Household Notification Letter        Meal Benefit Application

Children need healthy meals to learn. Westborough Public Schools offers healthy meals every school day at no cost to all students. We receive funding for this through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lunch and breakfast at no cost for all of our students is now permanent. We need your help to keep providing free meals to all students in future years.

All students in our schools will get free breakfast and lunch at school. But only some students qualify as “eligible” for free meals. These are:

• All children in households receiving benefits from MA SNAP, MA TAFDC, FDPIR, or specific categories of Medicaid are eligible for free meals.
• Foster children that are under the legal responsibility of a foster care agency or court are eligible for free meals.
• Children participating in their school’s Head Start program are eligible for free meals.
• Children who meet the definition of homeless, runaway, or migrant are eligible for free meals.
• Children may receive free or reduced price meals if your household’s income is within the limits of the Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines.

Please read the Household Notification Letter for more information, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Sharing Information forms.

If you do not fall within one of the categories above, you can still qualify by submitting the Meal Benefit Application.

Completing the meal benefit application can:

• help sustain free meals for our school(s) by increasing access to Federal funding
• drive funding for educational programs in our community
• help provide free summer meals to all kids, and free meals to kids in childcare in our community.

Families who qualify for free or reduced-price meals for their children can also be qualified for Summer EBT starting in the summer of 2025. Summer EBT provides extra money for groceries during the summer months when kids aren’t in school. In addition, your child may be eligible for an Athletic, Club, Activity and/or Fine Arts Fee waiver or Financial Aid for the Preschool or Extended Day Program. Your participation can help your family and your community. The information you provide is confidential. We follow strict federal rules to keep your information private.