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2021-2022 Free and Reduced Price Income Eligibility and Policy Information

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Child Nutrition Eligibility Guide
FREE ELIGIBILITY REDUCED ELIGIBILITY 
Direct Certification Categorical Eligibility Free Application Reduced Application

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

  • Automated Data Matching Method

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF)

  • Indicated Case Number on the Free and Reduced Price Meal Application
 Free and Reduced price meal applicant approved to receive free school meals/milk determined by the income indicated on the application was at or below 130 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines. Free and Reduced price meal applicant approved to receive reduced price school meals determined by the income indicated on the application was between 130 and at or below 185 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

  • Automated Data Matching Method

Food Distribution Program On Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

  • Indicated Case Number on the Free and Reduced Price Meal Application

Medicaid recipients at or below 133 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines, determined by the Medicaid Program

  • Automated Data Matching Method

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

  • Re-certification Letter, or indicated Case Number on the Free and Reduced Price Meal Application
* Data Matching Systems indicate the corresponding Assistance Program

Homeless

  • List obtained from the McKinney Vento liaison (visit www.nysteachs.org for a list of homeless liaisons) 
EXTENSION OF CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY means that all children in a household with at least one child or household member who receives benefits from an Assistance Program are categorically eligible for free meals. Any one child’s or household member’s receipt of benefits from an Assistance Program extends free school meal eligibility to all children who are members of the household.

Runaway

  • List obtained from the runaway provider

Migrant

  • List obtained from the migrant coordinator

Foster

  • List obtained from the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) or indicated on the Free and Reduced Price Meal Application

Head Start and Even Start

  • Enrollment records
Last updated
September 13, 2017

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

  1. mail:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
  2. fax:
    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
  3. email:
    program.intake@usda.gov

 

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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