DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, DIVISION OF FOOD, NUTRITION AND WELLNESS

NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO OPERATE THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN in accordance with Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 225. It is the intent of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Food, Nutrition and Wellness, formerly Florida Department of Education, Food and Nutrition Management Section, to administer the Summer Food Service Program for fiscal year 2012. The primary purpose of the program is to provide food service to children from needy areas during periods when area schools are closed for vacation. Eligible children are those 18 years of age and under and persons over 18 years of age who are determined by the state educational agency or a local public education agency or a local public educational agency of the state to be mentally or physically handicapped and who participate in the public or nonprofit private school program established for the mentally or physically handicapped. The program will be made available throughout Florida by state-approved sponsors. Sponsors for the program may be a public or nonprofit private school, nonprofit private organization, residential or nonresidential camp, government organization, or a National Youth Sports Program. For more information, please contact: Division of Food, Nutrition and Wellness, Summer Food Services Program for Children, at 1(800)504-6609.

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