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Enhanced Summer
Food Service Program (eSFSP)
The eSFSP projects test changes to
the existing structure and delivery
mechanism of SFSP to determine if they
lead to increased participation. These
demonstrations include four separate
initiatives, two of which began in the
summer of 2010. The remaining two
started during the summer of 2011. Each
eSFSP demonstration employs a different
approach. The goals of the eSFSP
demonstrations are to raise
participation rates, and decrease or
eliminate food insecurity among children
through the following interventions:
- Extended Length of Operation
Incentive: Provides per-meal
incentives to encourage program
sponsors to serve low-income
children for a greater portion of
the summer. This was first
implemented in Arkansas in 2010 and
continued through the summer of
2011;
- Activity Incentive:
Provides additional funding to
create recreational or educational
activities at SFSP feeding sites in
order to increase participation.
This was implemented in Mississippi
in 2010 and continued through the
summer of 2011;
- Meal Delivery: Provides
additional funding to deliver meals
to eligible children in rural areas,
addressing some of the barriers
(such as lower population densities
and greater distances to SFSP sites)
that currently make it difficult for
sponsors to obtain a sustainable
level of reimbursements in rural
areas. This project was implemented
in Delaware, Massachusetts, and New
York in summer 2011 and will
continue through summer 2012; and
- Backpack Distribution:
Provides additional funding to give
eligible children food backpacks
containing meals to take home to
cover the days that SFSP meals are
not available (primarily weekends)
thus improving children’s access to
nutritious food on those days. This
project was implemented in Arizona,
Kansas, and Ohio in summer 2011 and
will continue through summer 2012.
Documents Related to eSFSP
Evaluation
of the Summer Food Service Program
Enhancement Demonstrations: Status
Report to Congress, 2012 - Status
of data collection and analytic
activities for the Meal Delivery and
Backpack Distribution demonstrations
implemented in summer 2012.
Evaluation
of the Impact of Enhancement
Demonstrations on Participation in the
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP): FY
2011
- November 2012
Evaluation of the Summer Food Service
Program Enhancement Demonstrations: 2011
Demonstration Evaluation Report
- November 2012
Evaluation
of the Impact of Incentives
Demonstrations on Participation in the
Summer Food Service Program -
Analyses of the Extended Length of
Operations and Activity Incentives in
the summer, 2010
Evaluation
of the Summer Food Service Program
Enhancement Demonstrations: Status
Report to Congress, 2011 - Status
of data collection and analytic
activities for the Meal Delivery and
Backpack Distribution demonstrations
implemented in summer, 2011.
Send questions about the Summer Food
for Children Demonstrations to CNDInternet@fns.usda.gov.
Last modified:
05/20/2013
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