To provide students with a variety of nutritionally balanced menu options for breakfast and lunch that meet or exceed USDA’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act certification standards and reflect the 2016 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Meals are trans-fat free, lower in sodium, calorie-controlled and include alternate options daily to meet the needs of students with diet restrictions.

Our school is participating in a federal program available to select schools as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program called Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).

This means that all students attending College Place Public Schools are eligible to receive the first breakfast and lunch at no charge throughout the 2024-25 school year, regardless of family or household income.

However, some of the very important education programs our school and district provide are funded from state dollars that require our school to collect household information for all students attending our schools.  Without this information, programs such as Title I, LAP, and 21st Century programming to name a few, will lose funding to support our kids.

In order to collect the information, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has developed the Child Nutrition Eligibility & Education Benefit application. The CNEEB application is used to capture information and ensure the district/schools receive all of the funding it is entitled to for other state funded education programs following the school years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26. This application may also qualify your student for Summer EBT; SUN Bucks if eligible.

Please take a moment to complete the application and return it to your student’s school. Your participation is essential in order for us to provide OSPI with the information they need and ensure College Place Public Schools will continue to receive critical state funding for these educational programs. Apply now!

Print and return; English application: https://5il.co/2x7mo Spanish: https://5il.co/2x7oe

Washington state is launching Summer EBT, “SUN Bucks”, a new grocery benefits program that provides families $120 for each eligible school-aged child to purchase groceries when school is out. This new, permanent program is in addition to free meals that kids of all ages can get at summer meal sites in their communities.

Benefits of SUN Bucks:

• Helps parents and caregivers buy healthy foods for their children.

• Gives families the flexibility to select foods that fit their culture and lifestyle.

• Improves food security and diet quality for participating children.

Eligibility:

Children are school-aged (ages 8–18 years) and live in a household that receives assistance program benefits (SNAP, TANF, FDPIR), OR

Child attends a school that operates the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP), AND

• Is directly certified for free and reduced-price school meals, or

• Submits a qualifying free and reduced-price meal application, or

• Submits a SUN Bucks application

Help Families in Your Community:

• Spread the word to families in your Community!

• Encourage families who may have eligible children to submit a free and reduced-price meal application; CNEEB with their local school district.

• Inform households that participation does not impact immigration status.

https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sunbucks or https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sunbucks

Click to see the Monthly Menu for Davis

Click to see the Monthly Menu for CPHS & Sager

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement for Child Nutrition Programs

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 Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form(link is external), 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:

1. Mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture 
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW 
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

2. Fax:833-256-1665 or 202-690-7442; or

3. Email: USDA Program Intake(link is external)

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Patricia Morales
District Nutrition Services Coordinator
pmorales-brito@cpps.org (509) 525-4827 Ext. 2132

Barb Artz
Admin Asst, Business/Finance, Nutrition Services Support
bartz@cpps.org (509) 525-4827 Ext. 1030