Summer Meal Programs - Seamless Summer Option (SSO) – Meal Reimbursement – Program Period 2016

<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>meal reimbursements to Contracting Entities (CEs) sponsoring Seamless Summer Option sites for summer 2016 (SNP program year 2015-2016).</b> Summer meal programs operate mid-May through the end of August.<p>

<b> This dataset contains sponsor-level meal reimbursements.</b> Site-level meal counts are reported in the “Summer Meal Programs – Seamless Summer Option (SSO) – Meal Counts” dataset for the program year.<p>

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. <p>

<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>关于该机构</b><br>
德克萨斯农业部门在德克萨斯州管理着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，以及儿童和成人照料食品计划（CACFP）。德克萨斯农业部门的食物与营养部门向运营这些计划的合作伙伴提供技术援助和培训资源，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物的部分成本。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>滋养饥荒者，促进健康生活方式。</i><p>

<i><b>有关这些计划的更多信息，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>
本数据集包含了为夏季2016年（2015-2016年度营养计划年）提供无缝夏季选择站点服务的合同实体（CE）的餐食补贴。</b>夏季餐食计划于五月中期至八月末运营。<p>

<b>本数据集包含了赞助层面的餐食补贴。</b>站点层面的餐食数量在“夏季餐食计划——无缝夏季选择（SSO）——餐食数量”数据集中报告，该数据集针对计划年度。<p>

有关参与夏季食物服务计划（SFSP）的站点数据，请参阅在德克萨斯州开放数据门户上可用的夏季餐食计划——夏季食物服务计划（SFSP）——餐食数量和餐食补贴数据集。<p>

<b>关于数据集更新</b><br>
德克萨斯农业部门旨在在活跃计划期间内于7月15日发布新的计划年度数据。<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，直至计划期结束后的90天。在计划期结束后的90天后，数据集将在计划期结束后的六个月和一年进行更新，然后存档。存档的数据集将保持公开，但不再更新。在活跃计划年度发布的任何数据均可能发生变化。