Annual Training

Live Annual Sponsor Training Sessions 2025

• Session 1: Area Eligibility and Rural Non-Congregate Meal Service, February 20, 2025         
  • Session 1 Webinar; Area Eligibility and Rural Non-Congregate Meal Service:
  • Session 1 PowerPoint Slides: Area Eligibility
  • Session 1 PowerPoint Slides: Rural Non-Congregate Meal Service
• Session 2: SFSP Annual Application Process, March 13, 2025         
  • Session 2 Webinar: SFSP Annual Application Process
  • Session 2 PowerPoint Slides: SFSP Annual Application Process

Recorded Summer Meals Annual Training Modules 2025

The CSDE's recorded Summer Meals annual training modules are housed in Qualtrics. Click on the module title to register and view the video. Each module includes a knowledge check after completing the video. Participants may print their knowledge check score to document participation in each module.

SFSP Meal Patterns (Length: 49:34)

This module reviews the SFSP meal pattern requirements for breakfast, lunch and supper, and snack; provides guidance on the USDA flexibilities for age-appropriate meal patterns based on larger portions for teenagers and smaller portions for children under age 6; identifies the required meal modifications for children whose disability restricts their diet, including the USDA’s procedural safeguards; describes the importance of SFSP menus to a successful Summer Meals program; and identifies key resources for guidance and training on the SFSP meal patterns.

• Video: SFSP Meal Patterns
• Handout for SFSP Meal Patterns
• Resource List for SFSP Meal Patterns

Note: This module does not apply to school food authority (SFA) sponsors of the SFSP that choose to follow the meal patterns for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) of the NSLP; or to the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP. These programs follow different meal pattern requirements.

Crediting Foods and Beverages in Summer Meals  Coming soon

• Video: Crediting Foods and Beverages in Summer Meals
• Handout for Crediting Foods and Beverages in Summer Meals 
• Resource List for Crediting Foods and Beverages in Summer Meals 

Crediting Documentation for Summer Meals  Coming soon

• Video: Crediting Documentation for Summer Meals
• Handout for Documentation for Summer Meals 
• Resource List for Documentation for Summer Meals 

Meal Service Requirements for Summer Meals  Coming soon

• Video: Meal Service Requirements for Summer Meals 
• Handout for Meal Service Requirements for Summer Meals 
• Resource List for Meal Service Requirements for Summer Meals

 

For more Summer Meals Training, visit the SFSP section of the CSDE's Training for Child Nutrition Programs webpage.