NOTE: If you receive federal assistance, like SNAP, TANF, FDPIR and have received a 2023-24 PPS Direct Certification approval letter, or 所有 of the students in your household attend a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school, you do not need to submit a meal application. To confirm, contact the PPS Meal Benefits Office at 503.916.3402或电邮 mealbenefits@pps.网.

Reasons To Apply For Free/Reduced Meals (PDF)

网上申请流程

1. 单击 在线申请 button (or download the SchoolCafe app on any iOS or Android device).

2. 创建父级 SchoolCafe account or use your existing account if you have one. If you don't remember your password, please click on Forgot Password.

3. 点击 申请福利 button to bring up the application.

4. Complete each question and click 提交我的申请 button.

NOTE: You can check the status of the application and even print out the approval/denial letter.

 额外的信息

• If a household meets the Oregon Expanded Income Guidelines (OR EIG), the application status will show 'Denied' via SchoolCafe. This is because the system can only show the Federal approval/denial status. An OR EIG approval letter will be mailed within 10 business days.
• If a household is Directly Certified, the application status will show 'Deleted'. A meal application is not needed and cannot be processed, so it is deleted from the system. A Direct Certification letter is sent via mail to the adult who qualified for the benefit (for example, SNAP接受者). To receive a copy of the letter, contact the PPS Meal Benefits Office.
• If 所有 students in a household attend a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school, the application status will show 'Deleted'. A meal application is not needed and cannot be processed, so it is deleted from the system. To request a letter stating a student in the household attends a CEP school and receives meals at no cost, please contact the PPS Meal Benefits Office. This letter can be used to receive other benefits, like low-cost inter网.

Applying with a Paper Application: 

提交书面申请, click on the 2023-24 Confidential Family Application for Free and Reduced Priced Meals below. Print out and complete the required information and mail the application to the PPS Nutrition Services Department, 501 N. 迪克森圣., Portland, OR 97227 or request one from the school office or cafeteria. 

如果得到批准, meal benefits begin on the date the application is approved and cannot be backdated to cover prior purchases. 例子, if the meal application is approved on Friday, 9月2日, 从星期二开始购买的饭菜, 8月30日至周四, 9月1日不会是免费的, only meals purchased 9月2日 and on. Families are responsible for the meal charges incurred.   

If families do not qualify for free and reduced-price meals, a meal application can be submitted any time during the school year. This means if circumstances change that 所有ow families to meet the income guidelines, they can submit an application at that time.

PLEAST NOTE: If your student attends a charter school or community-based site, please contact your student's school or site directly for more information on their meal application process. The PPS Meal Benefits Office processes meal applications for sites it serves and claims meals for which do not include charter schools or community-based sites.

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