Allegiance STEAM Academy Thrive

Allegiance STEAM Academy will be implementing a new option available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs called the Community Eligibility Provision for 2024-2025 School Year.

What does this mean for you and your children?

Great news for you and your students! All enrolled students of Allegiance STEAM Academy are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at NO CHARGE to your household each day of the 2024-2025 school year. No further action is required of you. Your child(ren) will be able to participate in these meal programs without having to pay a fee or submit an application.

Meal Program Partners

ASA partners with the Fontana Unified School District’s Food Services Program

If your student needs a special meal due to allergies a Medical Form is required, be advised that it will take about two weeks for your student to start receiving their special diet.

National School Lunch and Breakfast Program

Allegiance STEAM Academy Thrive participates in the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program by offering nutritious meals every school day.

Beginning in School Year (SY) 2022–23, California became the first state to implement a statewide Universal Meals Program for all school children. California’s Universal Meals Program is designed to build on the foundations of the federal National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP). California’s State Meal Mandate is expanded to include both a nutritiously adequate breakfast and lunch for all children each school day.

There are three key pillars that have been established to ensure that the program is a success:

• California’s Universal Meals Program requires very high poverty schools to participate in a federal provision.
• The California State Legislature allocates funds to provide additional state meal reimbursement to cover the cost of the Universal Meals Program.
• To support the implementation of the California Universal Meals Program, the California Department of Education (CDE) Nutrition Services Division (NSD) is scheduling a series of informational listening sessions, creating a universal meals web page with resources, and collecting frequently asked questions (FAQ) through our universal meals mailbox UniversalMealsSY22@cde.ca.gov.

Click Here to Complete the Household Meal Application

If there are more household members than the number of lines on the application, attach a second application.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in    any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter 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; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

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