Maximizing Your State And Federal Funding With Income Surveys

The national school lunch program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is well-known throughout the country for providing freed or reduced lunches to qualifying children. The USDA normally provides adequate funding for school districts whose children qualify for the program, with the 2021-2022 school year being different than most. In the wake of the economic damage caused by COVID-19, school districts have received additional funding to ensure their children are taken care of. Does this mean you should stop collecting application information, or are there ways you can maximize state and federal funding? Why Income Surveys are Essential...

RocketScan Helps California School District Streamline Student Nutrition

Hear What Ontario-Montclair School District Had To Say About RocketScan and Image One For California’s Ontario-Montclair district, the 2013 school year began with a big challenge: a new state funding formula required the processing of thousands of additional applications for added state funding for their low-income students. The state had just begun implementing the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which required schools in lower income districts to verify each student’s eligibility with alternative income forms. Previously, schools that already qualified for Community Eligible Provision (CEP), or reduced meal plans, didn’t have to submit any forms for additional funding. But in...

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