Duncan Unilied Schools will be participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, Duncan Schools will offer healthy meals every school day. Breaktast K-8 Grades is no cost ($0.00): lunch will cost $2.50 K-5th Grades and $2.75 6-12th Grades. Your children may quality for free or reduced-priced meals. Reduced-priced meals cost $0.00 for breakfast K-8 grades and $.40 for lunch. Qualifications for children to receive free or reduce price meals include: belonging to a household whose income is at or below the Federal Income Eligibiity Guidelines, belonging to a household that receives public assistance, or it the child is homeless, migrant, runaway, foster Household size and income criteria are used to determine eligibility for free and reduced-price benefits if the household does not receive assistance or the children are not in the other categories mentioned above. Children can get free or reduced-price meals it the household's gross income falls at or below the limits on the Federal Income Eligibility Guideline chart: Federal Eligibility income Chart for School Year 2019-2020 FREE REDUCED - PRICE Tealy ome Taty Man Ian S S M.112 1. To apply for a free or reduced-price meals, households can fil out the application and return t to the school unless the household has already received notfication that their children are approved for free meals this year Being distributed to al households is a letter informing housaholds of the avalability of tre and reduced-price meals for their chidren and what is required to complete on the application. Applications are available at dusdwildkats.arg under Food Service tab, at the principal's ofice in each school, and at the District Ofice. Only one appication is required for all children in the household and the intormation provided on the application will be used for the purpose of determining eligibilty and verification of data. Applications may be verified at any time during the school year by the school or other program otficials. An application for free or reduced-price benefits cannot be approved unless k contains complete eligibity information as indicated on the application and instructions. in the operation of child feeding programs, no child will be discriminated against because of race, sex, color, national origin, age or disability. Familes can apply tor benefts at any time. IH a household member becomes unemployed or if the household size increases. the household should contact the school. Such changes may make the chidren of the household eligible for benefits if the household's income talls at or below the Federal Guidelines. Contact Karen Hamilton at any time to request an application. Under the provisions of the free and reduced-price policy. Karen Hamilton wil review applications and determine eligibility. Parents or guardians dissatisfied with the ruling of the official may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an intormal basis. Parents wishing to make a tormal appeal for a hearing on the decision may make a request either oraly or in wriing to Eldon Merell, P.0. Box 710 Duncan, AZ 85534, 928-359-2474. When known to Duncan Schools households will be natified of their children's eligbility for tree meals it they are members of households recelving assistance trom the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FOPIR): or * Termporary Assistance for Needy Familes (TANF), if the State Program meets Federal standards. An application is not required for free meal benefits for Assistance Propram participants and al of the chilidren in the household are eligible for free meal benefits. IH any children were not listed on the notice of dligibility, or ita household does not receive a notice of eligbility, the household should contact the school to have tree meal benefits extended to them. Paricipants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Wormen, Intants and Children (WIC) may be eligible for tree or reduced-price meals, but they wil need to turm in an application including household size and total income. When known to Duncan Schools, households wil also be notfied of any child's eligibility for tree meals t the individual child is considered "Oner Source Categorically Eligible", because the chid is categorized, as defined by law as Foster Homeless *Migrant Runaway *Enroled in an eligible Haad Start, or Enrolled in an eligible pre-kindergarten class. fany children were not listed on the notice of eligibility. the household should contact the school about their eligiblity through the listed above, or should submit an income application. Households notified of their children's eligblity must contact the school it the household chooses to decline the free meal benefits. For information, you may call Karen Hamilton at 928-359-2472 er emal at khamilton@dancanschoels.org This insthton is an equal apportunty provider Duncan Unilied Schools will be participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, Duncan Schools will offer healthy meals every school day. Breaktast K-8 Grades is no cost ($0.00): lunch will cost $2.50 K-5th Grades and $2.75 6-12th Grades. Your children may quality for free or reduced-priced meals. Reduced-priced meals cost $0.00 for breakfast K-8 grades and $.40 for lunch. Qualifications for children to receive free or reduce price meals include: belonging to a household whose income is at or below the Federal Income Eligibiity Guidelines, belonging to a household that receives public assistance, or it the child is homeless, migrant, runaway, foster Household size and income criteria are used to determine eligibility for free and reduced-price benefits if the household does not receive assistance or the children are not in the other categories mentioned above. Children can get free or reduced-price meals it the household's gross income falls at or below the limits on the Federal Income Eligibility Guideline chart: Federal Eligibility income Chart for School Year 2019-2020 FREE REDUCED - PRICE Tealy ome Taty Man Ian S S M.112 1. To apply for a free or reduced-price meals, households can fil out the application and return t to the school unless the household has already received notfication that their children are approved for free meals this year Being distributed to al households is a letter informing housaholds of the avalability of tre and reduced-price meals for their chidren and what is required to complete on the application. Applications are available at dusdwildkats.arg under Food Service tab, at the principal's ofice in each school, and at the District Ofice. Only one appication is required for all children in the household and the intormation provided on the application will be used for the purpose of determining eligibilty and verification of data. Applications may be verified at any time during the school year by the school or other program otficials. An application for free or reduced-price benefits cannot be approved unless k contains complete eligibity information as indicated on the application and instructions. in the operation of child feeding programs, no child will be discriminated against because of race, sex, color, national origin, age or disability. Familes can apply tor benefts at any time. IH a household member becomes unemployed or if the household size increases. the household should contact the school. Such changes may make the chidren of the household eligible for benefits if the household's income talls at or below the Federal Guidelines. Contact Karen Hamilton at any time to request an application. Under the provisions of the free and reduced-price policy. Karen Hamilton wil review applications and determine eligibility. Parents or guardians dissatisfied with the ruling of the official may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an intormal basis. Parents wishing to make a tormal appeal for a hearing on the decision may make a request either oraly or in wriing to Eldon Merell, P.0. Box 710 Duncan, AZ 85534, 928-359-2474. When known to Duncan Schools households will be natified of their children's eligbility for tree meals it they are members of households recelving assistance trom the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FOPIR): or * Termporary Assistance for Needy Familes (TANF), if the State Program meets Federal standards. An application is not required for free meal benefits for Assistance Propram participants and al of the chilidren in the household are eligible for free meal benefits. IH any children were not listed on the notice of dligibility, or ita household does not receive a notice of eligbility, the household should contact the school to have tree meal benefits extended to them. Paricipants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Wormen, Intants and Children (WIC) may be eligible for tree or reduced-price meals, but they wil need to turm in an application including household size and total income. When known to Duncan Schools, households wil also be notfied of any child's eligibility for tree meals t the individual child is considered "Oner Source Categorically Eligible", because the chid is categorized, as defined by law as Foster Homeless *Migrant Runaway *Enroled in an eligible Haad Start, or Enrolled in an eligible pre-kindergarten class. fany children were not listed on the notice of eligibility. the household should contact the school about their eligiblity through the listed above, or should submit an income application. Households notified of their children's eligblity must contact the school it the household chooses to decline the free meal benefits. For information, you may call Karen Hamilton at 928-359-2472 er emal at khamilton@dancanschoels.org This insthton is an equal apportunty provider