Understanding the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is the first step toward accurately providing SFSP meals and snacks to Minnesota’s children. Administrative staff responsible for program operations must have knowledge of recordkeeping and food service operations, as well as nutrition education and meal service.

State agency staff offer online and in-person training, as described below, and technical assistance to sponsoring organizations. 

Sponsors provide training to new hires and ongoing instruction to all staff on program meal patterns, meal service, claims submission, food service operations, record-keeping requirements and reporting. In addition, sponsors provide annual training to all staff on SFSP program updates and compliance standards for operations and program delivery.

Sponsor Training Opportunities for 2021

In-person Training

Due to the COVID-19 situation, in-person training will not be offered at this time.

Online Training

The online SFSP training provides information for regular SFSP operations. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released waivers, which have changed some of the regular operations. Please visit the Food and Nutrition COVID-19 Resources webpage for the most up-to-date information.

Access online SFSP training courses. Check out the user tutorials for instructions on how to register and access the courses. You need to register so we will have documentation that your training is complete for the year.
 

Course Name	Course number	Length	Who Must Complete this Training
Civil Rights	MDE-150	45 minutes	New applicants Schools and nonprofit organizations that did not participate in SFSP last year New sponsor or site level staff with SFSP responsibilities
Planning and Administering the SFSP	MDE-100	19 interactive courses, 10-15 minutes each	New applicants Schools and nonprofit organizations that did not participate in SFSP last year New sponsor level staff who oversee SFSP
SFSP Annual Refresher	MDE-170	60 minutes (three short courses, one of which is a shortened version of Civil Rights)	Renewing applicants Schools and nonprofit organizations that participated in SFSP last year a a sponsoring organization
Menus Building Basics-Utilizing CN Labels and USDA Recipes to Build a Cycle Menu	MDE-522	60 minutes	All applications are encouraged to complete this course
SFSP Meal Planning for Summer Success!	MDE-523	60 minutes	All applications are encouraged to complete this course

• Planning and Administering the SFSP (MDE-100) - 4/22/20
  Lessons and topics covered in the Brighton online training course, Planning and Administering the SFSP 2020. Also includes the length of each topic.
• Training Attendance Verification Form - Summer Food Service Program - 7/6/18
  Form used by program sponsors to document training.