Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Announcement

Los Lunas Schools Student Nutrition Services will implement Year Two of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) at Ann Parish Elementary, Desert View Elementary, Century High School, Los Lunas Elementary, Peralta Elementary, Raymond Gabaldon Elementary, Tome Elementary and Valencia Elementary on 14 August 2018.

Through CEP, a school district, a group of schools or a single school may offer meals at no charge to all students. This eliminates the procedure of distributing and processing meal applications.

The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 includes the implementation of CEP to insure that every student in low-income neighborhoods and/or districts can participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP). To qualify, a district or school must have 40 percent or more of its students eligible for free meals based on direct certification.

By participating in CEP and eliminating the need for meal applications, Los Lunas Schools Student Nutrition Services will reduce administrative costs. Families also benefit from the elimination of completing and submitting meal applications.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410

By fax: (202) 690-7442

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