Free+and+Reduced+Price+Meals+Program

Free and Reduced Price Meals Program CBSD offers healthy meals every school day. Middle School lunches cost $2.55. Breakfast is available for $1.75. Students may qualify for free meals or reduced price meals. Recuded price lunch costs 40 and breakfast costs 30 cents.

**__Who is eligible for free meals?__** Students in households getting Food Stamps or TANF and most foster children can get free meals regardless of your income. Also, students can get free price meals if your household income is within the free limits on the Federal Income Guidelines. Students can get low cost meals if the household income is within the reduced price limits on the Federal Income Chart. At the beginning of each school year students are given an aplication form to take home. **//__Only one application is needed per family.__//** **//__Return the completed application to your youngest child's school.__//** The applications are then processed by the School Nurse who determines eligibility according to Federal eligibility guidelines. You may apply at any time during the school year if your household size goes up, income goes down, or if you start receiving Food Stamps or TANF.
 * __ Who is eligible for Reduced price meals? __**
 * __ How do you apply for the Free/Reduced Price meals? __**
 * __ If we don't qualify now, may I apply later? __**

All students are given a PIN number that they use when purchasing food in the school's cafeteria. A students who is eligible for REDUCED Price meals will put their PIN # in the keypad and pay 40 cents to buy lunch. Students eligible for FREE lunch will also be asked for their PIN # and will get their lunch for free. Since all families have the option of paying in advance and having money in their account, there is no possibility of embarrassment as only the Cashier knows what students are on the Free/Reduced Lunch Program.
 * __How does the student get their Free or Reduced Price meal?__**

Yes. A new application must be filled out every year. Students on the Free/Reduced Lunch Program will maintain eligibility until September 30th of the new year before they are dropped from the program if a new application has not been turned in.
 * __Do you have to fill out a new form every year?__**