FBISD encourages Online Free & Reduced Meal Applications for the 2018-2019 School Year

All families must re-apply annually including SNAP/TANF/FDPIR recipients, foster children, group homes, homeless, migrant and runaway students.  Online applications will be available on Monday, August 6, 2018.  Applications must be approved by September 25, 2018, to avoid a lapse in benefits.

In preparation for the 2018-2019 school year, Fort Bend ISD’s Child Nutrition Department is encouraging families to take advantage of the online process when completing the Free & Reduced Meal application. Families will not receive printed applications this year unless they request one from the campus or the Child Nutrition Department. Beginning Monday, August 6, 2018, families may complete an online application from any device with internet access at http://fortbendisd.heartlandapps.com.

Families will need the following information available when completing the online application:

• Student’s legal name (first and last), birth date, and assigned student ID number (if known)
• Student’s school name
• All household gross income and/or SNAP (formerly food stamps) or TANF eligibility determination group number (EDG # - this is not the Case #)
• Last four digits of the parent’s/guardian’s social security number

Families who do not have internet access may: 

• Visit their child’s school and complete the application on a school computer
• Visit FBISD’s Child Nutrition Department (555 Julie Rivers Dr., Sugar Land, 77478) for computer access Monday through Friday 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM or 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
• Request an application from their child’s campus or the Child Nutrition Department

GREAT NEWS!  Families have the ability to check their eligibility status online and print their eligibility letters by going to http://fortbendisd.schoollunchstatus.com and entering the student’s last name and Student ID number.  Eligibility letters are sent to the email address entered on the online application. Applicants who do not have a valid email address will receive their eligibility letters by mail.

For more information or assistance, contact the Child Nutrition Department at (281) 634-1855.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.  Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits.  Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.  Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.  To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form.  To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992.  Submit your completed form or letter 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; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.  This institution is an equal opportunity provider