Students may qualify for free or reduced price meals based on family size and gross income. They may also qualify if they are receiving Food Stamps or Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) benefits. Foster children are automatically eligible (upon receiving a completed application).
Students qualify for free or reduced price meals by completing an Application for Free & Reduced-Price Meals. There is an application sent home with the youngest child in the family at the beginning of the school year. Students/families can also pick up a blank application at any MCPS school. One application should be filled out for each household, listing all household members (each foster child must be on their own individual application).
Once the application is filled out, it can be returned to any MCPS school or returned directly to the Division of Food and Nutrition Services in-preson or via US Mail for processing. The information is entered into a meal application system and an Action-Taken Notice is printed and returned to the school to be sent home with the student. This notifies the families/households of their eligibility status.
Address to return completed meal application forms directly:
Division of Food and Nutrition Services
Montgomery County Public Schools
16644 Crabbs Branch Way
Rockville, MD 20855
Students/families can apply at any time during the school year.
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