Free & Reduced Meals
Free & Reduced Meals Application
Free and reduced applications will be provided at the start of the school year and will be available at the front office or the cafeteria throughout the school year.
You may also submit an online application at: www.mealappnow.com/manlac
FREE AND REDUCED FORMS:
Free and Reduced Application - English
Free and Reduced Instructions -English
Free and Reduced Application - Spanish
Free and Reduced Instructions - Spanish
Free and Reduced Media Release
Exclusion of Military Privatized Housing & Combat Pay
A recent policy memorandum from USDA provides information on implementation of the exclusion of military combat pay from income eligibility determinations for free and reduced priced meals in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. As set forth in the statute, combat pay is defined as an additional payment made under Chapter 5 of Title 37 of the United States Code, which is received by a household member who is deployed to a designated combat zone.
Combat Pay is excluded if it is:
- Received in addition to the service member’s basic pay
- Received as a result of the service member’s deployment to or service in an area that has been designated as a combat zone
- Not received by the service member prior to his/her deployment to or service in the designated combat zone
A combat zone is any area that the President of the United States designates by Executive Order as an area in which the U.S. Armed forces are engaging or have engaged in combat. As with other types of income commonly received by military personnel (such as the Basic Allowance for Housing or Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments), combat pay received by the service member is normally reflected in the entitlements column of the military Leave and Earnings (LES) statement. Deployed service members are considered members of the household for purposes of determining income eligibility for the Child Nutrition Programs.
Military Privatized Housing: If your housing is part of the Military Housing Privatization Initiative, do not include your housing allowance (BHA) as income. All other allowances must be added in your gross income.