Child Nutrition

Mission: The Child Nutrition Department is committed to providing quality nutritious food, supporting academic excellence, achieving economic stability, and offering nutritional services to students, staff and the community.

Vision: The Child Nutrition Department strives to nourish the body and mind of our future leaders.

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Free and Reduced-Price Meal Applications

Posted by FBISD Child Nutrition on 7/31/2023
We encourage all families to complete the online Free and Reduced-Price Meals application online at, www.schoolcafe.com/fbisd.

Each year families must complete a new application. To avoid any interruption in program benefits, submit a new application for approval before September 20, 2023.

Submitting your online meal application can do more than just provide access to free and reduced-price meals. If you qualify for Free and Reduced-Price Meals, you may also qualify for programs with additional benefits!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to fill out an application for each child?

No. Complete one Free and Reduced-Price Meal Application for all children in the household. Please be sure to fill out all the required information.

Who can get free meals?

Income—Children can get free or reduced-price meals if your household’s gross income (total without deductions) is within the limits described in the Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines.

Special Program Participants—All children in households receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), can get free meals regardless of income.

Foster—Foster children under the legal responsibility of a foster care agency or court-appointed guardian are eligible for free meals.

Homeless, Runaway, and Migrant Farm Worker—Children who meet the definition of homeless, runaway, or migrant farm worker qualify for free meals. If you haven’t been approved by the District that a child's status is homeless, runaway, or migrant farm worker in the United States, please contact the campus counselor for each child.

If your child(ren) has(ve) received a directly approved/certified notification for free meals and it does not list all the children in the household, please email us at mealapps@fortbendisd.com or call 281-634-1855 immediately.
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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 a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, 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:
Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.