According to Child Nutrition, CEP districts must conduct a Direct Certification Matching Process, at least once per school year to capture students' eligibility status.
SFA's may conduct the Direct Certification Matching Process as many times as they find necessary so that they can keep their poverty numbers up for BEDS reporting, poverty data, Title 1, etc.
NYSED Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Application Instructions
The Household Income Form should be requested for families to fill out. This helps districts maximize the amount of potential state and federal aid, and qualify for additional student services.
The Special Provisions Edit Check Report shows enrollment, attendance percentage, and meal counts per serving day for CEP schools.
The Provision 2 Edit Check report is the claim report used by schools that operate under CEP.