Overview
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The Seamless Summer Option (SSO) combines features of National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The SSO reduces paperwork and administrative burden, making it easier for schools to feed children from low-income areas during the traditional summer vacation periods. School districts participating in the NSLP or SBP are eligible to apply to the Connecticut State Department of Education to participate in the SSO. In the SSO, school districts serve meals free of charge to children ages 18 and younger from low-income areas. Meals offered in the SSO follow the NSLP and SBP meal pattern requirements.
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Quick Links
- Claim Submission Schedule for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- CSDE Training: Seamless Summer Option of the National School Lunch Program (May 16, 2024)
- Determining Eligibility in the School Nutrition Programs and Summer Food Service Program Training Program (CSDE's Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Income Guidelines for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Online Application and Claiming System for Connecticut Child Nutrition Programs (SNP System) (CSDE webpage)
- Operational Memoranda for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Operational Memoranda for the SFSP (CSDE webpage)
- Program Guidance for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Reimbursement Rates for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- School Lunch Tray and Table Talk (CSDE webpage)
- SUN Programs Communications Toolkit (USDA)
- Training for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
Nondiscrimination Statements (USDA and CSDE)