 11 0 0 0 0Cortland 10 4 16 11 0 0 2 0Delaware 14 10 14 11 0 0 0 0Dutchess 11 7 17 12 1 1 2 1Erie 10 8 16 13 2 1 0 0Essex 12 5 16 8 0 0 0 0Franklin 8 5 17 11 0 0 0 0Fulton 17 10 17 10 0 0 0 0Genesee 5 3 17 8 0 0 0 0Greene 22 11 22 11 0 0 10 7Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Herkimer 7 4 15 9 0 0 0 0Jefferson 2 1 15 11 9 5 0 0Kings 17 15 20 18 1 1 5 5Lewis 10 4 13 8 0 0 0 0Livingston 16 10 16 11 0 0 4 0Madison 10 7 13 10 0 0 4 3Monroe 11 8 14 12 2 2 1 0Montgomery 17 11 17 11 0 0 0 0Nassau 4 3 14 10 4 4 0 0New York 16 12 18 15 0 0 2 1Niagara 9 6 17 13 0 0 0 0Oneida 3 2 16 10 1 0 0 0Onondaga 14 7 17 9 0 0 0 0

COUNTY

BREAKFAST LUNCH SNACK SUPPERJuly DOS

August DOS

July DOS

August DOS

July DOS

August DOS

July DOS

August DOS

Ontario 3 3 12 10 8 5 0 2Orange 8 5 17 13 0 0 1 1Orleans 19 10 19 10 6 1 0 0Oswego 7 4 12 9 2 1 1 0Otsego 11 4 13 8 2 0 2 0Putnam 15 10 17 10 0 0 7 3Queens 15 11 18 14 0 0 0 0Rensselaer 15 11 19 14 3 2 0 0Richmond 15 9 18 12 0 0 0 0Rockland 16 10 17 11 1 1 2 1Saint Lawrence 11 5 16 9 0 0 0 0Saratoga 3 3 17 20 1 0 0 0Schenectady 5 4 19 17 1 0 0 0Schoharie 10 3 19 10 0 0 0 0Schuyler 7 5 16 6 9 1 0 0Seneca 8 1 14 5 0 0 0 0Steuben 10 7 15 11 2 1 1 0Suffolk 10 7 14 10 3 3 1 0Sullivan 13 6 18 9 0 0 0 0Tioga 11 6 14 12 0 0 1 0Tompkins 9 7 15 11 2 0 0 0Ulster 15 8 12 7 0 0 1 1Warren 9 5 18 10 0 0 0 0Washington 14 4 19 9 0 0 0 0Wayne 6 4 11 8 1 0 0 0Westchester 13 8 17 10 2 1 0 0Wyoming 0 0 13 7 0 0 0 0Yates 2 3 13 10 0 0 0 0

NYS Average 13 9 17 13 1 1 1 1

Average Days of Service (DOS)* by Meal TypeSummer Food Service Program, July and August 2017

*Days of Service (DOS) was determined by averaging actual DOS of each meal type of all sites in a county.

As sites are allowed to serve a limited combination of up to two meal types, lunch is the most common meal served on an average day across sites.


COUNTY

BREAKFAST LUNCH SNACK SUPPERJuly ADP

August ADP

July ADP

August ADP

July ADP

August ADP

July ADP

August ADP

Albany 2,068 1,756 2,745 2,306 - - 263 270 Allegany 299 295 488 402 28 23 - - Broome 1,703 1,506 2,956 2,571 535 616 158 109 Cattaraugus 39 59 766 764 - - - - Cayuga 335 198 336 296 - - - - Chautauqua 997 813 1,336 1,124 149 155 75 38 Chemung 506 445 862 830 - - 95 63 Chenango 520 375 1,010 638 - - - - Clinton 216 122 388 249 - - 97 58 Columbia 104 111 120 127 - - - - Cortland 558 472 817 603 - - 34 - Delaware 466 324 724 536 - - - - Dutchess 1,507 1,365 2,359 2,085 117 116 288 279 Erie 6,137 5,673 11,394 11,213 1,131 1,091 509 523 Essex 277 254 374 300 - - - - Franklin 668 629 1,228 1,082 - - - - Fulton 308 343 368 354 - - - - Genesee 143 211 280 254 - - - - Greene 357 216 392 240 - - 163 98 Hamilton - - - - - - - - Herkimer 221 205 541 471 - - - - Jefferson 335 303 1,917 1,529 830 565 - - Lewis 172 164 211 178 - - - - Livingston 418 372 379 317 - - 44 - Madison 198 183 238 194 - - 78 83 Monroe 6,701 5,895 7,496 6,597 887 763 342 79 Montgomery 278 246 385 337 - - - - Nassau 1,378 975 5,543 5,131 973 849 - - Niagara 810 733 1,973 1,704 - - 15 4 New York City 130,993 113,383 199,016 168,193 3,503 3,364 34,183 34,192 Oneida 633 399 2,818 1,981 231 104 - - Onondaga 3,456 2,702 5,276 4,122 - - 38 - Ontario 159 194 296 324 98 88 - 55 Orange 4,421 3,445 5,563 4,409 - - 1,838 1,966

COUNTY

BREAKFAST LUNCH SNACK SUPPERJuly ADP

August ADP

July ADP

August ADP

July ADP

August ADP

July ADP

August ADP

Orleans 139 136 142 137 66 69 - - Oswego 586 484 1,154 928 434 746 143 131 Otsego 257 188 378 291 61 53 73 63 Putnam 149 220 163 237 - - 74 143 Rensselaer 889 628 1,450 1,187 277 276 - - Rockland 1,204 1,013 1,517 1,312 12 14 98 89 Saint Lawrence 192 82 458 201 - - - - Saratoga 162 149 367 289 37 39 - - Schenectady 395 239 1,285 922 209 201 - - Schoharie 46 7 100 56 - - - - Schuyler 95 51 195 104 132 74 - - Seneca 104 31 470 396 - - - - Steuben 1,223 1,100 1,783 1,521 75 75 25 30 Suffolk 4,044 3,795 5,742 5,073 1,191 1,152 221 256 Sullivan 880 823 1,273 1,096 - - - - Tioga 463 205 573 336 - - 7 - Tompkins 619 526 895 754 71 39 30 - Ulster 468 473 513 494 - - 39 61 Warren 219 134 435 341 - - - - Washington 84 8 134 28 - - - - Wayne 885 801 1,382 1,189 86 79 - - Westchester 3,950 3,272 5,484 4,815 1,127 782 39 37 Wyoming - - 20 21 - - - - Yates 99 94 290 255 - - - - Wayne 6 4 11 8 1 0 0 0Westchester 13 8 17 10 2 1 0 0Wyoming 0 0 13 7 0 0 0 0Yates 2 3 13 10 0 0 0 0

New York City 130,993 113,383 199,016 168,193 3,503 3,364 34,183 34,192

Rest of State 53,541 45,442 87,781 75,251 8,757 7,968 4,787 4,435

NYS Total 184,534 158,825 286,797 243,444 12,259 11,332 38,971 38,627

Average Daily Participation (ADP) by Meal TypeSummer Food Service Program, July and August 2017


COUNTY

NSLP Free/ Reduced-Price

School Lunch ADPOverall

NSLP ADPTotal School Enrollment

Ratio of Free/ Reduced-Price

NSLP ADP to Overall NSLP ADP

Ratio of Overall NSLP ADP to Total School Enrollment

Albany 14,237 19,864 39,781 72% 50%

Allegany 3,202 4,499 6,772 71% 66%

Broome 11,448 15,247 27,170 75% 56%

Cattaraugus 6,096 8,403 13,646 73% 62%

Cayuga 3,109 4,549 9,616 68% 47%

Chautauqua 9,427 11,704 19,439 81% 60%

Chemung 5,722 7,247 11,939 79% 61%

Chenango 3,321 4,803 8,131 69% 59%

Clinton 4,336 6,498 11,089 67% 59%

Columbia 2,563 3,774 7,204 68% 52%

Cortland 2,448 3,849 6,615 64% 58%

Delaware 2,697 3,970 6,159 68% 64%

Dutchess 10,375 16,851 40,625 62% 41%

Erie 53,134 69,780 130,482 76% 53%

Essex 1,614 2,525 3,852 64% 66%

Franklin 3,050 4,476 7,613 68% 59%

Fulton 3,792 4,553 8,519 83% 53%

Genesee 2,752 4,835 9,667 57% 50%

Greene 1,927 2,880 5,984 67% 48%

Hamilton 145 286 419 51% 68%

Herkimer 2,342 3,382 6,293 69% 54%

Jefferson 7,133 10,467 17,840 68% 59%

Lewis 1,779 2,906 4,209 61% 69%

Livingston 2,223 3,733 7,710 60% 48%

Madison 2,831 4,573 10,071 62% 45%

Monroe 39,916 55,118 103,964 72% 53%

Montgomery 3,823 4,622 7,305 83% 63%

Nassau 41,883 83,984 193,638 50% 43%

New York City 545,307 613,179 1,124,262 89% 55%

Niagara 11,021 14,755 28,906 75% 51%

Oneida 16,492 21,697 39,756 76% 55%

Onondaga 25,479 33,833 66,846 75% 51%

Ontario 4,620 8,166 16,059 57% 51%

COUNTY


School Lunch ADPOverall

NSLP ADPTotal School Enrollment

Ratio of Free/ Reduced-Price

NSLP ADP to Overall NSLP ADP

Ratio of Overall NSLP ADP to Total School Enrollment

Orange 19,721 30,319 57,230 65% 53%

Orleans 2,242 3,305 5,764 68% 57%

Oswego 6,889 9,800 19,856 70% 49%

Otsego 2,186 3,509 6,705 62% 52%

Putnam 2,231 6,096 14,147 37% 43%

Rensselaer 7,496 10,749 20,874 70% 51%

Rockland 11,838 18,561 40,811 64% 45%

Saint Lawrence 5,745 8,312 15,112 69% 55%

Saratoga 4,819 11,441 31,040 42% 37%

Schenectady 8,115 10,763 18,270 75% 59%

Schoharie 1,500 2,188 4,341 69% 50%

Schuyler 619 990 1,848 63% 54%

Seneca 1,620 2,298 3,968 71% 58%

Steuben 5,944 8,722 15,470 68% 56%

Suffolk 65,239 113,251 237,795 58% 48%

Sullivan 4,645 5,837 9,693 80% 60%

Tioga 2,956 4,466 7,655 66% 58%

Tompkins 3,305 5,310 11,159 62% 48%

Ulster 7,037 11,248 23,740 63% 47%

Warren 2,360 4,162 8,965 57% 46%

Washington 3,087 4,846 8,887 64% 55%

Wayne 5,266 8,444 14,281 62% 59%

Westchester 35,200 56,953 125,253 62% 45%

Wyoming 1,160 1,842 3,949 63% 47%

Yates 709 1,035 2,152 69% 48%

NYS Total 1,062,174 1,405,455 2,710,546 76% 52%

Average Daily Participation (ADP) in National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Among Low-Income Students and All Enrolled StudentsMarch 2017


COUNTY


School Lunch ADP

JULY AUGUSTSFSP Lunch

ADP Ratio of

SFSP to NSLPSFSP Lunch

ADP Ratio of SFSP

to NSLPAlbany 14,237 2,745 19% 2,306 16%Allegany 3,202 488 15% 402 13%Broome 11,448 2,956 26% 2,571 22%Cattaraugus 6,096 766 13% 764 13%Cayuga 3,109 336 11% 296 10%Chautauqua 9,427 1,336 14% 1,124 12%Chemung 5,722 862 15% 830 15%Chenango 3,321 1,010 30% 638 19%Clinton 4,336 388 9% 249 6%Columbia 2,563 120 5% 127 5%Cortland 2,448 817 33% 603 25%Delaware 2,697 724 27% 536 20%Dutchess 10,375 2,359 23% 2,085 20%Erie 53,134 11,394 21% 11,213 21%Essex 1,614 374 23% 300 19%Franklin 3,050 1,228 40% 1,082 35%Fulton 3,792 368 10% 354 9%Genesee 2,752 280 10% 254 9%Greene 1,927 392 20% 240 12%Hamilton 145 - 0% - 0%Herkimer 2,342 541 23% 471 20%Jefferson 7,133 1,917 27% 1,529 21%Lewis 1,779 211 12% 178 10%Livingston 2,223 379 17% 317 14%Madison 2,831 238 8% 194 7%Monroe 39,916 7,496 19% 6,597 17%Montgomery 3,823 385 10% 337 9%Nassau 41,883 5,543 13% 5,131 12%Niagara 11,021 1,973 18% 1,704 15%New York City 545,307 199,016 36% 168,193 31%Oneida 16,492 2,818 17% 1,981 12%Onondaga 25,479 5,276 21% 4,122 16%Ontario 4,620 296 6% 324 7%

COUNTY


School Lunch ADP

JULY AUGUSTSFSP Lunch

ADP Ratio of

SFSP to NSLPSFSP Lunch

ADP Ratio of SFSP

to NSLPOrange 19,721 5,563 28% 4,409 22%Orleans 2,242 142 6% 137 6%Oswego 6,889 1,154 17% 928 13%Otsego 2,186 378 17% 291 13%Putnam 2,231 163 7% 237 11%Rensselaer 7,496 1,450 19% 1,187 16%Rockland 11,838 1,517 13% 1,312 11%Saint Lawrence 5,745 458 8% 201 3%Saratoga 4,819 367 8% 289 6%Schenectady 8,115 1,285 16% 922 11%Schoharie 1,500 100 7% 56 4%Schuyler 619 195 31% 104 17%Seneca 1,620 470 29% 396 24%Steuben 5,944 1,783 30% 1,521 26%Suffolk 65,239 5,742 9% 5,073 8%Sullivan 4,645 1,273 27% 1,096 24%Tioga 2,956 573 19% 336 11%Tompkins 3,305 895 27% 754 23%Ulster 7,037 513 7% 494 7%Warren 2,360 435 18% 341 14%Washington 3,087 134 4% 28 1%Wayne 5,266 1,382 26% 1,189 23%Westchester 35,200 5,484 16% 4,815 14%Wyoming 1,160 20 2% 21 2%Yates 709 290 41% 255 36%

New York City 545,307 199,016 36% 168,193 31%Rest of State 516,866 87,781 17% 75,251 15%

NYS Total 1,062,174 286,797 27% 243,444 23%

Average Daily Participation (ADP) in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in July and August 2017, Compared to Regular School Year* National School Lunch Program (NSLP) ADP for School Year 2016-2017

* School Year NSLP numbers reflect free and reduced-price lunch participation during March 2017.

Ratio of SFSP to NSLP is the number of children in SFSP per 100 in NSLP.


COUNTY

ACTUAL SFSP LUNCH AVERAGE DAILY PARTICIPATION, 2017

IF SFSP TO NSLP RATIO HAD REACHED 40:100

Additional Children Who Would Have

Been Served

Total Children Who Would Have

Been ServedAdditional Federal Reimbursement

July August July August Each Month July August

Albany 2,745 2,306 2,949 3,388 5,695 $191,798 $220,355 Allegany 488 402 792 879 1,281 $40,326 $44,713 Broome 2,956 2,571 1,624 2,008 4,579 $98,077 $121,292 Cattaraugus 766 764 1,672 1,675 2,438 $101,197 $101,341 Cayuga 336 296 907 947 1,243 $44,463 $46,413 Chautauqua 1,336 1,124 2,435 2,647 3,771 $154,386 $167,838 Chemung 862 830 1,426 1,459 2,289 $79,264 $81,053 Chenango 1,010 638 319 690 1,328 $20,071 $43,458 Clinton 388 249 1,346 1,485 1,734 $102,147 $112,695 Columbia 120 127 905 899 1,025 $57,320 $56,927 Cortland 817 603 162 376 979 $9,575 $22,188 Delaware 724 536 355 542 1,079 $18,990 $29,040 Dutchess 2,359 2,085 1,791 2,065 4,150 $111,997 $129,129 Erie 11,394 11,213 9,859 10,040 21,253 $589,739 $600,556 Essex 374 300 271 346 645 $16,802 $21,412 Franklin 1,228 1,082 (8) 138 1,220 $(503) $8,648 Fulton 368 354 1,149 1,162 1,517 $72,569 $73,407 Genesee 280 254 821 847 1,101 $53,633 $55,374 Greene 392 240 379 530 771 $30,959 $43,306 Hamilton - - 58 58 58 $- $- Herkimer 541 471 396 466 937 $23,031 $27,121 Jefferson 1,917 1,529 936 1,324 2,853 $54,022 $76,400 Lewis 211 178 501 533 712 $25,163 $26,806 Livingston 379 317 510 572 889 $30,760 $34,526 Madison 238 194 895 938 1,133 $42,510 $44,570 Monroe 7,496 6,597 8,470 9,369 15,966 $455,943 $504,331 Montgomery 385 337 1,144 1,193 1,529 $73,314 $76,430 Nassau 5,543 5,131 11,210 11,622 16,753 $608,816 $631,168 Niagara 1,973 1,704 2,436 2,704 4,408 $157,287 $174,606 New York City 199,016 168,193 19,107 49,930 218,123 $1,333,889 $3,485,646 Oneida 2,818 1,981 3,779 4,616 6,597 $233,555 $285,291 Onondaga 5,276 4,122 4,915 6,070 10,192 $315,029 $389,006

COUNTY

ACTUAL SFSP LUNCH AVERAGE DAILY PARTICIPATION, 2017

IF SFSP TO NSLP RATIO HAD REACHED 40:100

Additional Children Who Would Have

Been Served

Total Children Who Would Have

Been ServedAdditional Federal Reimbursement

July August July August Each Month July August

Ontario 296 324 1,552 1,525 1,848 $70,227 $68,972 Orange 5,563 4,409 2,325 3,479 7,888 $148,682 $222,462 Orleans 142 137 755 760 897 $54,089 $54,436 Oswego 1,154 928 1,602 1,828 2,755 $73,021 $83,336 Otsego 378 291 497 584 874 $24,591 $28,880 Putnam 163 237 730 655 892 $46,772 $42,006 Rensselaer 1,450 1,187 1,548 1,811 2,999 $111,890 $130,869 Rockland 1,517 1,312 3,218 3,424 4,735 $207,099 $220,349 Saint Lawrence 458 201 1,840 2,097 2,298 $108,685 $123,876 Saratoga 367 289 1,561 1,638 1,927 $98,781 $103,711 Schenectady 1,285 922 1,962 2,324 3,246 $141,739 $167,950 Schoharie 100 56 500 544 600 $35,845 $38,994 Schuyler 195 104 53 144 248 $3,268 $8,880 Seneca 470 396 178 252 648 $9,512 $13,456 Steuben 1,783 1,521 594 856 2,377 $32,960 $47,521 Suffolk 5,742 5,073 20,354 21,023 26,096 $1,072,137 $1,107,356 Sullivan 1,273 1,096 585 762 1,858 $39,246 $51,157 Tioga 573 336 610 846 1,183 $31,842 $44,181 Tompkins 895 754 427 568 1,322 $24,325 $32,311 Ulster 513 494 2,302 2,321 2,815 $104,801 $105,679 Warren 435 341 509 603 944 $34,125 $40,456 Washington 134 28 1,101 1,207 1,235 $80,230 $87,991 Wayne 1,382 1,189 724 918 2,106 $29,705 $37,657 Westchester 5,484 4,815 8,596 9,265 14,080 $550,001 $592,796 Wyoming 20 21 444 443 464 $21,761 $21,719 Yates 290 255 (6) 29 284 $(303) $1,394

Rest of State 87,781 75,251 118,966 131,496 206,746 $6,967,270 $7,727,796 New York City 199,016 168,193 19,107 49,930 218,123 $1,333,889 $3,485,646

NYS Total 286,797 243,444 138,073 181,426 424,869 $8,301,159 $11,213,442

School Year NSLP numbers reflect public school free and reduced-price lunch participation in March 2017.

Ratio of SFSP to NSLP is the number of children in SFSP per 100 in NSLP.

Additional federal reimbursement dollars were calculated assuming that sponsors were reimbursed for each child only for lunch (not also breakfast or a snack), at the lowest rate for an SFSP lunch ($3.77 per lunch), and served the same number of days of that county's average in July 2017.

Additional Participation and Federal Funding if 40% of Low-Income Children Who Ate School Lunch Ate SFSP LunchNational School Lunch Program (NSLP), March 2017. Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), July and August 2017.


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Hunger Solutions New York’s summer meals website for families and community groups: SummerMealsNY.org

New York State Education Department SFSP website: cn.nysed.gov/summerfoodserviceprogram

USDA SFSP guidance: fns.usda.gov/sfsp/handbooks

Additional SFSP resources from USDA: fns.usda.gov/sfsp/serving-summer-meals

Food Research and Action Center summer nutrition programs webpage: frac.org/programs/summer-nutrition-programs

Share Our Strength Center for Best Practices summer meals webpage: bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/programs/summer-meals

TECHNICAL NOTES

Data Sources:

SFSP data based on NYSED July and August 2017 participation data (provided in March 2018; updated August 2018).

2017 SFSP sites approved to serve meals in August based on NYSED’s August 28, 2017 approved sites list.

2018 SFSP sponsor and site data based on NYSED approved sites list (provided October 2018).

NSLP analysis based on NYSED March 2017 participation data of public and charter schools.

Methodology:

SFSP regulations allow children to eat at a site regardless of where they live during the school year. In the vast majority of instances, the sponsoring organization is located in the same county as the site, and where children most likely live and attend school.

Where possible, best efforts were made to align the site counties with the county where a child would most likely live and attend school. Each site was

from New York City, and credited the children originating from the City so that it would not skew the overall participation rate for those four counties higher than expected in comparison to typical sponsors and sites in those counties.

For details on individual site participation in specific counties, please contact Hunger Solutions New York.

Average Daily Participation:

ADP for each meal type is the average number of meals served on the days sites actually served those meals. ADP was calculated by taking the monthly total of each type of meal served at a site and dividing by the site’s days of service that month, for each type of meal. This method aligns with how NYSED determines ADP, recognizing that for different reasons, different types of sites serve meals for varying numbers of days in a month. In local advocacy and outreach efforts to decrease childhood summertime hunger, it is helpful to consider a county’s meal type ADP in combination with the actual average DOS in the county.

The Cost of Low Participation:

For each county, Hunger Solutions New York calculated the average daily number of children receiving SFSP lunch in July and August for every 100 children receiving free or reduced-price lunches during the regular school year. We then calculated the number of additional children who would be reached if that county achieved a 40 to 100 ratio of SFSP lunch to regular school year lunch participation, based on the national benchmark set by the Food Research and Action Center. We then multiplied this unserved population by the federal summer lunch reimbursement rate for the average number of days of SFSP lunches in that county. We assumed each meal is reimbursed at the lowest standard rate available ($3.77 per lunch in 2017).

considered individually. In the cases where a school district, BOCES, food bank or other community-based agency sponsored sites in a neighboring county, we counted those children originating from the site county.

In cases of residential camps, it is impractical for the purposes of this report to determine precisely where campers reside during the school year. In cases where the sponsoring organization is located in a different county than the site, we routinely credited the children as originating from the sponsoring county. That was nearly always the case when sponsoring organizations from NYC operated camp sites in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties. (To a lesser extent, sites are located in Delaware, Dutchess, or Greene.) For example, the Fresh Air Fund in NYC sponsored five camps in Dutchess County. The other most common example is faith-based entities located in NYC that sponsored residential camps in the Hudson Valley. In those examples, the children most likely reside in NYC during the school year. In six instances in four counties, the residential camp site’s sponsor organization was from out of state. We conducted phone calls, emails and sponsor website reviews to learn that the majority of campers draw

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Hunger Solutions New York, Inc., greatly appreciates the support of the many public agencies, private foundations and individuals who have made this publication possible. We acknowledge the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, the support of our partners in our Campaign to End Hunger: the Food Research and Action Center, The Walmart Foundation, Share Our Strength, and many individual donors throughout the state.

In particular, we acknowledge the New York State Education Department for their administrative efforts to promote and protect the integrity of the Summer Food Service Program in New York State, providing the data on which this report is based, and for their collaborative efforts in statewide outreach.

The report was prepared by Misha Marvel, MSW, and Krista Hesdorfer of Hunger Solutions New York.

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Hunger Solutions New York is a caring and informed voice for hungry New Yorkers. We promote:

• Awareness of hunger in communities across the state

• Awareness about programs that address chronic and crisis hunger

• Participation in nutrition assistance programs for all who are eligible

• Public policies that contribute to ending hunger

• Awareness of the health, economic and educational benefits of nutrition assistance programs

Those efforts improve the health and well-being of New Yorkers while boosting local economies throughout the state.

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