Ohio Department of Education 						Policy Number 1003-12                                                                     ODE/SFSP 
Child Nutrition Programs                                                                    
March 1, 2012 

 
Restricting the Number of Sites Returning Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) 
Sponsors are Approved to Operate  

PURPOSE: To clarify our position on the total number of sites returning Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sponsors are allowed to operate.  Sponsors with operational or administrative problems which have been declared seriously deficient or experienced a significant number of findings will be limited in their program operations the following year.  
 
SCOPE: Returning sponsors participating in the Summer Food Service Program. 
DESCRIPTION:  The returning SFSP sponsors who meet the above criteria will be approved to administer the program at their previous year’s number of sites or at a reduces number in the program year following a seriously deficient status or based on the significance and scope of program findings (including but not limited to the findings which resulted in the repayment of SFSP funds to the State Agency).  
SFSP sponsors are responsible for all financial and administrative aspects of the program including: hiring, training, and supervising program staff, monitoring sites, arranging the meal preparation and delivery to the sites, and submitting reimbursement claims. In order to preserve the program integrity the sponsors must demonstrate adherence to all USDA regulations pertaining to the SFSP before the site restrictions are removed and the expansion of sites is conditional for the following year. Additionally, at the State Agency’s discretion the site restrictions may be extended further into the following program years based on the results of the site reviews and/or the Administrative Review of the Sponsor.   
SOURCE:  Ohio Department of Education, Office for Child Nutrition