To: All Institutions Participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP or DC Free Summer Meals Program)
From: Norma Birckhead, Manager, CACFP and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
Subject: Guidance on Prohibition of Separation by Gender during Child Nutrition Program Meal Service
This memorandum explains the prohibition on separation by gender during Child Nutrition Program meal service and outlines select circumstances under which gender-based separation may be permissible. This memorandum supersedes previously rescinded U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) memorandum SP 32-2012, CACFP 16-2012, SFSP 12-2012 (State Agency memorandum CACFP #06-2012, dated May 11, 2012) on the same subject.
