Free & Reduced Meals

Yes. Your child’s application is only good for that school year and for the first few days of the new school year. You must send in a new application unless the school told you that your child is eligible for the new school year.

No. Use one Free and Reduced-Price School Meals application for all students in your household. We cannot approve an application that is not complete, so be sure to fill out all required information. Return the completed application to your child’s school or apply online (see link above).

Please read the letter you got carefully and follow the instructions. Contact us if you have further questions.

Yes. You may apply at any time during the school year if your household size goes up, income goes down, or if you start getting Food Stamps, TANF or other benefits. If you lose your job, your children may be able to get free or reduced-price meals.

Children in households getting Food Stamps or TANF and most foster children can get free meals regardless of your income. Also, your children can get free meals if your household income is within the free limits on the Annual Income Eligibility Guidelines.

Your children can get low-cost meals if your household income is within the reduced-price limits on the Annual Income Eligibility Guidelines.

Please call the school, homeless liaison, or migrant coordinator to see if your child(ren) qualify, if you have not been informed that they will get free meals.

Children in households participating in WIC may be eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Please fill out an application.

Yes, we may ask you to send written proof.

You should contact the school district.

Yes. You or your child(ren) do not have to be a U.S. citizen to qualify for free or reduced-price meals.

You must include all people living in your household, related or not (such as grandparents, other relatives or friends, etc.) You must include yourself and all children who live with you.

List the amount that you normally get. For example, if you normally get $1000 each month, but you missed some work last month and only got $900, put down that you get $1,000 per month. If you normally get overtime, include it, but not if you get it only sometimes.

If your housing is part of the Military Housing Privatization Initiative, do not include your housing allowance as income. All other allowances must be included in your gross income.

Income-eligible American Indian and non-Indian households that reside on a reservation and households living in approved areas near a reservation or in Oklahoma that contain at least one person who is a member of a Federally-recognized tribe, are eligible to participate in FDPIR. For more information, please visit: https://www.fns.usda.gov/fdpir/eligibility-how-apply