Count of Summer Meal Program sponsors (Contracting Entities - CEs) approved for 2023 and currently operating. Operation Start Date for SSO sponsors reflect the start of their 2018-2019 school year and not their summer operations. Approved SFSP sponsors will be included in this count when their Operation Start Date arrives.

About the Agency The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.,For more information on these programs, please visit our website.,About the Dataset This dataset contains meal reimbursements to Contracting Entities (CEs) sponsoring Seamless Summer Option sites for summer 2016 (SNP program year 2015-2016). Summer meal programs operate mid-May through the end of August.,This dataset contains sponsor-level meal reimbursements. Site-level meal counts are reported in the “Summer Meal Programs – Seamless Summer Option (SSO) – Meal Counts” dataset for the program year.,For data on sites participating in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), please refer to the Summer Meal Programs - Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) – Meal Counts and Meal Reimbursement datasets available on the State of Texas Open Data Portal.,About Dataset Updates TDA aims to post new program year data by July 15 of the active program period. Participants have 60 days to file monthly claims. Dataset updates will occur monthly until 90 days after the close of the program period. After 90 days from the close of the program period, the dataset will be updated at six months and one year from the close of program period before becoming archived. Archived datasets will remain published but will not be updated. Any data posted during the active program year is subject to change.

Help us provide the most useful data by completing our ODP User Feedback Survey for Summer Meal Programs Data,About the Dataset This data set contains contact and program participation information for all sites approved by TDA to operate the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) for summer 2020. The active application period for summer program participants runs January through April. Changes in participant information can occur through August. Summer meal programs operate mid-May through the end of August.,In March 2020, USDA began allowing flexibility in nutrition assistance program policies in order to support continued meal access should the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) impact meal service operation. Sites participating in these flexibilities are indicated in the newly added COVID Meal Site column of this dataset. For more information on the waivers implemented for this purpose, please visit our website at SquareMeals.org.,An overview of all Summer Meal Program data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - Summer Meals Programs page.,An overview of all TDA Food and Nutrition data available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our TDA Data Overview - Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,More information about accessing and working with TDA data on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found on the SquareMeals.org website on the TDA Food and Nutrition Open Data page.,About Dataset Updates TDA aims to post new program participation data by April 1 of the active program year. Due to the short duration of the summer meal programs, updates to the program participation dataset will occur every two weeks until the end of August.,All TDA datasets will have a final active update 90 days after the close of the program period. Datasets will be updated at six months and one year from the close of program period before becoming archived. Any data posted during the active update schedule is subject to change.,A detailed list of TDA Food and Nutrition datasets and data fields available on the Texas Open Data Portal can be downloaded as a PDF here.,About the Agency The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and summer meal programs. TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.,For more information on these programs, please visit our website.

Total school breakfasts, lunches, and snacks served through SSO and SFSP from March 2020 - May 2020 as part of the COVID flexibility offered by USDA.

Total Meals and Snacks served by SFSP and SSO starting June 1, 2022. Does not include May meals served by SFSP.

Count of meal sites approved to participate as a CACFP center for 2024-2025. CACFP Centers include Adult Day Care, Child Care Centers, At-Risk sites, Head Start sites, Emergency Shelters, and sites providing meals Outside School Hours. May include sites that cancelled participation after initial approval. Site count is based on CE's Application Effective Date for program year.

Count of meal sites approved to participate as a CACFP center for 2020-2021. CACFP Centers include Adult Day Care, Child Care Centers, At-Risk sites, Head Start sites, Emergency Shelters, and sites providing meals Outside School Hours. May include sites that cancelled participation after initial approval. Site count is based on CE's Application Effective Date for program year.

List of results for inspections performed at permitted food service facilities.

Count of Contracting Entities (CEs) approved to sponsor CACFP meal sites for 2024-2025. CACFP Centers include Adult Day Care, Child Care Centers, At-Risk sites, Head Start sites, Emergency Shelters, and sites providing meals Outside School Hours. May include CEs that cancelled participation after initial approval. CE count is based on CE's Application Effective Date for program year.

Summary of datasets available for Texas Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Programs.