Apply
Note: Do not print and complete the SFSP application materials below. If you are considering sponsorship of the SFSP, please contact Caroline Cooke at caroline.cooke@ct.gov. The annual SFSP application is conducted through an online module that can only be accessed after a permanent agreement has been executed with the Connecticut State Department of Education.
SFSP Application Instructions |
Required Application Forms and Materials
Additional Forms and Materials |
Materials to be Updated Annually and Kept on File
SFSP Application Instructions
- Application Memo: Application Package for the SFSP (CSDE)
- 2024 SFSP Application Components for Sponsors (CSDE)
- Management Plan for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP): Program Year 2024 (CSDE)
- User Manual for SFSP: Connecticut Online Application and Claiming System for Child Nutrition Programs (CNP System) (CSDE)
- SFSP Appeal Procedures (CSDE)
Required SFSP Application Forms and Materials
Budget |
Civil Rights |
Free Meals Policy Statement
Health Inspection |
Meal Patterns |
Training Certification |
Visit Certification
Budget
Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Requirements for the SFSP (CSDE)
- Civil Rights Pre-award Survey for the SFSP (CSDE) Applies only to new sponsors
- Data Collection (visual observation is prohibited)
- Sample Participant Data Collection Form
- English: Civil Rights Beneficiary Data Collection Form for the SFSP (CSDE)
- Spanish: Civil Rights Beneficiary Data Collection Form for the SFSP: Formulario de recopilación de datos de beneficiarios de derechos civiles
para el Programa de servicio de alimentos de veranos (SFSP) (CSDE) - Other languages: "Participant Data Collection" section of CSDE's Civil Rights for Child Nutrition Programs webpage
- Summary Form for SFSP Civil Rights Beneficiary Data Collection (CSDE)
- Sample Participant Data Collection Form
- Guidance: SFSP Civil Rights Requirements (CSDE's Civil Rights for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Presentation The school nutrition programs presentation also applies to the SFSP
- Overview: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE) (six slides per page)
- Presentation: Civil Rights: Your Responsibilities in the School Nutrition Programs PowerPoint Presentation (CSDE)
Free Meals Policy Statement
- Nonpricing Programs: SFSP Free Meals Policy Statement for Non-pricing Programs (CSDE)
- Pricing Programs: SFSP Free Meals Policy Statement for Pricing Programs (CSDE)
Health Inspection
Meal Patterns
- Meal Patterns for the SFSP ("How To" section of CSDE's SFSP webpage))
Training Certification
Visit Certification
- Pre-operational Site Visit Form for the SFSP (CSDE)
- SFSP Initial Site Visit Form (CSDE)
- SFSP Food Service Site Review Form (CSDE)
- Site Visit Certification Letter for the SFSP (CSDE)
- Site Visit/Review Schedule for the SFSP (CSDE)
- Sponsor Monitor's Guide SFSP (USDA)
Additional SFSP Forms and Materials
See Application Components for Experienced Sponsors to determine if these forms are required
Authorized Signature Change Form |
Food Service Management Companies
Income Eligibility Forms |
National Youth Sports Program
Authorized Signature Change Form
Food Service Management Companies
- Contracting with Food Service Management Companies (CSDE webpage)
Income Eligibility Forms
- Family Application
- English: Application for Free and Reduced-price School Meals or Free Milk
- Spanish: Application for Free and Reduced-price School Meals or Free Milk: Solicitud para comidas gratuitas y a precio reducido en la escuela, o para leche gratuita
- Income Guidelines for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Parent Letter for Enrolled Programs and Camps Not Charging Separately for Meals
Enrollment Form
- English: Enrollment Information Form for the SFSP (CSDE)
- Spanish: Programa de Servicio de Alimentos de Verano (SFSP) Información de inscripción (CSDE)
Consent Form for Sharing Information with Other Programs
- English: Consent Form for Sharing Information with Other Programs (CSDE)
- Spanish: Programa de Servicio de Alimentos de Verano (SFSP) Carta para los padres de muestra para compartir información con otros programas (CSDE)
National Youth Sports Program
Materials to be Updated Annually and Kept on File in Sponsor Records
Meal Count Forms | Public Notifications
Meal Count Forms
- Daily Meal Count Form for the SFSP (CSDE)
- Weekly Meal Count Consolidation Form for the SFSP (CSDE)
- SFSP Meal Count Worksheet for Camps (CSDE)
Public Notifications