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  • First Steps
    • Introduction
    • USDA Summer Meal Program Basics
    • Determining Eligibility and Library Capacity
    • Securing Support from Library Leadership and Staff
    • Finding and Working with a Meal Sponsor
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First Steps

If you would like to establish a summer meal program at your library, the resources below will help you get started. Please also contact us so that program staff can provide you with support and technical assistance tailored to your community’s needs.

Introduction

USDA Summer Meal Program Basics

Determining Eligibility and Library Capacity

Securing Support from Library Leadership and Staff

Finding and Working with a Meal Sponsor

  • First Steps
    • USDA Summer Meal Program Basics
    • Determining Eligibility and Library Capacity
    • Securing Support from Library Leadership and Staff
    • Finding and Working with a Meal Sponsor
    • Introduction
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Lunch at the Library is a project of the California Library Association. The project was initially funded by a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. It is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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