Online Free and Reduced Price Meal Application

The Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs has an on-line Free and Reduced Price Meal Application that parents/guardians may complete for their students.

Go to: https://district.ode.state.or.us/apps/frlapp and click on the Apply button to start an application.

 

Tips: 

· Gather all your information before starting the application.  The online system is not able to save incomplete applications.

· If you need to make changes after submitting the application, contact the student’s school or school district.

· Required fields are shown with a red asterisk *

· Click the next button in the lower, right corner of each page to move to the next page.

How to Apply

1) Terms of Use: Click the “I accept” button to agree to the legal terms of the application.

2) Parent/Guardian Letter: Check the reduced price income guidelines (scroll down for the chart).

Click “next”

 3) Household: Complete the page including all required fields with a red asterisk *

4) Application Type :  Select the type of application you would like to complete:

SNAP, TANF Household or FDPIR

    a) A valid SNAP case number Example:  F00-00-0000 OR 000-00-0000 OR T00-00-A000

    b) A valid TANF Case number Example:  AB1234 OR ABC123

    c) An indication the household is participating in FDPIR

OR

  All Other Households Qualifying Via Income (includes foster children) 

Click “next”

 

5) Eligibility Permission:  Provides an opportunity to share information from this confidential application with other programs/activities in your school district.

Select either Option 1 or Option 2, to give your permission to share your child’s eligibility status Select Option 3, if you do not want to share your child’s eligibility status

Click “next”

 

6) Student: enter the student’s information.

Remember to enter each student in your household individually after saving the information.

If you are applying for a foster child, on the “Student” page complete the red asterisks * fields and check the box “Is this child a Foster Child?”

Click “Save information”

 

 

7) Household Income:

Complete one page for each household member with or without income. If a household member has no income, check “No Income”

Click ‘Save Information”

 

Click “Add New Member” to add another household member.

 

 

8) Ethnicity (Optional):

Completing the Ethnicity section of this page is optional.

9) Health Insurance Information:

Check one of the next two boxes

 I do not want my information shared with the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

 I have a child (or children) who do not have any kind of insurance…. I am interested in free or reduced cost health coverage…

10) Select in the next dropdown box what language you prefer for written correspondence

Click “next”

 11) Review:  Review the information for accuracy.

12) Submit Application

Read the Privacy Statement If applying by Income:

Enter the last 4 digits of your Social Security number OR

Check the box “I do not have a Social Security Number”

Click “Submit”

You will see a message “Application submitted” 

To print out your application, click “Print Review”

School district nutrition services eligibility officials have 10 working days to determine meal benefits for students.

If you need to make changes or corrections to the application, contact your school district nutrition services.