Summer Meal Programs – Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) – Meal Count Information – Program Period 2017

<b>About the Agency</b><br>
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 — <i>Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.</i><p>

<i><b>For more information on these programs, please visit our <a href=http://www.SquareMeals.org target="_blank">website</a>.</b></i><p>

<b>About the Dataset</b><br>
This dataset contains <b> claimed meals served by summer meal sites participating in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for summer 2017 (SNP program year 2016-2017).</b> Summer meal programs operate mid-May through the end of August.<p>

<b>This dataset contains site-level claimed meal counts. </b>Reimbursement data is collected at the sponsor level and is reported in the “Summer Meal Programs – Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) – Meal Reimbursements” dataset for the program year. <p>

For data on sites participating in the Seamless Summer Option (SSO), please refer to the Summer Meal Programs – Seamless Summer Option – Meal Counts and Meal Reimbursement datasets available on the State of Texas Open Data Portal.
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<b>About Dataset Updates</b><br>
TDA aims to post new program year data by July 15 of the active program period. <b>Participants have 60 days to file monthly claims.</b> 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.

<b>关于机构</b><br>德克萨斯州农业部门负责管理在德克萨斯州实施的12项美国农业部营养计划，包括国家学校午餐计划和学校早餐计划，以及儿童和成人照顾食品计划（CACFP）。TDA的食品与营养部门为运营这些计划的合作伙伴提供技术支持和培训资源，并监督他们收到的美国农业部补贴，以覆盖在其设施中提供食品的部分成本。通过确保这些合作伙伴提供营养餐点和零食，该部门恪守其使命——<i>滋养饥馑者，推广健康生活方式。</i><p>

<i><b>如需了解有关这些计划的信息，请访问我们的<a href=http://www.SquareMeals.org target="_blank">网站</a>。</b></i><p>

<b>关于数据集</b><br>此数据集包含2017年夏季食物服务计划（SFSP）参与夏季餐点场所声称的餐点数量（2016-2017财年SNP项目年度）。夏季餐点计划于五月中旬至八月底运营。<p>

<b>此数据集包含场所层面的声称餐点计数。</b>补贴数据在资助者层面收集，并在“夏季餐点计划——夏季食物服务计划（SFSP）——餐点补贴”数据集中报告，该数据集涵盖项目年度。<p>

有关参与无缝夏季选项（SSO）的场所数据，请参阅德克萨斯州开放数据门户上可用的夏季餐点计划——无缝夏季选项——餐点计数和餐点补贴数据集。<p>

<b>关于数据集更新</b><br>TDA旨在在活动计划期间内于7月15日发布新的项目年度数据。<b>参与者有60天的时间提交月度索赔。</b>数据集更新将每月进行，直至项目期间结束后90天。项目期间结束后90天，数据集将在项目结束后6个月和1年时更新，然后存档。存档的数据集将保持公开，但不再更新。活动项目年度内发布的任何数据均可能发生变化。