Free and Reduced Meal Program

In addition to determining eligibility for free and reduced-price school meals, school meals applications help our school district allocate vital funding and resources to schools. Please complete the school meals application. Applications are completely confidential and secure, and do not require Social Security information.

Families can apply for free or reduced-price school meals at any time during the school year. Families can also reapply later in the school year if there is a change in family circumstances, such as loss of income. Each family needs to submit one application for all of the children attending schools in the same district; however, families must submit a new application each school year.

Eligibility is based on household income. Determinations are based on comparing a family’s income to the federal income guidelines through school meal applications. In addition, children whose households participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), or if they are classified as homeless, runaway, or migrant, are eligible.

Many children in WIC households may be eligible for free school meals. Please fill out an application to confirm your child’s eligibility.

Neither you nor your child needs to be a U.S. citizen in order to gain access to free or reduced-price school meals. Applications are completely confidential and secure; they do not require a Social Security number, and they have no effect on the public charge rule.

On June 30 2022, a series of federal waivers that made school meals free to students during the pandemic are set to expire. All Piedmont Schools families are encouraged to complete a free and reduced school meals application .

No. Complete one application for all students in your household. You must reapply every school year. Applications that are not complete cannot be considered, so be sure to fill out all required information.

You or your child does not have to be a U.S. citizen to qualify your child to receive free or reduced-price meals.

Include yourself, all children (school age and younger) who live with you and all other people living in your household, related or not (such as grandparents, other relatives, or friends). Be sure to include any income they receive.

The consideration for approval of an application is based on income and the number of household members. Therefore, it is required to list all member of the household.