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Reply to "What is the threshold at which a school gets community eligibility for FARMs?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's based on the percentage of students who are federally direct-certified as low-income (i.e. students who already receive SNAP or TANF assistance). Schools with more than 40 percent of enrolled students identified are eligible. Schools may decide to opt-in and provide "free" meals for all students, or continue to collect applications and identify each student individually. [/quote] It sounds like there is some sort of threshold (i.e. 40% SNAP or TANF). I'm not sure how income cutoffs for SNAP/TANF compare to income cutoffs for FARMs. But if they are similar, this would suggest that a school theoretically be around 40% FARMs and still be listed as 99% by DCPS. While this is certainly not the biggest problem DCPS has, it is misleading and could discourage more high SES families from sending their kids to these schools.[/quote]
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