Application Information for Renewing CEs

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Interested Applicants

The information on this page is only for renewing SFSP CEs. If you are NOT a renewing Contracting Entity (CE), visit the New Applicants page to learn more about the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).

CEs Not Renewing

CEs that do not wish to renew their participation must submit a written request to terminate their FND Permanent Agreement by mutual consent. If a mutual termination request is not received, for those that do not participate in a program year, they must reapply as new if they wish to resume operations in the next program year.

Renewing CEs

Please refer to the TDA SFSP Supplemental Handbook for additional guidance that clarifies and/or supplements policy by the USDA in the Administrative Guidance for Sponsors (AGS) and policy memos.

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Important Renewal Application Deadlines:

DUE DATES:

January 15, 2025 - Application Packets open in TX-UNPS.
March 15, 2025 – Last day to submit Application Packets in TX-UNPS to TDA if CE is requesting advance payments. Application Packets submitted in TX-UNPS after this date will not be eligible to receive advance payments for summer 2025.
April 15, 2025 - Last day to submit the SFSP Intake form via Squaremeals.org to initiate the new application review process. Last day to submit the SFSP Application Packet in TX-UNPS for all renewing SFSP CEs that are Not in Good Standing (including CEs with a temporary deferred Serious Deficiency [SD]) for SFSP 2024, CACFP 2024 and/or CACFP 2025.
May 1, 2025 - Last day to submit Application Packets for all other renewing CEs.

ADVANCE PAYMENTS:

Advance payments are made monthly by June 1, July 15, and August 15. To receive an advanced payment, eligible CEs must submit requests according to the following submission dates below:

Advance Month	Submission Timeframe
June	04/08/2025-05/22/2025
July	05/16/2025-07/05/2025
August	06/06/2025-08/05/2025

For additional information on advance payments, please refer to TDA's SFSP Supplemental Handbook, Chapter 9 - Program Costs for Reimbursements.

Documentation Submittal Guidance:

At minimum, the following information must be submitted:

1. Contracting Entity Application

Any fields that have changed
- All fields for which the information did not populate from the prior program year.

2. Annual Audit

Information in this screen must be completed if applicable to your entity type.
- Application will be returned for incomplete if screen not completed.

3. Health Department Notifications

Ensure all sites for which have been submitted for review have a corresponding health department notification.
- Application will be returned for incomplete if notifications have not been submitted.

4. Training Certificate

Upon completion of the SFSP Training, you will receive a certificate that serves as official record of training completion. Submit a copy of the certificate at the time of application submittal. An application submitted without the certificate submitted to TDA cannot be processed for approval and will be returned.

General Application Guidance:

DOCUMENTATION SUBMISSIONS:
Submit required documents and completed application (include your contracting entity (CE) ID on all correspondence, if applicable) to one of the following:

Email to:
SFSP.Bops@TexasAgriculture.gov

Mail to:
Texas Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Division

Attn: Program Eligibility Support

P.O. Box 12847

Austin, Texas 78711

Overnight to:
Texas Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Division
Attn: Program Eligibility Support
1700 North Congress Ave.

Austin, Texas 78701

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Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

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1. Mail:

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

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