Summer Food Service Program in Texas—Sponsor Costs

Develop and disseminate specific guidance for reviewing requests for large advance payments, specifically concerning how the State agencies are to determine if a sponsor has sufficient capability to administer these larger sums.

Ensure this guidance requires that reviewers consider prior year administrative findings and the amount of unused reimbursements available from prior years.

Ensure this guidance requires that reviewers should document their justifications for approving advance payments.

Develop and implement formal procedures that require agency officials to expeditiously refer sponsors who are know to or are suspected to have violated SFSP laws or regulations to OIG for investigative evaluation.

Coordinate with OIG Investigations to establish a process to refer SFSP violations of law and regulations to OIG for investigative evaluation.