What is a direct certification?
Direct certification is a process conducted by the states and by local educational agencies (LEAs) to certify eligible children for free meals without the need for household applications.
What is a direct certification record?
Direct Certification (DC) is the federally mandated process that School Nutrition Program (SNP) sponsors must use to certify school-age recipients of CalFresh and CalWORKs benefits as eligible for free school meals without further application.
What does free categorical lunch mean?
[5] Their parents or guardians are not required to submit income information to establish their eligibility for free school meals; instead the children are eligible based on their participation in another federal program. This is referred to as “categorical eligibility.”
What is free direct certification?
Direct certification is an electronic data-matching process that automatically certifies income-eligible students to receive free or reduced price school meals without an application, based on their families’ participation in other means-tested assistance programs.
What is direct certification in Calpads?
Direct Certification is the federally mandated process for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs. This is where school-age recipients of CalFRESH and CalWORKS benefits are certified as eligible for free school meals without further application.
What does SNAP stand for?
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal nutrition assistance program. SNAP provides benefits to eligible low-income individuals and families via an Electronic Benefits Transfer card.
What is categorical eligibility for SNAP?
Broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE) is a policy in which households may become categorically eligible for SNAP because they qualify for a non-cash Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or state maintenance of effort (MOE) funded benefit.
What is a CEP letter?
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) provides School Nutrition Program (SNP) sponsors an alternative method for claiming student meals in high poverty schools. Schools must apply to participate in Provisions and receive approval from the California Department of Education (CDE) prior to implementation.
What is non-CEP?
Non-CEP schools that host visiting students from CEP schools will provide students a meal at no cost to avoid any disruption to the students’ meal service. May a student attending a CEP school be charged for a non-reimbursable meal?
Is WIC the same as SNAP?
WIC provides specific amounts and types of WIC approved foods based on your category (pregnant, breastfeeding, postpartum woman, infant or child) and nutritional needs. SNAP provides a monthly dollar amount to be used to buy food for you or your family.
Is SNAP federal or state?
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a 100 percent Federally funded program, which is administered through each state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services develop Federal regulations that govern…