Texas Summer Meal Sites: Contact and Program Participation for 2026

Texas Department of Agriculture data details contact information and operational details for all approved summer meal program sites for the 2026 program period. The dataset includes site and sponsor (CE) statuses, meal service times, and administrative details, supporting oversight of federally funded nutrition programs. Information is subject to change during the active summer period from mid-May through August.

Use Cases

• Mapping site locations and service areas using SiteCounty, SiteStreetAddressCity, and TDARegion.
• Monitoring program participation and site status using SiteStatus, SiteTerminationStatus, and OperationEndDate.
• Analyzing meal service schedules and frequency using LunchTime, SupperTime, BreakfastTime, and LunchDaysServed.
• Identifying sponsoring organization (CE) details and application cycles using CEName, CEID, CEApplicationCycle, and TypeOfAgency.

Strengths

• Contains detailed administrative and operational fields for both sites and sponsoring organizations, with over 30 columns listed across sources.
• Designed for active program management with updates scheduled daily or bi-weekly during the summer operating period.
• Cross-platform presence on the Texas Open Data Portal indicates official use and importance for public reporting.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, license, and author are not provided in any source.
• Sources conflict on the specific program year, referencing both 2019 and 2026, creating ambiguity about the temporal coverage.
• Column lists differ between platform entries, suggesting the schema may have evolved or varies by snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA)

Collection Method

Collected from applications and operational reports submitted by sponsoring organizations for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and other summer meal programs.

Time Range

Program period 2026 (with conflicting references to 2019 data in some descriptions).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 14:00:20 according to two entries.

Geography

State of Texas, United States.