Summer Meals applications due May 15 or 30 days before the start of service, whichever comes first
Applications are open for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and Seamless Summer Option (SSO), both federally funded, state-administered programs that serve free meals to children 18 and younger when school is out of session. Summer meals provide children with access to essential nutrition during school closures and the summer break.
Summer meal programs have provided children with essential meal service throughout the pandemic. From January 2021 through November 2021, nutrition programs including SFSP and SSO have provided more than 967 million meals to children throughout the state.
Read more: https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr22/yr22rel08.asp