The District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education announces the criteria for determining the eligibility of children to receive free and reduced price meals for institutions participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the Special Milk Program (SMP) for free milk in schools.

For schools participating in the NSLP and SMP, a letter or notice and family application forms are distributed to parents of all children in attendance at school at the beginning of each school year. The letter or notice shall contain the following information:

• The eligibility criteria for either free or reduced priced meal benefits and for free milk benefits;
• How a household may complete an application for free or reduced price meals or for free milk for its children;
• An explanation that an application for free or reduced price benefits cannot be approved unless it is completed in its entirety;
• An explanation that households with children who are members of currently certified food stamp or TANF households may submit applications with abbreviated information;
• An explanation that the information on the application may be verified at any time during the school year;
• How a household may apply for benefits at any time during the school year as circumstances change;
• A statement that children having parents or guardians who become unemployed are eligible for free or reduced price meals or for free milk, provided that the income is within the eligibility criteria;
• A statement that in certain cases foster children are eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk regardless of the household income;
• How a household may appeal the decision of the School Food Authority under the appeal procedures by making a request to the school official.

For participating institutions under CACFP, a similar letter is distributed to parents/guardians and/or adults enrolled in CACFP informing them of the benefits of the Program, the purpose of collecting income information, defining a household, and information on reporting receipt of food stamps, TANF, SSI, and Medicaid.  In addition, information is provided on how households may appeal decisions determined by the CACFP organizations.

The CACFP institutions and schools will receive free or reduced price meal reimbursement based on the following income scales from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

A complete listing of institutions participating in the 2010-2011 Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is below:

Child Care Centers
Adventureland - Adventureland Day Nursey II
A.R.E. Child Development Center
Barbara Chambers
Bennett Babies Child Development Center I & II
Board of Child Care
Big Mama's Child Development Center
Bright Beginnings   CDC
Capitol City CDC
Centronia - Centronia Harvard Street, Centronia Annex
Child Development Institute—CDI - Azeeze Bates CDC, Dance Institute
C.H.I.L.D Center, Inc.
Children’s Hut
Christian Tabernacle CDC
Community CDC
David's Stars
DC City Wide Welfare Rights CDC      
Easter Seal Child Development Center       
Edward C. Mazique
     APRA Infant & Toddler
     Edward C. Mazique
     Municipal(Reeves Site) CDC
     Tyler House CDC
     Wardman Crt. CDC
Esther Child Development Center
First Baptist CDC          
First Baptist of Deanwood  CDC
First  Rock Baptist CDC
Full Gospel    CDC
Geneva Ivey Day School
Goldies I & II
Growing Seeds
House of Ruth's Kidspace CDC
Ideal Child Care Center
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling CDC
Jubilee CDC
Kiddies Kollege
Kid's Corner
Little Samaritan Ctr. I 
     Little  Samaritan Ctr. II 
Loving Care Day Nursery I
     Loving Care Day Nursery II
Lynn Carols Academy
Martha's Table  CDC I
     Martha's Table  CDC II
Matthews Mem. Bapt. Church CDC  
Milestone CDC
New Creation CDC               
New Image CDC
Newcomb Center.- #1
     Newcomb  Center. #2
     Newcomb Center. #3
     Newcomb Center. #4
Northwest Settlement House Preschool         
     Northwest Settlement House Infant
Paramount Baptist  CDC   
Peaches N' Cream  CDC
Pilgrim Baptist Church CDC  
Quickie Becky
Rehoboth CDC
Rosemount   CDC
Shiloh CDC                  
St Alban's   CDC
St. Timothy's Nursery School
Southeast Children's Fund, Inc.
     Southeast Children's Fund Sunshine Early Learning Ctr
     Southeast Children's Fund, Inc.
Southwest CDC        (222 M Street, S.W.)
Spanish Education Development (SED) Center
The Bean Foundation/Happy Faces I & II        
Tucker CDC
United Planning Organization
     UPO-ECDC #1,
     UPO-ECDC #2,
     UPO-ECDC #3,
     UPO-ECDC #4,
     UPO-ECDC #5,
     UPO-ECDC #8,
     UPO-ECDC #9,
     UPO-ECDC#10
     UPO-ECDC #12
     UPO-ECDC#13
     UPO-ECDC @ ATLANTIC GARDEN CDC
     UPO-ECDC @ Atlantic Terrace CDC
     UPO-ECDC @ Banneker DAY CARE CENTER
     UPO-ECDc @ Benning Park CDC
     UPO-ECDC @ Edgewood CDC
     UPO-ECDC @ Paradise Early Childhood Center
     UPO-ECDC @ Randall Day Care Center
Wibble Wobble CDC
Woodbridge CDC I, Ii, & II
Young's Memorial CDC   
Zena's CDC I   
     Zena's CDC II          

Afterschool Snack & Supper Centers
Asian American LEAD
     Asian American LEAD
     Asian American LEAD
Barbara Changers
Beacon House
Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB)
    CAFB--Children of Mine Youth Center
    CAFB--City Gate-Atlantic Gardens
    CAFB--Frederick Douglas Community Center
    CAFB--Jubilee-Southern Ridge
    CAFB--Kid Power @ Miner Elementary School
    CAFB--Kid Power @ Tubman Elementary School
    CAFB--SOME Place for Kids
    CAFB--Thurgood Marshall Academy Chart. Sch
Creatively Developing Abilities Outreach, Inc.
     Deanwood
     Ft. Davis
    Kennedy    
DC Central Kitchen
     Community of Hope Education Enrichment Program
     Commmunity Preservation & Devel Corp at Edgewood Terrace
     Facilitating Leadership in Youth (FLY)
     Field of Dreams at Green
     Field of Dreams at Kimball
     Field of Dreams at Ludlow-Taylor ES
     Field of Dreams at Malcolm X ES
     Field of Dreams at Moten ES
     Field of Dreams at Simon ES
     Lincoln Westmoreland Community Center
     M.O.M.I.E's  T.L.C.
     Pediatrics AIDS/HIV Care, Inc.
     Perry School: Center City Community Corporation
     Sitar Center for the Arts
     Young Ladies of Tomorrow
DC Public Schools
E.W. Stokes Public Charter School
Friendship Public Charter School
Higher Achievement
Martha’s Table
Next Step Public Charter School
Tree of Life Public Charter School

Adult Day Care Centers
     Anchor Mental Health

A complete listing of schools participating in the 2010-2011 National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Special Milk (SMP) is below:

CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN (SPEC. MILK)
HOLY TRINITY (SPEC. MILK)
ST. ANN'S ACADEMY (SPEC. MILK)
THE EPISCOPAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN (SPEC. MILK)
ST. PHILIPS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SPEC. MILK)

CHILDREN'S STUDIO SCHOOL
DC PREP PCS- Middle School
DC PREP PCS - Edgewater Elementary Campus
DC Prep PCS- Benning Academy Campus
IMAGINE SOUTHEAST PCS
OPTIONS PCS
POTOMAC LIGHTHOUSE PCS
SEED PCS
THURGOOD MARSHALL PCS
TWO RIVERS PCS
WASH. MATH & SCIENCE PCS
Washington YU YING PCS
Academy for Ideal PCS
Academy for Ideal PCS
APPLETREE EARLY LEARNING PCS-Riverside Campus
APPLETREE EARLY LEARNING PCS-Amidon Campus
APPLETREE EARLY LEARNING PCS-Columbia Heights Campus
ARTS & TECH. PCS
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON PCS
CAPITAL CITY PCS- Lower school
CAPITAL CITY PCS- Upper School
CESAR CHAVEZ PCS- Capitol Heights Campus
CESAR CHAVEZ PCS- Bruce Prep Campus
CESAR CHAVEZ PCS- Parkside Campus
CITY COLLEGIATE ACADEMY PCS
COMMUNITY ACADEMY PCS - Online
COMMUNITY ACADEMY PCS- Amos
COMMUNITY ACADEMY PCS- Amos  II
COMMUNITY ACADEMY PCS- Amos III
DC BILINGUAL PCS

DCPS
Aiton ES
Amidon-Bowen ES
Anacostia SHS
Ballou SHS
Ballou STAY
Bancroft ES
Barnard ES (Lincoln Hill Cluster)
Beers ES
Benjamin Banneker SHS
Brent ES
Brightwood EC
Brookland EC @ Bunker Hill
Browne EC
Bruce-Monroe ES @ Park View
Burroughs EC
Burrville ES
Cardozo SHS
CHOICE Academy MS/SHS
Cleveland ES
Columbia Heights Education Campus
Cooke, H.D. ES
Coolidge SHS
Davis ES
Deal MS
Drew ES
Dunbar SHS
Eastern SHS
Eaton ES
Eliot-Hine MS
Ellington School of the Arts
Emery EC
Ferebee-Hope ES
Fillmore Arts Center (East)
Fillmore Arts Center (West)
Francis-Stevens EC
Garfield ES
Garrison ES
Hamilton Center
Hardy MS
Harris, C.W. ES
Hart MS
Hearst ES
Hendley ES
Houston ES
Hyde ES
Incarcerated Youth Program, Correctional Detention Facility
Jackie Robinson Center
Janney ES
Jefferson MS
Johnson MS
Kelly Miller MS
Kenilworth ES
Ketcham ES
Key ES
Kimball ES
King ES
Kramer MS
Lafayette ES
Langdon EC
LaSalle-Backus EC
Leckie ES
Lee, Mamie D. School
Ludlow-Taylor ES
Luke C. Moore Academy SHS
MacFarland MS (Lincoln Hill Cluster)
Malcolm X ES
Mann ES
Marshall EC
Maury ES
McKinley Technology HS
Miner ES
Montgomery ES
Moten ES @ Wilkinson
Murch ES
Nalle ES
Noyes EC
Orr ES
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Adams)
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster)
Patterson ES
Payne ES
Peabody ES (Capitol Hill Cluster)
Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering HS
Plummer ES
Powell ES (Lincoln Hill Cluster)
Prospect LC
Randle Highlands ES
Raymond EC
Reed LC
River Terrace ES
Ronald Brown MS
Roosevelt SHS
Roosevelt STAY
Ross ES
Savoy ES
School Without Walls SHS
Seaton ES
Shaed EC
Sharpe Health School
Shaw MS @ Garnet-Patterson
Shepherd ES
Simon ES
Smothers ES
Sousa MS
Spingarn SHS
Spingarn STAY
Stanton ES
Stoddert ES
Stuart-Hobson MS (Capitol Hill Cluster)
Takoma EC
Terrell, M.C./McGogney ES
Thomas ES
Thomson ES
Transition Academy @ Shadd
Truesdell EC
Tubman ES
Turner ES @ Green
Tyler ES
Walker-Jones EC
Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster)
West EC
Wheatley EC
Whittier EC
Wilson, J.O. ES
Wilson, W. SHS
Winston EC
Woodson Academy at Ron Brown
Woodson, H.D. SHS
Youth Engagement Academy
Youth Services Center

E.L. HAYNES PCS
EAGLE ACADEMY PCS
EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY PCS-ECA
Early Childhood Academy PCS- ECA Walter Washington Campus
ELSIE W. STOKES PCS
FRIENDSHIP PCS- Collegiate Academy Woodson Campus
Friendship Junior Academy PCS Blow-Pierce Campus
Friendship PCS- Chamberlain Campus
Friendship PCS- Woodridge Campus
Friendship PCS- Southeast Elementary Campus
HOPE COMMUNITY PCS - Tolson Campus   
Hope Community PCS- Lamond Campus
PAUL PCS
SCHOOL FOR ARTS IN LEARNING (SAIL PCS)
TREE OF LIFE PCS
VILLAGE ACADEMY
YOUNG AMERICA WORKS PCS
ABC PCS
BRIDGES PCS
CENTER CITY PCS- Brentwood Campus
CENTER CITY PCS- Brightwood Campus
CENTER CITY PCS-Capitol Hill Campus
CENTER CITY PCS- Congress Heights Campus
CENTER CITY PCS- Petworth Campus
CENTER CITY PCS- Shaw Campus
CENTER CITY PCS-Trinidad Campus
DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH REHABILITATION SVCS.  (DYRS)
DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH REHABILITATION SVCS.         (Oakhill/ New Beginnings)
EXCEL ACADEMY PCS
HI ROAD MIDDLE ACADEMY
HI ROAD PRIMARY
High Road Academy Learning Center
High Road Middle
HOSPITALITY PCS
Howard ROAD Academy PCS
Howard ROAD Academy PCS
Howard ROAD Academy PCS
HYDE PCS
IDEA PCS
IDEAL  PCS
KAMIT INST. PCS
KENNEDY INSTITUTE
KIPP/DC  ACADEMY PCS - Key & Leap
KIPP/DC ACADEMY PCS- AIM CAMPUS PCS
KIPP/ DC ACADEMY PCS- WILL ACADEMY PCS
LATIN AMERICAN MONTESSORI PCS
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE PCS - Crestwood Campus
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE PCS- Brookland Campus
MAYA ANGELOU PCS- Evans Campus
MAYA ANGELOU PCS- Shaw Campus
MAYA ANGELOU PCS- Middle School Campus
MERIDIAN PCS
METROPOLITAN DAY SCHOOL
National CHILDREN'S CTR. / NW
National Children's Center / SE Site
NEXT STEP PCS
NIA COMMUNITY PCS
ROOTS ACTIVITY LEARNING CENTER
ROOTS PCS
SAN MIGUEL
SEPTIMA CLARK PCS
THEA BOWMAN ACADEMY PCS
W.E. DOAR PCS- Edgewood Campus
W.E. DOAR PCS- Armed Forces Retirement Homes
WASH. MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (The ARC)
WASH. MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (The View)

In accordance with federal law and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy, participating institutions and schools are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.  To file a complaint of discrimination based on these categories, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20250-9410; or call toll free (866) 632-9992 (voice).  TDD user can contact USDA through local relay or the Federal Relay at (800) 877-8339 or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish).  USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 

Also, the District of Columbia Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of martial status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, familial status, source of income, place of residence or business, genetic information, matriculation, or political affiliation of any individual.  To file a complaint alleging discrimination on one of these bases, please contact the Government of the District of Columbia's Office of Human Rights at (202) 727-3545.