Free Meals Available For SRVUSD

The following is a press from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.

San Ramon Valley Unified School District, serving the communities of Alamo, Danville, San Ramon and a small portion of Walnut Creek and Pleasanton, announced that it will be serving meals to students under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs for the 2024-2025 school year. All SRVUSD students will be served breakfast and lunch at no charge under the California Universal Meals Program at the following sites:

ALAMO ELEMENTARY

BELLA VISTA ELEMENTARY

BOLLINGER CANYON ELEMENTARY

COUNTRY CLUB ELEMENTARY

COYOTE CREEK ELEMENTARY

CREEKSIDE ELEMENTARY

GOLDEN VIEW ELEMENTARY

GREEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY

GREENBROOK ELEMENTARY

HIDDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY

JOHN BALDWIN ELEMENTARY

LIVE OAK ELEMENTARY

MONTAIR ELEMENTARY

MONTEVIDEO ELEMENTARY

NEIL ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY

QUAIL RUN ELEMENTARY

RANCHO ROMERO ELEMENTARY

SYCAMORE VALLEY ELEMENTARY

TASSAJARA HILLS ELEMENTARY

TWIN CREEKS ELEMENTARY

VISTA GRANDE ELEMENTARY

WALT DISNEY ELEMENTARY

GALE RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL

IRON HORSE MIDDLE SCHOOL

PINE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

WINDEMERE MIDDLE SCHOOL

CHARLOTTE WOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL

DIABLO VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL

LOS CERROS MIDDLE SCHOOL

STONE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL

DOUGHERTY HIGH SCHOOL (VENTURE & DEL AMIGO)

MONTE VISTA HIGH SCHOOL

SAN RAMON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

DEL CAMPUS

For additional information, please contact:
Zetta Reicker, Director of Child Nutrition & Warehouse, SRVUSD
ZReicker@srvusd.net
3280 Crow Canyon, San Ramon, Ca

While the program will offer free Universal Meals for all students, households will continue to be able to complete an application for Educational Benefits, which may support the school district’s local education funding and could also qualify the family for additional benefits. Regardless of the determined eligibility status, all students will continue to receive free meals for the 2024-2025 school year.

Households do not need to submit an application when the household receives a notification letter saying that all children automatically qualify for free meals when any household member receives benefits from SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR. Children who meet the definition of foster, homeless, migrant, or runaway, and children enrolled in their school’s Head Start program are eligible for free meals. Contact school officials if any child in the household is not on the notification letter.

Households that want to apply for meal benefits, must fill out one application for all children in the household. For a simple and secure method to apply, families may use the online Educational Benefits form application. Contact the Department of Child Nutrition at srvusdeats@srvusd.net for help filling out the application. The district will let you know if your application is approved or denied for Educational Benefits.

Households may turn in an application at any time during the school year. If you are not eligible now, but your household income goes down, household size goes up, or a household member starts receiving SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR, you may turn in an application at that time. Information given on the application will be used to determine eligibility and may be verified at any time during the school year by school officials. The last four digits of the Social Security number from any adult household or checking that you do not have a Social Security number is required if you include income on the application.

Households that receive Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits, may be eligible for free or reduced-price meals by filling out an application.

Foster children are eligible for free meals and may be included as a household member if the foster family chooses to also apply for the non-foster children on the same application. Including foster children as a household member may help the non-foster children qualify for free or reduced-price meals. If the non-foster children are not eligible, this does not keep foster children from receiving free meals.

Your child’s eligibility status from last school year will continue into the new school year for up to 30 school days or until the school processes your new application, or your child is otherwise certified for free or reduced-price meals.

If you do not agree with the decision or results of verification, you may discuss it with school officials. You also have the right to a fair hearing, which may be requested by calling or writing to the hearing official: Zetta Reicker, zreicker@srvusd.net, 925-824-1806.

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: AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, or from any USDA office, or 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.

This press release was written by the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. The views expressed are the author's own.