Free summer meals for Florida kids (Summer BreakSpot)
Summer BreakSpot serves free meals to Florida kids and teens 18 and under all summer — no application, no registration. How it works and how to find a site.
Summer BreakSpot is Florida's summer meals program: free, nutritious meals for kids and teens 18 and under while school is out. It is the state's arm of the USDA Summer Food Service Program, administered in Florida by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), which reimburses the schools, nonprofits, parks, and libraries that serve the meals.
No paperwork — really
In the program's own words: “No application. No registration. Just find a location and show up during the designated mealtimes.” There is no income test, no ID check, and no cost. Any child or teen 18 or under can eat at any open site.
The 2026 season has ended — here's the calendar
The 2026 season ran June 8 through August 12, and sites have closed for the year; BreakSpot returns for summer 2027 when school lets out. Bookmark this page — we update it when the new season's map goes live.
How to find a site, in season
- SummerBreakSpot.org — the official interactive site map, updated twice daily during the season as new locations are added.
- FDACS Summer Food Service Program page at FDACS.gov, including its summer resource map.
- Call 1-800-504-6609 or email [email protected].
- Or search our directory with the “Summer meals” filter — we carry 3,400+ Florida summer meal sites from the USDA program data — coverage varies by season; always call ahead.
Sites run at schools, libraries, parks, and community centers, each with posted mealtimes — check the map for your site's schedule before you go.
What about grocery benefits for the summer?
[VERIFY before publish] Florida is not operating the federal SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) grocery benefit for 2026, so meal sites — not a summer grocery card — are the state's summer offer for kids. [Source basis: prior verified research (sources-fl.json rank 6); USDA reference pages were down for maintenance on the draft date. Confirm against USDA's Summer EBT state list before publishing, or cut this section and let the rest of the guide stand.]
During the school year
School breakfast and lunch pick up where BreakSpot leaves off. And if your family needs groceries this week, no program calendar applies at a food pantry: find one near you — most ask only your name and household size — or dial 2-1-1.
Sources
Accessed 2026-08-13. The pages linked throughout this guide are its sources; anything we could not verify is not stated.
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