Lunch
MENUS ON PARENTSQUARE LINKS: Menu
Students can buy a school lunch or bring a cold lunch. If you choose to pack a healthy lunch for your student, remember that they do not have access to a microwave or refrigerator.
Lunch menus will be posted on ParentSquare each month.
The cost of a school lunch for the 23-24 school year is:
$4.25 - Lunch
$0.50 - Milk
$0.40 - Reduced Price Meals
YAA will have a lunch account for those families wanting to pre-pay for school lunches.
***If your student has any food allergies, alternate food items are available. Please contact the office to let us know of any and all food allergies your student may have.***
FREE & REDUCED PRICE MEALS
If you are interested in a free or reduced lunch for your student, please fill out the application, and a school official will determine if your student is eligible. Free or Reduced Lunch applications can be secured in the school office or using this link: Meals Application
Before the School Year Begins
To prevent meal charges from being incurred, we encourage all eligible families to submit a new application for free and reduced-price meals prior to the start of each new school year. This allows the application to be processed and the correct eligibility established before school starts. Families have the ability to fill out the Free and Reduced Price Meal Application online on or after July 1. Paper meal applications are available at the school office.
After the School Year Begins
Completed meal applications are accepted anytime throughout the school year, and can be submitted to your student's school office.
Families who were approved for free or reduced lunch last school year have a 30 carryover after school begins to submit a new meal application.
There are no charges incurred during the carryover period.
Please verify federal income guidelines before applying. If a meal application is denied within the carryover period, meal charges would begin 10 calendar days after the new application is processed. Families would need to provide meals from home or funds to purchase meals.
All students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals receive one lunch per school day at no cost. However, a la carte milk ($.50) is not included in the meal benefit.
Please contact the school office if you have questions or need additional assistance.
WHO SHOULD APPLY FOR MEAL BENEFITS
Your household meets the 2022-23 Federal or Oregon Expanded Income Guidelines
You qualify for SNAP benefits and you do not receive a Direct Certification letter before school begins
You take part in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
You receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
You are applying for a Foster Child
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF MEAL BENEFITS ARE APPROVED
Meal benefits begin the day the meal application is approved. The eligibility date cannot be backdated to cover meals purchased prior to the approval date.
Meal benefits are valid until the last day of school.
A new meal application must be submitted each school year to see if families qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
What You need to Know if Meal Benefits are Denied
Families can provide their student(s) a meal from home or provide funds to purchase school meals.
Families may submit a new meal application at any time during the school year if circumstances change (example, there is a decrease in income or increase in household members) which allow them to meet the federal income guidelines.
- Annual Meal Benefits Verification Process
Each year, a sample of free and reduced meal applications are selected at random to verify the information given on the application.
Verification notifications are sent out in various methods -- phone, email, and letter to inform families of the process. If the required documentation to support the information listed on the meal application is not provided or does not meet federal guidelines, it will result in a loss of free and reduced-price meal benefits.
Families selected need to submit documentation to show they meet program guidelines to maintain meal benefits.
For a list of acceptable documentation, click here.
If you do not meet guidelines or do not want free and reduced-price meal benefits, you do not need to provide documentation. Meal benefits will end 10 calendar days after November 15. If circumstances change, families can submit a new meal application any time during the school year -- proof of income must be provided or it will delay the application process.
Civil Rights
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/usda-program-discrimination-complaint-form.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 Complaint form or letter must be submitted 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; orfax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; oremail:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.