Eligibility | CEP | Verification

   Determining Household Eligibility

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Application for Need-Based Assistance

Every school year, a variety of opportunities are available for students from families with limited financial resources. SFAs should use the designated space on this form to describe how the school plans to use the household socioeconomic information to assist the student. Examples include, but are not limited to, fee waivers for Advanced Placement Testing or SATs, a grant for classroom technology, after-school tutoring, band or athletic uniforms, etc.

Record of Extended Benefits Form Template

This template provides a recording tool to maintain documentation of all benefits that are extended.  This is an optional template that can be used if eligibility software does not provide this information.  All extended benefits documentation must be maintained for three (3) years plus the current year.

Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)

Section 104(a) of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 amended the National School Lunch Act to provide an alternative to household eligibility applications for free and reduced price meals in high poverty local educational agencies (LEAs) (or districts) and schools.  The overall purpose of the CEP is to improve access to nutritious meals for students in high poverty areas by providing meals to all students “at no cost” to the students. 

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Section 104(a) of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 amended the National School Lunch Act to provide an alternative to household eligibility applications for free and reduced price meals in high poverty local educational agencies (LEAs) (or districts) and schools.  The overall purpose of the CEP is to improve access to nutritious meals for students in high poverty areas by providing meals to all students “at no cost” to the students. 

Verification Process & Resources

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DOWNLOAD Verification Important Dates

October 1
  • Verification Begins
November 17
  • Verification Ends
November 18
  • Verification Collection Report opens in the SN Technology System (SNTS) (*November 15 falls on a weekend.)
  • Begin tracking households not responding
  • Verification Process Completion survey distributed to SFAs (Complete by Dec 2)
December 2

  • Deadline to complete Verification Process Completion Survey (11:59 pm)

December 8

  • Deadline to complete Verification Collection Report in SNTS

February 16
  • Tracking ends for households that did not respond initially 
February 19

  • Survey open to report the non-response change

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