Meal Benefits

A: Income — Children can get free or reduced-price meals if a household’s gross income is within the limits described in the Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines.

Special Assistance Program Participants — Children in households receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Food Distribution Program for Households on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), are eligible for free meals.

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

Head Start or Early Head Start — Children participating in these programs are eligible for free meals.

Homeless, Runaway, and Migrant — Children who meet the definition of homeless, runaway, or migrant qualify for free meals. If you haven’t been told about a child’s status as homeless, runaway, or migrant or you feel a child may qualify for one of these programs, please call or email Joley Martin at 972-429-2996 or Joley.Martin@wylieisd.net.

WIC Recipient — Children in households participating in WIC may be eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

A: Please contact your school officials. You also may request a hearing by calling or writing to

• Dawn Lin
  Director of Student Nutrition, Hearing Official
  200 Pirate Drive, Wylie, TX 75098
  call 972-429-2335.

A: Yes. An application is only good for that school year and for the first 30 days of this current school year. Complete a new application for the upcoming school year unless the Student Nutrition office sent you a letter stating that your child is directly certified for free meals for the new school year.

A: List the amount normally received. If a household member had to miss work last month, list usual pay. If a household member normally gets overtime pay, include that amount as income. If a household member lost a job or had hours/wages reduced, use current income.

A: Yes. You can apply at any time during the school year. A child with a parent or guardian who becomes unemployed may become eligible for free and reduced-price meals if the household income drops below the income limit.

A: Basic pay and cash bonuses must be reported as income. Any cash value allowances for off-base housing, food, or clothing, or Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance payments count as income. If housing is part of the Military Housing Privatization Initiative, do not include the housing allowance as income. Any additional combat pay resulting from deployment is excluded from income.

A: Yes. You, your children, or other household members do not have to be U.S. citizens to apply for free or reduced-price meals.

A: Yes. We may also ask you to send written proof of the reported household income.

A: To find out how to apply for other assistance benefits, contact your local assistance office or 2-1-1.

A: Yes! The online application has the same requirements and will ask you for the same information as the paper application. Visit our Skyward information website to begin the application or to learn more about the online application process.

For assistance or more information, please contact Tammy Poplin at 972-429-2333 or Tammy.Poplin@wylieisd.net