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Food Services > Free and Reduced Price Meals
The SASD participates in the federal program that allows students to apply for free or reduced price lunches. All meals served must meet patterns established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
If you get food stamps or TANF for your children, your children can get free meals. If your household income is the same or less than the amounts on the income chart to the right, your children can get free meals or reduced price meals. A foster child may get free meals or reduced price meals. The reduced price lunch is 40 cents while reduced price breakfast can be purchased for 30 cents.
To get a free or reduced price meal for your children, you must complete an application and return it to school. Applications will be sent home the beginning of the school year. Applications that are not complete cannot be approved. Please complete the application, sign it and return it to school. Additional copies are available at all schools.
For more information, please contact Jane Natali, Supervisor of Food Services, via e-mail jnatali@soudertonsd.org or telephone at 215-723-6061.
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How to Apply
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Download a PDF of the Free & Reduced Price Meals Application (PDF with instructions)
If you now get food stamps of TANF for the children you are applying for, the application must have the children’s names, a food stamp or TANF case number for each child, and the signature of an adult household member. If you are applying for a foster child a separate application must have the child’s name, the child’s “personal use” income, and an adult signature. If you do not list a food stamp or TANF case number for all the children you are applying for, then the application must have the children’s names, the names of all household members, the amount of income each person got last month and where it came from, the signature of an adult household member and the adult’s social security number or the word “none” if the adult does not have a social security number.
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Income Eligibility Guidelines 2011-2012
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Note: The eligibility guidelines below are effective July 1, 2011 until further notice
Annual Income
| Family Size |
Free Meals or Milk (130% of Poverty Guidelines) |
Reduced Price Meals (185% of Poverty Guidelines) |
Not eligible for Free or Reduced Price Meals or Milk |
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight |
$0 to $14,157
$0 to $19,123
$0 to $24,089
$0 to $29,055
$0 to $34,021
$0 to $38,987
$0 to $43,953
$0 to $48,919
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$14,158 to $20,147
$19,124 to $27,214
$24,090 to $34,281
$29,056 to $41,348
$34,022 to $48,415
$38,988 to $55,482
$43,954 to $62,549
$48,920 to $69,616
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$20,148 and up
$27,215 and up
$34,282 and up
$41,349 and up
$48,416 and up
$55,483 and up
$62,550 and up
$69,617 and up |
| For each additional family member, Add: |
+$4,966 |
+$7,067 |
+$7,068 |
For Free Meals or Free Milk
Effective July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012
| Family Size |
Annual Income |
Once a Month |
Twice a Month (24 pay periods/year) |
Every Two Weeks (26 pay periods/year) |
Every Week |
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight |
$14,157
$19,123
$24,089
$29,055
$34,021
$38,987
$43,953
$48,919
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$1,180
$1,594
$2,008
$2,422
$2,836
$3,249
$3,663
$4,077 |
$ 590
$ 797
$1,004
$1,211
$1,418
$1,625
$1,832
$2,039 |
$ 545
$ 736
$ 927
$1,118
$1,309
$1,500
$1,691
$1,882 |
$ 273
$ 368
$ 464
$ 559
$ 655
$ 750
$ 846
$ 941 |
| For each additional family member, Add: |
+$4,966 |
+$414 |
+$207 |
+$191 |
+$96 |
For Reduced Price Meals
| Family Size |
Annual Income |
Once a Month |
Twice a Month (24 pay periods/year) |
Every Two Weeks (26 pay periods/year) |
Every Week |
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight |
$20,147
$27,214
$34,281
$41,348
$48,415
$55,482
$62,549
$69,616 |
$1,679
$2,268
$2,857
$3,446
$4,035
$4,624
$5,213
$5,802 |
$ 840
$1,134
$1,429
$1,723
$2,018
$2,312
$2,607
$2,901 |
$ 775
$1,047
$1,319
$1,591
$1,863
$2,134
$2,406
$2,678 |
$ 388
$ 524
$ 660
$ 796
$ 932
$1,067
$1,203
$1,339 |
| For each additional family member, Add: |
+$7,067 |
+$589 |
+$295 |
+$272 |
+$136 |
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Verification
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Your eligibility may be checked at any time during the school year. School officials may ask you to send papers showing that your children should get free or reduced price meals.
Fair Hearing
You may talk to school officials if you do not agree with the school’s decision on your application or the results of the certification. You may also ask for a fair hearing. You may do this by writing or calling:
Director of Business Affairs, Bill Stone
760 Lower Road
Souderton, PA 18964-2311
Phone: 215-723-6061
wstone@soudertonsd.org
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Reporting Changes
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If your children get free or reduced price meals because of your income, you must tell the school if your household size decreases or when your household income increases by $50 or more per month ($600 per year). If your children get meals because they get food stamps or TANF you must tell the school when you are not receiving these.
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Confidentiality
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School officials use the information on the application only to decide if your children should get free or reduced price meals.
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Re-application
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You may apply for meals anytime during the school year. If you are not eligible now, but have a change, like a decrease in household income or an increase in household size, become unemployed or get food stamps or TANF for your children, complete an application then.
In the operation of the child-feeding program, no child will be discriminated against because of race, sex, color, national origin, age or disability. If you believe you have been discriminated against, write immediately to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington DC 20250.
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