Summer Food Service Program in Texas—Sponsor Costs

Develop guidance to direct the State agency to require its reviewers to perform a reconciliation of daily meal counts to meals claimed in TX-UNPS for all administrative reviews. If the administrative review is conducted when no claims have been submitted, require reviewers to examine prior year meal claims if current year meal claims have not been filed in TX-UNPS.

Direct the State agency to review questioned costs of $646,037 related to 217,040 non-reimbursable meals, associated with the eight sponsors in our audit and recover costs determined to be unsupported. Where necessary, declare identified sponsors seriously deficient and , if the deficiencies are not fully and permanently corrected, terminate their participation in SFSP.

Direct the State agency to review unsupported costs of $13,705 associated with the eight sponsors in our audit and recover costs determined to be unsupported.

Request the State agency to review unallowable costs of $9,960 associated with the eight sponsors in our audit and recover costs determined to be unsupported.

Direct the State agency to review questioned costs of $34,506 paid to the sponsors in our audit that claimed 9,214 non-reimbursable meals and recover costs determined to be unsupported.