Sentences with phrase «for meal subsidies»

Four out of five students at the school come from families poor enough to qualify for meal subsidies.

Not exact matches

Prices for paid meals should be brought to levels that, when combined with the federal subsidy, actually cover the cost of providing those meals.

Students who do not qualify for free or reduced price meals because their family income exceeds 185 percent of the poverty line may purchase «paid» meals, which receive a modest federal subsidy that supplements the price their parents pay for such meals (see Table 1).

It could do so by requiring school districts that charge lower prices to increase prices gradually so that, when combined with the federal subsidy provided for such meals, they eventually at least equal the federal reimbursement level for free meals.

If the price charged for paid meals, combined with the federal per - meal subsidy, covered the costs of these meals (or equaled the federal per - meal reimbursement for free meals), more funds could be put toward providing more nutritious meals, providing better compensation and professional support to food service staff, or other improvements that would benefit children.

Another way to assess whether the price charged for a paid meal is sufficient is to compare it (after adding the federal meal subsidy) to the federal reimbursement for free meals.

As the vast majority of students who eat school lunch are qualified for free / reduced, it really doesn't cost any more to also make that meal available for purchase by students whose families don't qualify for govt subsidy.

Most advocate an increase of at least a dollar per meal, though Alice Waters has pushed for a per - meal subsidy as high as $ 5 per meal.

To the federal subsidies already in place, it added 10 cents for every breakfast, 10 cents for every lunch and a five - cent bonus for every lunch meal that contains a locally - grown component.

The district said it is «relatively certain» that Smart Snacks will cause it to lose more than the subsidy is worth because it only gets reimbursed for meals served.

Especially in districts with large numbers of needy students, federal subsidy dollars can more than pay for breakfast, meaning extra cash to help support the entire meal program.

The GES Council has also approved a three - meal feeding fee for boarders at GH cents 4.80 a day and one hot meal for all day students at GH cents 1.60, and subsidies for all continuing students.

«The poorest children are already eligible for free school meals — the main beneficiaries of this new universal benefit will be middle and upper - income households, who really don't need a public subsidy.»

Washington — The Bush Administration's proposal to reduce the school - lunch subsidy for middle - income students would force many schools to stop serving meals, child - nutrition advocates said last week.

This effect of including federal funds reflects the fact that the bulk of federal education dollars are allocated based largely on the income profile of the communities schools serve, primarily through federal subsidies for free and reduced price meals and under Title I of the ESEA.19 But because subsidies for school lunch programs are the largest source of federal funds flowing to schools, those concerned with equity must determine how expenditures of those non-instructional funds are considered.

A recent study from the Center for American Progress, for example, found that, in 30 states, mid-career teachers who head families of four or more are eligible for government subsidies, such as subsidized children's health insurance or free or reduced - price school meals.

However, last year, a panel of experts - The Small Schools Task Force - recommended an «ongoing small schools subsidy» for schools serving fewer than 100 meals a day.

To burn off all those Deliveroo meals, the firm offers a high subsidy for Virgin Active membership that reduces the cost by around two thirds.

Reimbursement is available to adoptive families for children receiving adoption assistance for outpatient counseling or therapy services not covered by the Medicaid program; medical services not covered by the Medicaid program, limited to additional health insurance premium amounts (due to a child's special needs) necessary to include the child in the family's coverage plan medical transportation not covered by Medicaid, and the family's lodging and meals, if necessary, when the child is receiving specialized care; for the subsidy special services.

Regulated (state registered) child care providers may accept public funds and including the child care subsidy program for low income parents and the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program in which reimbursements are made for qualifying meals served.