Batch Area/Calculation Eligibility and Rural Designation Checker

Every year the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) publishes a list of areas that are eligible to operate feeding sites as part of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). They also allow areas that are not automatically deemed eligible to operate Summer Food Service sites if the area you would like to operate in and up to two neighboring areas can meet an eligibility threshold (SP 08-2017, CACFP 04-2017, SFSP 03-2017).

This tool checks an address file formatted as a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file and checks all of the addresses in that file to see if they fall in areas that have either been deemed eligible or were calculated eligible. If the area is calculation eligible the neighboring areas identified number is included in the results. In addition, the tool will now check to see if an address entered falls inside of an area designated as rural (SFSP 04-2024, SP 06-2024).

When the file is done processing it will return a CSV to you with the addresses you entered and details on if the address was able to be matched, the GPS coordinates of a matched address, the Census block group (GEOID) of a matched address, the Rural designation of that address, the eligibility of that address, and a timestamp showing when the data was checked for that address.

There are strict requirements on how the addresses are formatted and the name of the columns in the CSV file. The table below shows the column names in gold, a brief description of what those columns should contain. As well as a few example addresses that have been properly formatted. You can also download an Example.csv that will contain the proper layout and column names as well as several example addresses to help you format your own data.

In instances that the geocoder was not able to match an address it will still show the address you supplied in the results but there will not be any data for matched address, GPS, GEOID, eligibility, or rural designation.

To lookup a single address or your current location please use the main lookup tool: Here

Current Data: FY26 Percentage of Children Eligible for F/RP Meals