Apply Here to Serve No-Cost Meals to Youth!
Do you facilitate a summer program for youth? Do you need help providing food? Minneapolis Public Schools Culinary & Wellness Services is committed to expanding access to quality food for youth throughout our community - in and out of our schools. We partner with public, private nonprofit or for-profit organizations – large and small - to provide nutritious meals that support the long-term health of all youth - physically, mentally, and academically. With the help of the USDA and partnering community organizations, MPS CWS sponsored almost One Million no-cost meals via the 2019 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the 2018-2019 Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Providing no-cost meals through the SFSP Summer Food Service Program helps youth get the nutritious meals they need and helps our community partners to focus their resources back into their programs, paying competitive wages to community-based youth workers and deepening their bonds with the youth that they serve.
Complete the 2023 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Application & Agreement today to partner with Minneapolis Public Schools to provide no cost meals to youth in your program.
To be eligible, the summer program in your public, private nonprofit, or for-profit organization must:
If your organization meets these requirements, your next step is to complete the 2023 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Application & Agreement. We are happy to work with partners of any size. Summer Food Program menus begin June 26th, 2023, so complete the application as soon as possible.
Please read the information included in the Application & Agreement. In the past we have sent the agreement out as a separate document. This year, the application will also serve as the agreement for the 2023 Summer Food Service Program that must be presented to the Minnesota Department of Education for approval of Summer Food distribution at your site.
Planning for the 2023 Summer Food Session
Congress has not extended the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) authority to issue nationwide waivers, so we are returning to pre-pandemic Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) operations. This means that sites eligible for SFSP based on a COVID-19 area eligible waiver will no longer be eligible to participate in SFSP. MPS does offer Smart Snacks for purchase for sites that will no longer qualify for the SFSP due to returning area-eligibility requirements. Here is the Smart Snack order information.
Important for ALL SITES
These changes will be covered in the annual training that is distributed in June.
Please email Hashep Seka-Nygaard, Community Site Supervisor, with any questions. Current partners can visit the Community Site Resources webpage for materials to support their food program
Visit our Community Site Resources page where you can download and print various materials to support food service at your site.