Applications for free and reduced-price school meal benefits for the 2020-2021 school year are online at www.fcps.org/meals. Frederick County Public Schools encourages families to complete a meal benefits application regardless of whether students return to school in person or via distance learning. Eligibility for free or reduced-price meals through the national school breakfast and lunch programs is based on annual income eligibility guidelines shown in the chart, effective from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, with meals available to qualifying students attending any public school in Frederick County.
Household Size | Free Meals | Reduced-Price Meals | ||||||||
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Year | Month | Twice per month | Every Two Weeks | Week | Year | Month | Twice per month | Every Two Weeks | Week | |
1 | $16,588 | $1,383 | $692 | $638 | $319 | $23,606 | $1,968 | $984 | $908 | $454 |
2 | 22,412 | 1,868 | 934 | 862 | 431 | 31,894 | 2,658 | 1,329 | 1,227 | 614 |
3 | 28,236 | 2,353 | 1,177 | 1,086 | 543 | 40,182 | 3,349 | 1,675 | 1,546 | 773 |
4 | 34,060 | 2,839 | 1,420 | 1,310 | 655 | 48,470 | 4,040 | 2,020 | 1,865 | 933 |
5 | 39,884 | 3,324 | 1,662 | 1,534 | 767 | 56,758 | 4,730 | 2,365 | 2,183 | 1,092 |
6 | 45,708 | 3,809 | 1,905 | 1,758 | 879 | 65,046 | 5,421 | 2,711 | 2,502 | 1,251 |
7 | 51,532 | 4,295 | 2,148 | 1,982 | 991 | 73,334 | 6,112 | 3,056 | 2,821 | 1,411 |
8 | 57,356 | 4,780 | 2,390 | 2,206 | 1,103 | 81,622 | 6,802 | 3,401 | 3,140 | 1,570 |
For each additional family member add... | $5,824 | $486 | $243 | $224 | $112 | $8,288 | $691 | $346 | $319 | $160 |
The school system will provide meals to all enrolled participants regardless of race, color, sex, age, disability, or national origin, with no discrimination in the course of meal service and access to facilities.
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mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; -
fax: (202) 690-7442; or
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email: program.intake@usda.gov.