School Lunch Update 7.24.21

Dear American Prep Families,

In our first email we forgot to include the great news that meals will be free to all students during the 2021-22 school year!

We still encourage you to submit an application for these reasons: 

1. Each student who qualifies for Free or Reduced meal benefits will receive $375 on a debit card as part of the summer Pandemic EBT benefit program. Submit your application by August 1, 2021 to secure this benefit for your students.
2. Qualifying for other programs – you may also choose to apply if you need verification of participation for other programs such as sports, internet access, ACT Testing, farmers market access etc.
3. We ask ALL parents to fill out an application, even if they do not qualify or plan to participate in the National School Lunch Program. This information is kept confidential and is important to APA as we seek funding for our students.

You may apply online, or with a paper application. Follow this link to apply: https://www.americanprep.org/school-lunch-program/eligibility/ 

Thank you!
Stephanie Egli
lunch@apamail.org

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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Estimadas familias de American Prep:

En nuestro primer correo electrónico, olvidamos incluir la gran noticia de que las comidas serán gratuitas para todos los estudiantes durante el año escolar 2021-22.

Aún así, lo alentamos a enviar una solicitud por estos motivos:

1. Cada estudiante que califique para los beneficios de comidas gratis o reducidas recibirá $375 en una tarjeta de débito como parte del programa de beneficios de EBT para la pandemia de verano. Envíe su solicitud antes del 1 de agosto de 2021 para asegurar este beneficio para sus estudiantes.
2. Calificar para otros programas: también puede optar por presentar una solicitud si necesita verificación de participación en otros programas, como deportes, acceso a Internet, pruebas ACT, acceso al mercado de agricultores, etc.
3. Les pedimos a TODOS los padres que llenen una solicitud, incluso si no califican o planean participar en el Programa Nacional de Almuerzos Escolares. Esta información se mantiene confidencial y es importante para la APA mientras buscamos fondos para nuestros estudiantes.

Puede presentar su solicitud en línea o con una solicitud en papel. Siga este enlace para postularse: https://www.americanprep.org/school-lunch-program/eligibility/ 

¡Gracias!

Stephanie Egli
lunch@apamail.org

Esta institución es un proveedor de igualdad de oportunidades.

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Income Eligibility Guidelines

Effective from July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022

Household Size	Reduced price meals ‐‐ 185%
	Annual	Monthly	Twice‐ Monthly	Bi‐weekly	Weekly
1	23,828	1,986	993	917	459
2	32,227	2,686	1,343	1,240	620
3	40,626	3,386	1,693	1,563	782
4	49,025	4,086	2,043	1,886	943
5	57,424	4,786	2,393	2,209	1,105
6	65,823	5,486	2,743	2,532	1,266
7	74,222	6,186	3,093	2,855	1,428
8	82,621	6,886	3,443	3,178	1,589
9	91,020	7,586	3,793	3,502	1,751
10	99,419	8,286	4,143	3,826	1,913
11	107,818	8,986	4,493	4,150	2,075
12	116,217	9,686	4,843	4,474	2,237
13	124,616	10,386	5,193	4,798	2,399
14	133,015	11,086	5,543	5,122	2,561
15	141,414	11,786	5,893	5,446	2,723
16	149,813	12,486	6,243	5,770	2,885
17	158,212	13,186	6,593	6,094	3,047
18	166,611	13,886	6,943	6,418	3,209
19	175,010	14,586	7,293	6,742	3,371
20	183,409	15,286	7,643	7,066	3,533
For each additional family member add	8,399	700	350	324	162

Household Size	Free meals ‐‐ 130%
	Annual	Monthly	Twice‐ Monthly	Bi‐weekly	Weekly
1	16,744	1,396	698	644	322
2	22,646	1,888	944	871	436
3	28,548	2,379	1,190	1,098	549
4	34,450	2,871	1,436	1,325	663
5	40,352	3,363	1,682	1,552	776
6	46,254	3,855	1,928	1,779	890
7	52,156	4,347	2,174	2,006	1,003
8	58,058	4,839	2,420	2,233	1,117
9	63,960	5,331	2,666	2,460	1,231
10	69,862	5,823	2,912	2,687	1,345
11	75,764	6,315	3,158	2,914	1,459
12	81,666	6,807	3,404	3,141	1,573
13	87,568	7,299	3,650	3,368	1,687
14	93,470	7,791	3,896	3,595	1,801
15	99,372	8,283	4,142	3,822	1,915
16	105,274	8,775	4,388	4,049	2,029
17	111,176	9,267	4,634	4,276	2,143
18	117,078	9,759	4,880	4,503	2,257
19	122,980	10,251	5,126	4,730	2,371
20	128,882	10,743	5,372	4,957	2,485
For each additional family member add	5,902	492	246	227	114