The Community Eligibility Provision is a National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meal service option that allows schools and school districts located in high poverty areas to offer breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students.
This fact sheet outlines a number of additional resources for those seeking to directly purchase or raise food products for school nutrition programs.
USDA offers prototypes of school meal applications, as well as sample instructional documents intended to assist state and local officials in the design and distribution of their own application materials.
This webinar details guidance and best practices for incorporating integrity-oriented design features into web-based school meal applications.
Getting to Know USDA's Web-Based Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals
This is a model application developed by USDA to demonstrate the potential functionality of a school district's application. NO information will be saved or submitted for processing. If you are a parent, contact your child's school to find out where you can access their application for school meal benefits.
Featured here is USDA’s Web-Based Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals, along with accompanying guidance materials and resources.
From this page, you may download the Vietnamese translation of the Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals and accompanying materials.
From this page, you may download the Portuguese translation of the prototype application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals and accompanying materials.
From this page, you may download the Russian translation of the Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals and accompanying materials.