Free & Reduced Price Meals

All Evergreen School District students receive two free meals daily.

Starting in the 2022-2023 school year, all students—regardless of family income—are eligible for free breakfast and lunch every school day. This is made possible through the federal Provision 2 Special Assistance Program via the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.

✅ No Application Necessary

You do not need to submit a "Free and Reduced Meal Application" to receive these meals. All students are automatically eligible.

❗️Important: Complete the Alternative Income Form

While free meals are guaranteed for all students, we do encourage you to complete the Alternative Income Form. This form helps our schools secure essential state and federal funding and may also make your family eligible for other benefits. Benefits may include discounted internet and utility bills, waived college application fees, and discounted after-school program fees.

Why is Evergreen School District requesting financial information if all students eat for free?

The information you provide by returning the 2022-23 Meal Application determines the base year funding sources for school meal programs under Provision 2. In subsequent and/or extension years, families may be asked to complete a simplified Alternative Income form to capture socioeconomic data and ensure Evergreen School District receives all of the funding it is entitled to for state educational programs.

Applications Help Our District and Schools Receive Much-Needed Funding

Every student who is eligible for free and reduced price meals has the potential to generate more Federal, State, and private grant funding available to schools - funding that goes directly back to your student’s classroom to increase or improve services. We encourage all households to complete a meal application, even if you plan on sending lunch from home for your student.

DID YOU KNOW FREE AND REDUCED MEALS ELIGIBILITY...

BENEFITS YOUR FAMILY

Free school meals and S-EBT benefits
Fee waivers for college applications & admissions tests
Discounted utilities & internet access
Discounted school fees for after-school and summer programs

BENEFITS YOUR SCHOOL

Provides increased funding through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
Help support funding for computers and technology
Helps fund academic and enrichment programming
Helps provide resources for classrooms, teachers and cafeterias

Your Eligibility Letter

A benefit of participating in Provision 2 is that it reduces the burden on families to complete a Free & Reduced Meal Application every year. Instead, families will complete this form once every four years to make base year funding determinations for the school meal program. Evergreen School District’s base year is 2022-23.

Once your application is processed an eligibility letter will be mailed to your address. Since Free & Reduced Meal applications are not collected in non-base years, Child Nutrition Services can provide a Provision 2 Notice with your eligibility determination made in school year 2022-23. If you are contacted to complete an Education Benefit Form, an eligibility letter will be sent to you once it’s processed. These letters are important documents for your records. They provide important documentation that make you eligible for programs and discounts like P-EBT, afterschool and summer programs, discounted utilities, and more. If you need an additional copy of your eligibility letter, complete the eligibility letter request form.

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