Eligibility

Regulation & Guidance

• 7CFR 245
  Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools
• SP 50-2016  - Policy Memo re: 2016 Edition of the Eligibility Manual for School Meals
• 2016 Edition of the Eligibility Manual for School Meals
• USDA Provision 2 Guidance

Community Eligibility Provision

CLICK HERE to navigate to the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) page.

Income Eligibility Guidelines

• 2016-17 Income Eligibility Guidelines

• 2016-17 Income Eligibility Guidelines (Federal Register)
  

Second Review of Applications

• Documentation of Change as a result of Second Review of Applications
• Second Review of Applications Q&As
• USDA-FNS Local Education Agency Second Review of Applications Template (SY 2015-16)
• SP 44-2014      Questions and Answers Related to the Independent Review of Applications
• SP 62-2014      Release of the new Local Educational Agency Second Review of Applications Report (form FNS-742a)
• SP 62-2014a1       Local Education Agency Second Review of Applications Report (Excel file)
• SP 62-2014a2       Local Education Agency Second Review of Applications Report Tool (Excel file)

Migrant Education

• Migrant Education Coordinator Contact List

2016-17 Eligibility Applications & Verification Forms

NC Free & Reduced Priced School Meals Household Application Template (rev. 5-2016)

• MS Publisher
• PDF
  

USDA Free & Reduced Priced School Meals Household Application Template and Verification Forms/Letters PACKET

• for Non Web-Based Applications
  

• for Web-Based Applications
• Web-based Application Checklist (rev 3/2016)
• Translated F&R Application and Verification Forms

Other

• F&R-Price Income Documentation for Institutionalized Children
  

Continuing Education Resources

• Key Terminology
  

• Determining Free and Reduced Price Meal Eligibility: Benefit Issuance and Direct Certification 

• Free and Reduced Price Eligibility:  "Making the Pieces Fit" – Common Errors and Findings