Nutrition

Summer Food Service Program

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), formerly known as Summer Sack Lunch, is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and was established in 1968 to respond to growing research that correlated a child’s nutrition with academic success and concerns about the lack of nutrition resources for children during the summer months. The City of Seattle has operated this program in Seattle since the early 1970s.

The program provides no-cost breakfasts, lunches, and snacks for kids and teens ages 1-18. This 2012 program is expected to run from Monday, June 25 to Friday, August 24. The meals are served to children at approved sites where at least half the children are eligible for free or reduced price school lunches.

Site Application

For eligibility information, please refer to the checklist. Interested agencies must complete and return an application form which will be available in March. We will screen applications to ensure the availability of food wherever concentrations of eligible young people live.

For more information, please contact Javier Pulido, Program Coordinator, Human Services Department, at 206-386-1140.

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Seattle Human Services Department
Street address: 700 5th Avenue, Suite 5800, Seattle, WA 98104
Mailing address: PO Box 34215, Seattle, WA 98124-4215

Phone: 206-386-1001
Fax: 206-233-5119
TTY/TTD: 206-233-2778

Accommodations for people with disabilities provided upon request.