United States
Consolidated Report of FNS and Selected State Agencies’ Controls Over SFSP
Report Information
Recommendations
Require State agencies to: expand the sponsor review when reviewers identify meal claim deficiencies, ensure sponsor corrective actions address the underlying causes of the noncompliance issues, and maintain documentation related to the sponsors’ meal claims so State agencies can periodically verify the reviewers’ determinations.
Require that sponsors with self-prep sites maintain documentation to facilitate State agency meal claim verification, including production records and delivery receipts.
Evaluate SFSP State monitoring regulations to determine whether regulatory changes are needed for State agencies to verify sponsors’ claims for reimbursement and ensure program payment accuracy.
Provide State agencies with training and establish monitoring procedures for FNS to ensure the new requirements (in Recommendations 5-7) are implemented and functioning effectively.
Revise guidance to provide clarification to sponsors and State agencies on how to identify and calculate unused reimbursement amounts, such as outlining timeframes and accounting methods that should be used and the income and costs that should be included.