Central Pennsylvania Food Bank Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Site Application 2025

Your inquiry and application to participate as a Summer Food Service Program site does not guarantee your approval as a sponsored site of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank (CPFB). CPFB will carefully review each application to ensure alignment with our organization’s strategic goals and operational capacity and resources. If CPFB approves your application, the final decisions for site approvals will be up to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).

All applications are due to CPFB by April 15th. Applications submitted after the due date are not guaranteed to be approved. If your application is not approved by CPFB, you will be notified immediately by a CPFB staff member. Once CPFB has a final list of potential SFSP sites they will be submitted to PDE for final approval. After PDE has provided final approval of sponsored sites, CPFB will notify all sites no later than 24 hours after the fact.
Address(Required)
This address should reflect the location where the meal is being served.

Staff and Facility

(if you have more than one location, please fill out an application for each location)
Administrator/CEO/Principal/Pastor (Person In Charge)(Required)
Site Supervisor Name(Required)
This is the person who will be on-site during meal service. If this person is unknown at the time of application, please use the name of the primary contact for the site in the meantime and notify us immediately when the position is filled.

Eligibility Determination

This helps us determine program eligibility. This is required for the state application and must be accurate.
Was your organization sponsored by the Food Bank for the Summer Food Service Program in a previous summer?(Required)
Does the Food Bank currently sponsor meals for an afterschool program at your site?(Required)

Summer Feeding Program

Age range of the children served in your program(Required)
Select all that apply

Length of Program

The 2025 SFSP will operate June 9th thru August 22nd. If you are serving breakfast, please be prepared to receive your first meal delivery on the weekday prior to your first day of service as breakfast meals will be delivered a day in advance (with very few exceptions). The state application requires that we provide the number of operating days for each month of participation. Please review your calendar and advise of your program start and end dates, as well as any days you will not need to receive meals.
Anticipated start date:(Required)
Date must be June 9th or later.
Anticipated end date:(Required)
Date must be on or before August 22nd. Your program must end on this date or provide one week notice if your end date changes.
Which days of the week will you serve food?(Required)
List all dates between your start and end date that you will not need to receive meals. Note: We are closed on Wed, June 19th and on Friday July 4th. No meals will be offered on those dates.
List all dates and locations of field trips. Please give us 48 hours noticed for any new field trips added during the summer.

Describe your facility:

Do you have the capability to store refrigerated meals overnight?(Required)
Hot meals (in individual trays) will need to be heated prior to serving. Meals must be stored safely at the proper temperature until meal service.
Full-size refrigerators include both household and commercial grade refrigerators. Do not include apartment-size refrigerators in your total count.
Please enter a number from 0 to 6.
Do you have a working sink available on site?(Required)
All approved sites are required to submit paperwork daily and on a weekly basis. Do you have the ability to submit paperwork daily and on a weekly basis?
Select the meals you'll be serving (maximum of two meal types in any combination except lunch and dinner)(Required)
Please note that you cannot serve both Lunch and Dinner meals. Meal types can be changed during the summer if needed but can only be changed on the first serving day of the month.
Please list what time meal service will begin and end.
Please describe any special delivery instructions (e.g. entrance to use, where truck can park).

Training: Your site must be approved before receiving training.

This is a federally funded program and as such, all sites must follow the policy and regulations set forth by the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, Pennsylvania Department of Education, and the United States Department of Agriculture. Please select a date for the required virtual training. ALL STAFF and volunteers providing meal service must attend training before you can begin meal service):
Please Select a date for virtual training (all sites must attend training before they can begin meal service.)(Required)

If you are having problems completing the form above, please reach out to our Youth Programs Team