FOOD SERVICE
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The Community Eligibility Provision
(CEP) provides an alternative approach for offering school meals to
local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in low income areas,
instead of collecting individual applications for free and reduced price
meals.
The CEP allows schools that
predominantly serve low-income children to offer free, nutritious school
meals to all students through the National School Lunch and School
Breakfast Programs. The CEP uses information from other programs,
including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the
Temporary Assistance Program for Needy Families (TANF) instead of
traditional paper applications.