Not exact matches
Since arriving, Rolls said, the company has significantly boosted lunch sales among the district's low - income population to 85
percent, bringing in dependable
reimbursements of $ 2.77 per meal from the
federal government.
Stated another way, the average revenue for a paid lunch in these largest school districts is only about 77
percent of the
federal reimbursement provided for free lunches in elementary schools and 90
percent of the
federal reimbursement in high schools.
These salads do qualify for
federal reimbursement for the 30
percent of our students who receive FARMS subsidies.»
The state's 57 counties (and New York City) administer hundreds of
federal and state programs, he noted, «all on a
reimbursement basis, where the local taxpayer bears 100
percent of the cost up front.»
According to Kate Baker, the president of NEO, the
reimbursement model has been «a significant burden» for many families.25 Since NEO prioritizes based on need, 98
percent of homeschooling scholarship families in the first year of the program had a total household income that would have qualified them for the
federal free or reduced - price lunch program (185
percent of the
federal poverty line, or $ 43,568 for a family of four in 2012 - 13), including 77
percent who would have qualified for a «free lunch» (130
percent of the
federal poverty line, or $ 30,615 for a family of four in 2012 - 13).26
Seventy - five
percent of the
federal dollars that Planned Parenthood receives is due to Medicaid
reimbursement.