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USDA Summer Food Service Program Enrolled Sites

Meals will be provided to all eligible children free of charge.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all eligible children free of charge. (To be eligible to receive free meals at a residential or non-residential camp, children must meet the income guidelines for reduced-price meals in the National School Lunch Program. The income guidelines for reduced-price meals by family size are listed on the next page.) Children who are part of households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly foods stamps) benefits, or benefits under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) are automatically eligible to receive free meals.

Acceptance and participation requirements for the Program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at the sites and times as follows:

Condon / 200 D. Street, South Boston, MA 02127 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

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Breakfast: 8:30am – 9:00am (school-age program)

Lunch: 12:00pm – 12:30pm (school-age program)

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Hennigan / 200 Heath Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 / July 8 – August 9, 2019

Breakfast: 8:30am – 9:30am (school-age program)

Lunch: 1:15pm – 2:15pm (school-age program)

Orchard Gardens / 2 Dearborn Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Breakfast: 9:00am – 9:30am (school-age program)

Lunch: 12:15pm – 1:00pm (school-age program)

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or

(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

May 2019

Income Eligibility Guidelines

These are the income scales used by the United States Department of Agriculture to determine eligibility for reimbursement in the Summer Food Service Program

Effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020

# of Household Members

Annual

Monthly

Weekly

1

23,107

1,926

445

2

31,284

2,607

602

3

39,461

3,289

759

4

47,638

3,970

917

5

55,815

4652

1,074

6

63,992

5,333

1,231

7

72,169

6,015

1,388

8

80,346

6,696

1,546

For Each Additional person, ADD

+8,177

+682

+158

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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