NV Meal Service Updates:  

MEALS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OFFERED TO ALL NV STUDENTS AT NO COST NEXT SCHOOL YEAR 25/26!

SUMMER EBT CARDS are Back again this Summer!

In the summer of 2025, Washington State will again be sending out Summer EBT, “SUN Bucks”, the new grocery benefit program that provides families $120 for each ELIGIBLE school-aged child to buy groceries when school is out.  This benefit will be on an EBT card and mailed to the address on file with the school district (Make sure you address with us is current).

ELIGIBILITY:

• Children who live in a household that already receives assistance program benefits (SNAP, TANF, FDPIR), OR
• Child attends a school that operates the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program, AND
• Is directly certified for free and reduced-price school meals, OR
• Submits a qualifying Free- Reduce Application: Application are available at all NV School main offices OR you can print a copy from our Food Service webpage (below) OR complete the foodservice Meal Application through your Skyward Family Access.

All NV students have access to meals at no cost during the school day, but only students who qualify for free/ reduced meal status will receive the SUN BUCKS benefit. 

More information will be coming from Washington State soon.

To check on your student's status, Contact Melissa Paulus in the Food Service Office:

Melissa.Paulus@nv.k12.wa.us    360-988-4754 

• CNEEB APPLICATION  
• CNEEB APPLICATION-FILL IN
• Letter To Households- Instructions

• CNEEB APPLICATION -Spanish 
• Letter To Households- Spanish 

*Directly Certified means students are automatically approved for Free & Reduced Meal status from the State database, which is based on SNAP, TANF, FOSTER, MIGRANT, or MEDICARE recipients. OR students qualify as Migrant, McKinney-Vento, or Foster Children through an NV support liaison. 

• Directly Certified students aren't required and shouldn't fill out a CNEEB
• Students who are directly certified with Free & Reduced Meal status will receive a Meal Status approval letter 

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

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: U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, from any USDA office, 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.