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Summer
Food for Children Demonstrations
Enhanced
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) 2010 Project
Descriptions
In Summer 2010,
two demonstration projects testing
incentives to the SFSP were
implemented:
In Mississippi, the
Activity Incentive Project provided
grant funding to support activity costs
for sponsors in the State that plan and
implement enrichment or recreational
activities to engage children at SFSP
meal service sites. Activities and
special events help draw children to
meal sites and keep site participation
high. The goal was to evaluate if
providing sponsors with additional
funding to create activities at their
meals sites will increase SFSP
participation.
In Arkansas,
the Extending Length of Operation
Incentive Project provided additional
funding to all eligible sponsors in the
selected State that operate meal service
sites for a minimum of 40 days in the
summer. An additional $0.50
reimbursement was provided for each
lunch served at sites that are open for
this length of time or longer. The
purpose was to
determine whether a financial incentive
can encourage programs of longer
duration, thereby improving access for
low-income children.
These two projects
were selected in order to
test financial incentives to address
barriers to access in SFSP that have not
been tested previously.
Send questions about the Summer Food
for Children demonstrations to CNDINTERNET@fns.usda.gov.
Last modified:
02/24/2013
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