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Summer Food Service Program - USDA

News of the Diocese

June 8, 2011


The Diocese of Cleveland/Nutrition Services announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program for Children.  Free meals will be made available to all children 18 years of age and under or persons over 18 who are determined by a state or local public educational agency to be mentally or physically disabled.

The meals will be provided without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.  Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in ant USDA - related activity should write or call immediately to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whtten Building, 14th & Independence Ave. S. W. Washington DC 20250-9410; (202) 720-5964 (voice or TDD).  Meals will be provided at the site(s) listed below.

2011 Summer Food Service Program Site Listing>

 


(The above information is a required media release for sites in economically depressed areas.)

 

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The Diocese of Cleveland/Nutrition Services announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program for Children.  Free meals will be made available to eligible children 18 years of age and under or persons over 18 who are determined by a state or local public educational agency to be mentally or physically disabled.  Children who are members of food stamp households or OWF assistance units are automatically eligible for free meals.  To be eligible, children participating in residential camps must meet the income guidelines for reduced meals in the National School Lunch Program.

The meals will be provided without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.  Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in any USDA-related activity should write or call the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave. S. W., Washington DC 20250-9410; or call, toll free (866) 632-9992 (Voice).  TDD users contact UDSA through local relay or the Federal Relay at (800) 877-8339 (TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (relay voice users).  USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.  Children from households with income less than or equal to the Secretary of Agriculture's standards listed below, or approved by area eligibility, would be eligible for free meals:

 

REDUCED INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
Guidelines to be effective from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, extended through June 30, 2011.
Households with income less than or equal to the reduced

price values below are eligible for free meal benefits.

 

HOUSEHOLD          YEAR             MONTH          TWICE                     EVERY TWO          WEEK

SIZE                                                                 PER MONTH             WEEKS

 

1                            20,036          1,670               835                      771                     386

2                            26,955          2,247               1,124                   1,037                  519

3                            33,874          2,823               1,412                   1,303                  652

4                            40,793          3,400               1,700                   1,569                  785

5                            47,712          3,976               1,988                   1,836                  918

6                            54,631          4,553               2,277                   2,102                  1,051

7                            61,550          5,130               2,565                   2,368                  1,184

8                            68,469          5,706               2,853                   2,634                  1,317

 

The above public release will be made available to site participants at the sites listed below.

2011 Summer Food Service Program Site Listing - Enrolled>

 

(The above information is a required public release for enrolled sites and residential/non-residential camps.)


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