1. California Library Association & California Summer Meal CoalitionLU
California Library Association &
California Summer Meal Coalition

2. Let’s get started! Is your library ready? Establishing eligibility
Community need
Staff and facility capacity
Establishing eligibility
Census data
School data – 50% of students eligible for free/reduced- price lunch
Starting point contacts
School Nutrition Director
Food Bank
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3. The basics Prior to start, providers host mandatory training
Summer meal providers (sponsor) deliver meals to library (site)
Library serves meals, completes paperwork, places orders
Count meals received, served, leftovers, etc.
Records temperatures
Ensures meals are eaten on site, by 18 and under only
Follows USDA and health dept. safety regulations
This is a reimbursement program. Meal providers are reimburse by the California Department of Education who is paid by USDA.
-Meal provider will confirm eligibility and complete an application for the state.
-This paperwork – and ensuring it is completed properly and the rules followed – ensures that the meal provider will be reimbursed by the state.
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4. Finding a meal provider
Schools are often your best bet…most of the time.
Other ways of finding providers, identifying need:
USDA Capacity Builder
CA Department of Education
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5. Speaking Summer Meal Language
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) & Seamless Summer Feeding Option (SSFO)
Your provider may sound like they are speaking a foreign language – don’t be intimidated
Common misconceptions / different rules
Even if there is a site nearby, your library CAN be a site: Must serve a different population (handstamp, etc.)
Children do NOT need to eat in area separate from parents
Share table
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6. Getting off to a good start
Starts with asking the right questions...
LunchAtTheLibrary.org > First Steps > Finding and Working with a Meal Provider
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7. CONTACT
Patrice Chamberlain Director, CA Summer Meal Coalition Institute for Local Government
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