05-29-2016, 11:44 PM
This was timely:
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...iki-summer
Snipped:
"Starting in early June, keiki 18 and younger can head to at least 15 Big Island schools for a free breakfast and lunch.
The schools are participating in Seamless Summer Option, a federally funded summer food service program that aims to help low-income children continue receiving nutritious meals once school’s out.
To qualify, at least half of a school’s regularly enrolled students must qualify for free or reduced price lunches and also must offer some type of summer program on campus. In Hawaii County, an estimated 65 percent of students qualify for free lunch, statistics show, which is higher than any other county in the state."
and...
"Qualifying for the free lunch program during the year means students from low-income families — defined as $51,597 for a family of four — are eligible for free or low-cost nutritious meals. Earlier this year, the DOE announced it was expanding the federal Community Eligibility Provision program — that allows schools and school districts to serve the meals even if the students do not qualify for free or reduced-price meals — to every school in the KKP complex."
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...iki-summer
Snipped:
"Starting in early June, keiki 18 and younger can head to at least 15 Big Island schools for a free breakfast and lunch.
The schools are participating in Seamless Summer Option, a federally funded summer food service program that aims to help low-income children continue receiving nutritious meals once school’s out.
To qualify, at least half of a school’s regularly enrolled students must qualify for free or reduced price lunches and also must offer some type of summer program on campus. In Hawaii County, an estimated 65 percent of students qualify for free lunch, statistics show, which is higher than any other county in the state."
and...
"Qualifying for the free lunch program during the year means students from low-income families — defined as $51,597 for a family of four — are eligible for free or low-cost nutritious meals. Earlier this year, the DOE announced it was expanding the federal Community Eligibility Provision program — that allows schools and school districts to serve the meals even if the students do not qualify for free or reduced-price meals — to every school in the KKP complex."