TDA has updated and repackaged the NSLP/SBP and SMP applications for school year 2013-2014 so that the letter to the household, directions, and both the multi-child and multi-use applications for each program are in a single downloadable file. CEs may also find additional information about household applications and determining eligibility in the Administrator’s Reference Manual (ARM), Section 4, Determining Eligibility.

 

Click the links below to download the appropriate 2013-2014 school meal applications:

• English
  • 2013-2014 Multi-Child and Multi-Use Free and Reduced Price School Meals Applications 
  • 2013-2014 Multi-Child and Multi-Use Special Milk Program Applications
    
    
• Spanish Version Text

Translated versions of the Texas Multi-Child and Multi-Use Applications are in progress. For any CE that needs immediate access to an application translated into Spanish or more than 30 other languages visit the USDA website at http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Application/translatedapps.html 

 

2013-2014 Income Eligibility Guidelines for Determining Free & Reduced Price Benefits

Click the links below to download the appropriate letters to accompany school meal applications:

 

English

• Letter of Approval/Denial 
• Letter of Predetermined Eligibility -- Direct Certification 
• Letter of Predetermined Eligibility -- Foster 
• Letter of Predetermined Eligibility – Even Start, Head Start, or Early Head Start
  (For school year 2013-2014, TDA has combined all the letters to be used with children who are directly certified because of their participation in an early literacy program into a single letter.)
• Letter of Predetermined Eligibility -- Migrant 

 

Spanish

Coming soon

Regulations require that prior to or during the first week of school, a public release be made to the local news media, the unemployment office and any major employers who are contemplating layoffs within the school’s attendance area. When sent to the news media, the letter to parents, application form, and a complete income scale (free and reduced-price guidelines) or the same information put in a narrative form will constitute a public release. TDA has provided this prototype media release or media release Provision 2 for CEs to customize and use each school year.