Summer Food Service Program: Enrolled Sites

NEWS RELEASE

Enrolled Sites and Camps

Haven from Hunger 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:

For Kids Only, William A. Welch School, 50 Swampscott Avenue, Peabody, Massachusetts, 7/5– 8/26, Mon. – Fri., Breakfast: 8 to 9 a.m., Lunch: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

For Kids Only, Thomas Carroll School, 60 Northend Street, Peabody, Massachusetts, 7/5 – 8/19, Mon. – Fri., Breakfast: 8 to 9 a.m., Lunch: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Passos Avante, South Memorial School, 16 Maple Street Extension, Peabody, Massachusetts, 7/18 – 8/19, Mon. – Fri., Breakfast: 9 to 9:30 a.m., Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to Noon

CFCE, Kiley Administration Building, 21 Johnson Street, Peabody, Massachusetts, 7/11 – 8/16, Mon. and Tues.. Breakfast: 9 to 9:30 a.m., Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to Noon

DARE Camp, Veterans Memorial High School, 485 Lowell Street, Peabody, Massachusetts, 7/25 – 8/5, Mon. – Fri., Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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. (March 2016)

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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, 2016 through June 30, 2017

# of Household Members: 1 -- Annual: 21,978, Monthly: 1,832, Weekly: 423

# of Household Members: 2 -- Annual: 29,637, Monthly: 2,470, Weekly: 570

# of Household Members: 3 -- Annual: 37,296, Monthly: 3,108, Weekly: 718

# of Household Members: 4 -- Annual: 4,955, Monthly:3,747, Weekly: 865

# of Household Members: 5 -- Annual: 52,614, Monthly: 4,385, Weekly: 1,012

# of Household Members: 6 -- Annual: 60,273, Monthly: 5,023, Weekly: 1,160

# of Household Members: 7 -- Annual: 67,951, Monthly: 5,663, Weekly: 1,307

# of Household Members: 8, Annual: 75,647, Monthly: 6,304, Weekly: 1,455

For Each Additional person, ADD -- Annual: +7,696, Monthly: +642, Weekly: +148

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

March 2016

Also see: http://www.havenfromhunger.org/summer_lunch/PublicAnnoucementForEnrolledSites.pdf