Free meals program continues for 2021-22 school year
PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Board of Education will continue to offer meals at no charge to students for the 2021-22 school year.
Wood County Board of Education announces its policy for providing free meals to all children served under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
All schools will be participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) as implemented under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. There will be no need to complete meal applications for the 2021-22 school year.
Wood County Schools had been participating in the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) since 2015. The CEP was enacted as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and provides universal free meal service to children in high-poverty areas. The CEP serves as an alternative to collecting, approving, and verifying household eligibility application for free- and reduced-price eligible students in high-poverty Local Education Agencies (LEAs). If at least 40 percent of a school’s students are directly certified for free meal benefits, the entire school qualifies for the option.
For more information contact Hollie W. Best, Child Nutrition Director at 304-420-9631 extension 101.
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the agency (state or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
- 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
- email: program.intake@usda.gov.