Summer Meal Site Application

Summer Meals 2023: Application
Feeding Alabama’s Summer Meals Program (SMP) provides free meals to children ages 18 and under during the summer months when school is not in session. Feeding Alabama (FAL) serves as the program sponsor and partners with the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama, the Montgomery Area Food Bank, the Food Bank of East Alabama, the Food Bank of North Alabama, the West Alabama Food Bank, the Alabama State Department of Education, and most importantly community organizations like yours, to provide summer meals across numerous Alabama counties every summer. During 2022, our Summer Meals Program operated from June to August and served nearly 2,000 children and a total of 43,173 meals.
Welcome, Prospective and Returning Summer Meals Sites! Please follow the prompts below to complete:
- New Site Application, or
- Register your returning Site (only for sites who participated in summer 2022)
We look forward to hopefully partnering with your team to serve nutritious meals to kids in your community!
I need to:*

Complete a NEW SITE APPLICATION (for organizations that have not participated in FAL's Summer Meal Program)Register my RETURNING SITE (for all organizations that participated in FAL's Summer Meal Program within the past 12 months)

Please take a few moments to review the following IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

1. All applications MUST be submitted via this form in order to be considered. We are not accepting mailed or emailed site application forms in 2023.

2. Submitting a completed application DOES NOT guarantee a site's/organization's acceptance into the Summer Meals Program. All applicants are strongly encouraged to prepare alternative arrangements for their summer meal programming in the event their organization's application is not accepted. Acceptance to our program is based on site qualification guidelines set forth by USDA and meal vendor availability in your area.

2. ***NOTE***: Organizations intending to serve meals at multiple locations (i.e., with different physical addresses) MUST submit SEPARATE applications for EACH INDIVIDUAL LOCATION / EACH SEPARATE ADDRESS.

3. Site selection for Summer Meals 2023 will proceed as follows:
a. Priority Applicant deadline: 03/20/2023
i. Site applications submitted on or before 11:59 p.m., Monday, 03/20/2023, (henceforth, referred to as "priority deadline") will be given priority consideration.

b. Summer Meals Partner Waitlist
i. Applications submitted after the priority deadline will be added to the Summer Meals Partner Waitlist, and given secondary consideration in the event that one or more priority applicants withdraws their application.

ii. Applicants who submit after the priority deadline will be contacted by Food Bank staff ONLY in the event their application is accepted. Otherwise, applicants will NOT receive notice of their respective applications' status.

c. Sites selected for partnership will be contacted with information regarding meetings and the required site training.
I have read and understand the above information, have reviewed the application questions, and am ready to begin my site's application. **

Yes

Summer Meals 2023: Application
Name of person completing this application*

First NameLast Name
Name

First NameLast Name
Email*
example@example.com
Does your site employ individuals for pay to provide day-time care for children ages 0-4 on a year-round basis?*

YesNo
Is your child daycare center LICENSED with the Alabama Department of Human Resources? **

YesNoI'm not sureMy site is exempt from DHR licensing
In October 2018, the State of Alabama updated its Summer Food Service Program regulations. In order to participate in the Summer Food Service Program, ALL Child Daycare Centers MUST be licensed by Alabama's Department of Human Resources, INCLUDING faith-based organizations that are currently exempt from state licensing.

If your child daycare center is not currently licensed with the Alabama Department of Human Resources, you may still continue with your application. HOWEVER, barring a change in Alabama's state regulations for the Summer Food Service Program, your child daycare center's application CANNOT be accepted for participation in the ALFBA's Summer Meals Program.

To learn more about how to become a DHR-licensed child daycare center, please contact Danielle Turk at dturk@alsde.edu

or visit http://dhr.alabama.gov/services/Child_Care_Services/Licensing_Overview.aspx

Please answer the following questions about your 2023 program.
Will your site's children's program operate at least 4 weeks in Summer 2023?

YesNo
Will your site's children's program serve children at least 3 days each week in Summer 2023?

YesNo
Will your site's children's program serve a minimum of 15 children every day in Summer 2023?

YesNo

Summer Meal Site Application
Name of Site (For New Sites Only)
Name of Site (Returning)
Physical Site Address (location where summer meals will be served)

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
County (of physical site address)
Mailing Address (if different than physical site address)

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Summer Feeding Coordinators
Name of Summer Meals Coordinator

First NameLast Name
Title of Summer Meals Coordinator
Title
Office Phone of Summer Meals Coordinator

Area CodePhone Number
Cell Phone of Summer Meals Coordinator

Area CodePhone Number
Email Address of Summer Meals Coordinator
example@example.com
Name of Alternate Summer Meals Coordinator

First NameLast Name
Title of Alternate Summer Meals Coordinator
Title
Office Phone of Alternate Summer Meals Coordinator

Area CodePhone Number
Cell Phone of Alternate Summer Meals Coordinator

Area CodePhone Number
Email Address of Alternate Summer Meals Coordinator
example@example.com

Meal Service

*Feeding Alabama offers snack and lunch menu options. Snack may be served only one time per day, either in the morning or afternoon. Lunch may be served one time per day. Per USDA regulations, Summer Meal Program sites may only serve TWO meals per day, and they are required to at minimum be an hour apart.
I wish to serve the following meals at my site as part of the 2023 Summer Meals Program

SnackLunch
Meal Serving Time #1

SnackLunch
Start Time

:HourMinutesAM/PM Option
End Time

:HourMinutesAM/PM Option
Meal Serving Time #2 (If applicable)

SnackLunch
Start Time

:HourMinutesAM/PM Option
End Time

:HourMinutesAM/PM Option

Attachments
Letter of Support

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Community based sites (churches, BGC, YMCA, Parks and Rec,etc): A signed letter of support from your executive director/pastor acknowledging they authorize your site to participate in Feeding Alabama's 2023 Summer Meals Program. | Schools: A signed letter of support from BOTH your school’s principal AND your system’s CNP Director stating they approve of your school participating in Feeding Alabama's 2023 Summer Meals Program. You can provide one letter with both signatures required OR two letters (one from the principal and one from the CNP Director) Cancelof
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For more information, you may contact Eugenie Sellier at eugenie@feedingalabama.org.
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Summer Meals 2023: Application

Summer Meals 2023: Application

Please answer the following questions about your 2023 program.

Summer Meal Site Application

Summer Feeding Coordinators

Meal Service

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