Programs
- Free & Reduced Price Meals
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Wellness Policy and Information
- Unpaid Meal Debt Policy
- USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
Free & Reduced Price Meals
Qualifications
Your child(ren) may be eligible for free or reduced price meals if your household income and family size meet the federal guidelines. If your gross income (before taxes) is at or below the level on the scale, your child(ren) is eligible for either free or reduced price meals. If you receive food stamps or temporary cash assistance (TCA) for your child(ren), they are eligible for free meals.
To Apply
Once the online application has been submitted and reviewed, a Notice of Action Taken letter will be sent home with your child.
You may apply for free or reduced price meals any time during the school year.
Paper applications are available at all schools and can be downloaded here.
Completed paper applications should be turned into your child's school or mailed to:
Breakfast
Carroll County Public Schools offers a balanced breakfast each morning at all schools. School breakfast will give your child a healthy start to the day. A nutritious breakfast helps students be more alert so they can learn more in class. Breakfast has vitamins and nutrients for a strong and healthy body.
Lunch
Carroll County Public Schools offers an appealing and nutritionally balanced lunch each and every school day. A school lunch will provide your child with healthy food choices. A nutritious lunch enhances students’ readiness to learn more in class. School lunch has vitamins and nutrients for a strong and healthy body. Help your child get through the day right with school lunch!
Wellness Policy and Information
Wellness Policy and Regulations
The Board of Education of Carroll County is committed to promoting student health, well-being, and ability to learn, by providing a safe, healthy, and supportive environment. The Board acknowledges that students need access to healthy foods, physical activity, a variety of student services, and the support of family and community to learn, grow, and thrive.
Maryland Wellness Policies and Practices Project
Unpaid Meal Debt Policy
Make a Donation to help Eliminate Meal Charges
Households who may be experiencing financial need are encouraged to apply for Meal Benefits (Free or Reduced Meals) at any time during the school year. Some households who do not meet the national guidelines for meal benefits, still struggle to pay for school meals. Each day students arrive at the cafeteria register without money. Carroll County Public Schools is committed to providing a meal to any child who does not have one. If you would like to help eliminate the unpaid meal debt these families incur, please consider making a donation:
At the School Level:
Those wishing to send funds to reduce unpaid meal debt at a particular school location can send cash or a check made out to the school with School Meal Debt Donation written on the memo line.
At the Central CCPS Level:
Those wishing to send funds to reduce unpaid meal debt across the county can send a check made out to Carroll County Public Schools with School Meal Debt Donation written on the memo line.
Checks should be mailed to:
Food Services Office
Carroll County Public Schools
125 North Court Street
Westminster, MD 21157
Individuals can request funds be applied to an individual school or “at large”. We use any amount provided for the students in the most need or highest debt amount until the donation is exhausted. Each student account receiving a donation shows the amount donated. This is done completely anonymously.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or - fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or - email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
The Maryland State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry/national origin, color, disability, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation matters affecting employment or in providing access to programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For inquiries related to Department policy, please contact: Agency Equity Officer, Equity Assurance and Compliance Office, Office of the Deputy State Superintendent for Finance and Administration, Maryland State Department of Education, 200 W. Baltimore Street - 6th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2595, 410-767-0426 – voice, 410-767-0431 – fax, 410-333-6442 - TTY/TDD.
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