Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5P - Division of Food, Nutrition and Wellness › Chapter 5P-3 - SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM › Section 5P-3.002 - Program Responsibilities

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Training. Each year, upon approval to operate the Summer Food Service Program,
				the Sponsor must hold training sessions for its administrative staff prior to
				the first day of program operations. Additionally, each year the Sponsor must
				hold training sessions for site personnel prior to the first day of each site's
				program operation. Training of site personnel must, at a minimum, include: the
				purpose of the Summer Food Service Program, civil rights as indicated in
				section XI of FNS Instruction 113-1 FNS-620 (1-99), which is hereby adopted and
				incorporated by reference and available online at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10342
,
				and by email request to the department at InfoFNW@fdacs.gov, site eligibility,
				recordkeeping, site operations, meal pattern requirements, and the duties of a
				monitor as prescribed in 7
				CFR 225.15(d), incorporated
				in Rule 5P-3.001, F.A.C.
(2) Site Information. Sponsors must submit
				any additional site information or changes to current site information
				requested on the application not less than two business days prior to the
				implementation of the additional or updated site information submitted.
				Sponsors requesting to operate a Summer Food Service Program site at a School
				Food Authority school as defined in subsection
				5P-2.001(1),
				F.A.C. must provide to the department a letter of permission from that School
				Food Authority's nutrition service department online at
https://fans.FDACS.gov
, or by mail
				to 600 S. Calhoun Street (H2), Tallahassee, FL 32399.
(3) Pre-operational Visits. Prior to Summer
				Food Service Program operations, Sponsors must conduct a pre-operational visit
				of all sites that did not operate the Summer Food Service Program or any sites
				that had deficiencies noted, by the department or the Sponsor, in the year
				prior to the current year. These visits are to determine that the sites have
				the facilities to provide meal service for the anticipated number of children
				in attendance and the capability to conduct the proposed meal service. The
				Sponsor must indicate what, if any, improvements or corrective actions are
				needed and must address the needed improvements or corrective actions before
				the site can be approved for operation. Sponsors must provide the department
				written documentation of a completed pre-operational visit when requested.
				These pre-operational visits are not the same as the site visit conducted
				during the first week of program operations as required in
				7 CFR
				225.15(d)(2), incorporated
				in Rule 5P-3.001, F.A.C.
(4) Site
				Supervision. The Sponsor must identify at least one site supervisor for each
				proposed site. No site will be permitted to operate until its site supervisor
				has attended a Summer Food Service Program training session conducted by the
				Sponsor. A site supervisor must be present at each meal service.
(5) Meal Service. Pursuant to
				7 CFR
				225.15(d)(3), Sponsors must
				review food service operations at each site at least once during the first four
				weeks of Summer Food Service Program operations. Sponsors must complete the
				site review using the form entitled "Summer Food Service Program Sponsor Site
				Review", FDACS-01926 Rev. 06/18, which is hereby incorporated by reference and
				available online at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10337
,
				and by email request to the department at InfoFNW@fdacs.gov.
(a) Sponsors must serve meals that meet the
				meal patterns prescribed in 7
				CFR 225.16(d), incorporated
				in Rule 5P-3.001, F.A.C. Exceptions to the meal pattern requirements are
				permitted as follows:
1. Sponsors may serve
				food in smaller quantities than are indicated in
				7 CFR
				225.16(d) to children under
				six (6) years of age. The Sponsor must ensure that variations in portion size
				are in accordance with the age levels of the children served.
2. Sponsors wanting to serve children under
				one (1) year of age must first request approval to do so from the department
				online at
https://fans.FDACS.gov
,
				or by mail to 600 S. Calhoun Street (H2), Tallahassee, FL 32399, using the form
				entitled "Request to Serve Infant Meals", FDACS-01849 Rev. 06/18, which is
				hereby incorporated by reference and available online at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10335
,
				and by email request to the department at
				InfoFNW@fdacs.gov.