The Palm Beach County Youth Services Department’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) transitioned from pre-summer feeding to the full Summer Food Service Program on June 1. Operating 70 distribution sites, including 17 Palm Beach County Library locations, the program served a total of 99,027 meals to youth and families throughout Palm Beach County over a nine-week period.

SFSP provides meals every summer to ensure that our community’s children have access to healthy meals when school is not in session.

“This year, we did not let COVID-19 stop us,” said Geeta Loach-Jacobson, director of the Youth Services Department’s Outreach and Community Programming Division. “With determination and grit, we restructured our meal service and delivery mechanisms to provide weekly shelf-stable meals to our children. We are proud to support healthy eating for Palm Beach County children.”

Meal service dates were expanded to offer a pre-summer feeding session, and distribution sites were added to include the county libraries and Highridge Family Center. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) ensures that school-aged children, 18 years and under, continue to receive nutritious meals beyond the school year and during the summer months when school is out, as well as in times of emergency school closures.

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