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Note: The 2023-24 meal assistance applications and Educational Benefits Forms will be available here on Aug. 1. The lists of schools below and other details will also be updated for the new school year. Thanks for your patience.
Non-CEP Schools:
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These students might qualify for free meals, based on family income.
Elementary: Athens-Chilesburg, Brenda Cowan, Cassidy, Clays Mill, Garrett Morgan, Maxwell, Rosa Parks, Stonewall, Veterans Park, and Wellington
Middle: Beaumont, Edythe J. Hayes, Jessie Clark, and SCAPA at Bluegrass
High: Henry Clay, Lafayette, and Paul Laurence Dunbar
Other programs: STEAM Academy
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Tap here for the income eligibility chart & meal assistance application
Find your household size in the chart below. If your income is less than that listed for your household size, your children might qualify for meal benefits and you should continue to the next set of instructions.
If you received a "directly certified" (DC) letter stating that a child is a DC student -- receiving free meals for 2022-23 -- then you do NOT need to complete an application. However, you must inform Programs Assistant Jessica Morgison if any children in the household currently attending FCPS are not listed in the letter.
- What is a DC student? Students may be directly certified (DC) when they receive certain federal benefits, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (K-TAP). Students whom the district identifies as homeless, Head Start, migrant, or runaways are also considered DC. Some foster children and some children receiving Medicaid may also qualify as DC.
If your family did NOT receive a DC letter, then income eligibility or other categorical requirements are in effect, and a parent/guardian should complete the meal application below.
Families must reapply each school year. The district will notify you when the application has been processed.
Students who do not qualify will pay full price for breakfast and lunch.
(Online applications are available in English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Vietnamese, and Chinese (Mandarin). Look for the language link on the top right of the application screen.)
Did you know? Applying for meal assistance might also qualify your family for help with costs like band instruments, athletics fees, internet access, college application fees, and even groceries.
CEP Schools:
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All students get free meals at school.
Elementary: Arlington, Ashland, Booker T. Washington, Breckinridge, Cardinal Valley, Coventry Oak, Deep Springs, Dixie, Garden Springs, Glendover, Harrison, James Lane Allen, Julius Marks, Lansdowne, Liberty, Mary Todd, Meadowthorpe, Millcreek, Northern, Picadome, Russell Cave, Sandersville, Southern, Squires, Tates Creek, William Wells Brown, and Yates
Middle: Bryan Station, Crawford, Leestown, Lexington Traditional Magnet, Morton, Southern, Tates Creek, and Winburn
High: Bryan Station, Frederick Douglass, and Tates Creek
Other programs: Audrey Grevious Center, Carter G. Woodson Academy, Carter G Woodson Preparatory Academy, Family Care Center, Fayette County Preschool Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, Opportunity Middle College, Rise STEM Academy for Girls, Success Academy, The Learning Center, and The Stables
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Tap here to apply for additional family assistance ...
All students enrolled in CEP schools will receive breakfast and lunch at no cost throughout this school year. However, it is still important for families to complete an application for non-meal related benefits associated with student free/reduced data. CEP schools call this the Educational Benefits Form. Filling it out helps both the student’s family and the schools.
How were CEP schools selected?
Schools were selected based on the percentage of directly certified (DC) students. Note: This is different qualifying data from the total free/reduced enrolled percentages reported at schools.
What is a DC student?
Students may be directly certified when they receive certain federal benefits, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (K-TAP). Students whom the district identifies as homeless, Head Start, migrant, or runaways are also considered DC. Some foster children and some children receiving Medicaid may also qualify as DC.
For more information on CEP qualifications, please see our FAQ.
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Contact us
Jessica Morgison,
program assistant
(859) 381-3838Paper forms: Families who cannot apply online may request a paper application by mail; please call (859) 381-3838.
Did you know? The Child Nutrition Department has eliminated costs to families for reduced-price meals since August 2017.
Archive records:
Free/Reduced Monthly Reports
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Other benefits:
* Our Meal Assistance Programs’ data is used for eligibility for school fee waivers, magnet school transportation assistance, Family Resource & Youth Services Centers, Title 1 and other school funding programs, Special Education, sports/summer camp scholarships, other meal assisting programs, discounted internet services (EBB program), college pre-exam testing discounts, KEES scholarships and other college financial assistance, and more