Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)

1. Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Heidi Dupuis, Program Manager –SNP, ODE

2. Overview • History • Community Eligibility Election Requirements • Poverty Reporting in Other Programs

3. History • Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 • Provides an alternative to household applications for free and reduced price meals • Offers all students breakfast and lunch meals at no costs • Applies to high poverty sponsors and schools • Piloted 3 years in 11 states • Nation wide implementation July 1, 2014 Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs

4. Requirements for Participation • Have a minimum percentage (≥ 40%) of identified students in the school year prior to implementing CEP • Serve breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students for 4 years • Count total breakfasts and total lunches served to students daily • No household applications for free and reduced price meals Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs

5. Election and Eligibility Criteria • Residential Child Care Institutions may not participate • Sponsors may elect the Provision for: • all district schools • a group of schools or • an individual school • Eligible school or group of schools must have an identified student percentage of at least 40% by April 1st of the school year prior to implementing CEP. • Sponsors are required to submit by June 30 to begin CEP in the SY beginning July 1. • Election is a Sponsor level decision but requires approval from ODE CNP. Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs

6. Identified Students • Students certified for FREE meal benefits by: • Direct Certification • Homeless, Runaway list • Migrant list • Foster, by documentation other than meal application • Headstart or Even Start list • SNAP letter • Administrator applications for non-applicant • Percentage • (Count of Identified Students/Enrollment ) x 100 Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs

7. Claiming Percentages • Identified student percentage multiplied by a factor of 1.6 equals the % of total meals reimbursed at the Federal free rate • The remaining % of total meals is reimbursed at the Federal paid rate • Any meal costs in excess of the total Federal reimbursement must be covered through non-Federal sources Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs

8. Where did the 1.6 come from? • Analysis showed that on average for every 10 identified students there were 6 more students certified based on income application. • Multiplying the identified student percentage by 1.6 approximates the free and reduced price percentage • Accepted as a substitute for a percentage based on actual counts • USDA may set the multiplier within a range of 1.3 to 1.6 Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs

9. Claiming Sample • Identified student count = 345 • Enrollment = 846 • Identified student percentage = 40.7 • Free claiming % 40.7 x 1.6 = 65.12 • Paid claiming % 100% - 65.12 = 34.88 • Identified Student Percentage of 62.5 = 100% Free (62.5 x 1.6 = 100%)

10. Notification Timeline • April 15 of each SY, • ODE CNP must notify Sponsors about their CEP district wide eligibility status and provide participation guidance • May 1 of each SY, • ODE CNP publishes lists of Sponsors and sites on website www.ode.state.or.us/go/cep • June 30 of each SY, • Sponsor notifies ODE CNP of CEP election Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs

11. Reporting for Other Programs • Claim percentage for Free is Proxy of Free and Reduced Price % Identified Student Percentage x Multiplier 1.6 • Title 1 - Use US DOE instruction • Erate – Use free and reduced price percentage from most recent year of standard counting and claiming • Report Card – 100% Free and Reduced Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs

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