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On closure days, centers may switch to lunch and a snack or breakfast and a snack, reimbursed through CACFP at the free rate, and sponsors may coordinate with SSO/SFSP sites while keeping records to avoid duplicating the same meal type for a child.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},537412,1791673671,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,88,92,96,101,106,110,115,119,122,126],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":85,"show_sort_weight":86,"slug":87},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":89,"show_sort_weight":90,"slug":91},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":93,"show_sort_weight":94,"slug":95},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":97,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":98,"show_sort_weight":99,"slug":100},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":102,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":103,"show_sort_weight":104,"slug":105},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":107,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":108,"slug":109},7,40,"healthcare",{"id":111,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":112,"show_sort_weight":113,"slug":114},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":55,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":117,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":121},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":123,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":124,"show_sort_weight":123,"slug":125},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":128,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":129},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":131},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":132,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":107,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":26,"language":139,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":143,"read_time":97,"preview_page_count":4},962090760505,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","| Meal Service Options for Unanticipated School Closure |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  | An unanticipated school closure is defined as:\u003Cbr>􀁸 Extreme weather events or natural disaster\u003Cbr>􀁸 Unscheduled major building repair\u003Cbr>􀁸 Court order relating to school safety or other issues\u003Cbr>􀁸 Labor-management dispute\u003Cbr>􀁸 Other similar cause as approved by the State agency |\n| \u003Cbr>Unanticipated School Closure |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n| Seamless Summer Option (SSO)\u003Cbr>Requires buildings eligibility rate ≥ 50% |  | School Food Authorities that normally operate School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, or Afterschool Programs in any building with a free and reduced eligibility rate of 50% or greater may apply for Seamless Summer Option.\u003Cbr>Meals Service Options:\u003Cbr>􀁸 breakfast and lunch, or\u003Cbr>􀁸 breakfast and an AM or PM snack or\u003Cbr>􀁸 lunch and an AM or PM snack\u003Cbr>Seamless Summer Option meals must be served at non-school sites unless the School Food Authority has requested a waiver and provides Illinois State Board of Education documentation of a safety plan to alleviate any concerns for the safety of students participating in the meal service. Non-school site eligibility is based on area eligibility. |  |\n| Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)\u003Cbr>Requires buildings eligibility rate ≥ 50%/Area eligibility |  | Illinois State Board of Education may exempt existing Summer Food Service Program sponsors and School Food Authorities from submitting new applications to participate if the sponsor participated in SFSP in any time during the current year or in either of the prior two calendar years. In addition, sponsors applying for participation in the program due to unanticipated closure are exempt from the application submission deadline. Area eligibility requirements still apply for service during unanticipated school closures, except in certain disaster situations.\u003Cbr>Meal Service Options:\u003Cbr>􀁸 breakfast and lunch, or\u003Cbr>􀁸 breakfast and an AM or PM snack or\u003Cbr>􀁸 lunch and an AM or PM snack\u003Cbr>Summer Food Service Program meals must be served at non-school sites unless the School Food Authority has requested a waiver and provides Illinois State Board of Education documentation of a safety plan to alleviate any concerns for the safety of students participating in the meal service. |  |\n\n| Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)\u003Cbr>Requires area eligibility | State agencies may allow at-risk afterschool centers to continue serving meals and snacks as part of the At-Risk Afterschool Meals component of CACFP during unanticipated school closures. On days when schools are closed, at-risk afterschool centers that normally offer a snack and supper after school may instead choose to offer either lunch and a snack, or a breakfast and a snack. These meals and snacks would be reimbursed through CACFP at the free rate.\u003Cbr>Additionally, CACFP sponsors may serve a snack and/or a meal at a site that has been served meals earlier in the day by SSO or SFSP sponsors. See scenarios below |\n| --- | --- |\n| Illinois State Board of Education\u003Cbr>Nutrition and Wellness Programs Division | Email: [cnp@isbe.net](cnp@isbe.net)\u003Cbr>Phone: (800) 545-7892 (Illinois Only) or (217) 782-2491 |\n\nScenario 1: During a labor dispute, Sponsor A feeds a child breakfast and lunch at a non-school site. That same child goes to their normal at-risk afterschool program ran by Sponsor B who normally feeds them a supper and a snack. Sponsor A may get reimbursed breakfast and lunch through SFSP and Sponsor B may claim their supper and a snack through CACFP.  \nScenario 2: During a labor dispute, Sponsor A feeds a child breakfast and lunch at the same location as their at-risk afterschool program which is ran by Sponsor B and Sponsor B may feed the child a supper and a snack. Sponsor A will claim and receive reimbursement for breakfast and lunch through SFSP and Sponsor B will claim and receive reimbursement for supper and a snack through CACFP.  \nNote: Sponsors","cbCaidlhNNb78b1S","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidlhNNb78b1S","pdf",559379,"English","# Meal Service Options for Unanticipated School Closure\n## Definition of Unanticipated School Closure\n## Seamless Summer Option (SSO)\n## Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)\n## Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)\n## Reimbursement Scenarios and Recordkeeping\n## Civil Rights and Accessibility Notice","[{\"question\":\"What qualifies as an unanticipated school closure under the guidance?\",\"answer\":\"Unanticipated school closure includes extreme weather events or natural disasters, unscheduled major building repairs, court orders related to school safety or other issues, labor-management disputes, and other causes approved by the State agency.\"},{\"question\":\"What meal service options are available under SSO and SFSP?\",\"answer\":\"SSO and SFSP can provide breakfast and lunch, or breakfast with an AM/PM snack, or lunch with an AM/PM snack, with meals generally served at non-school sites subject to waiver and safety-plan documentation.\"},{\"question\":\"How do CACFP rules handle at-risk afterschool centers during school closures?\",\"answer\":\"State agencies may allow at-risk afterschool centers to continue serving meals and snacks through CACFP. On closure days, centers may switch to lunch and a snack or breakfast and a snack, reimbursed through CACFP at the free rate, and sponsors may coordinate with SSO/SFSP sites while keeping records to avoid duplicating the same meal type for a child.\"}]","Meal Service Options for Unanticipated School Closure - SSO, SFSP, CACFP | PDF",1791604610]