•  free summer meals for kids

     2021-2022 School Year: School Meals

    Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the National School Lunch Program 

    Sullivan County BOCES today announced an amendment to its policy for enrolled area school children for serving breakfast and lunch under the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the National School Lunch Program for the 2021-2022 school year, which would allow for all children attending the following schools to be served meals at no charge.

    • Sullivan County BOCES Rubin Pollock Education Center- 52 Ferndale Loomis Road, Liberty NY 12754
    • White Sulphur Elementary – 29 Schoolhouse Road, White Sulphur Springs NY 12787

    For additional information please contact the following person:

    Dawn Parsons, SNS
    Food Service Director
    Sullivan BOCES
    15 Sullivan Ave, Suite 1W
    Liberty, NY 12754
    845-295-4154
    Dawn.Parsons@scboces.org 

    Sullivan County has several local sites that are serving FREE nutritious meals to children and teens 18 and younger over the summer while school is out of session. Please use this mapping tool to find a site near you.

    https://www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks

     

    Nondiscrimination Statement 
    This explains what to do if you believe you have been treated unfairly.

    In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

    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.

    To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf(link is external)(link is external), from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted 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.