The Community Eligibility Provision is a new opportunity that allows the food service program to offer breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students for a four-year period. Starting July 1, 2014, a school or group of schools with 40% or more of their students directly certified for free meals have the opportunity to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
Information
USDA Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Planning and Implementation Guidance
2023-2024
- 2023-2024 CEP SFA and School Notification Report
- The following SFAs did not submit their SY 22-23 data:
| Norwich School District |
| United Christian Academy |
2022-2023
- CEP Data Report Instructions 2022
- 2022-2023 CEP SFA and School Notification Report
- The following SFAs did not submit their SY 22-23 data:
| The Compass School |
| Winooski School District |
| Windsor County Youth Services |
| United Christian Academy |
| VT Org for Jewish Education |
2021-2022
- CEP Report Intructions
- 2021-2022 CEP SFA and School Notification Report
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The following SFAs did not submit their SY20-21 data:
U055 Addison Central School District S009 Caledonia Central SU S068 Central Vermont Supervisory Union S019 Essex North SU U060 Harwood Unified Union School District T126 Milton Town School District R614 Northeastern Family Institute S034 Orleans Central SU R152 Rice Memorial High School R618 St. Francis Xavier P004 St. Johnsbury Academy R820 The Compass School R053 The Village School of North Bennington R594 United Christian Academy U092 Washington Central Unified Union School District R528 Washington County Mental Health Services Inc. S049 Windham Southwest SU R496 Windsor County Youth Services T173 Rutland City School District R342 New England Kurn Hattin Homes R029 Vermont Permanency Initiative, Inc. S048 Windham Southeast SU
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2020-2021
- 2020-2021 CEP Report Instructions Memo
- 2020-2021 CEP Eligibility Memo
- 2020-2021 CEP SFA and School Notification List
2019-2020
- 2019-2020 CEP Eligibility Memo
- 2019-2020 CEP School Notification List
- 2019-2020 CEP SFA Notification List
Community Eligibility Provision Implementation Materials
- Template Letter of Intent to Participate in CEP
- Household Income Form
- Sample Letter to Households
- Site Declaration Form
- CEP Amendment to the Free and Reduced Policy Statement
- Reimbursement Estimator 2021-2022 Rates (Coming soon! 2021-2022 NSLP/SBP rates not yet released by USDA.)
- Spanish Household Income Form
- Nepali Household Income Form
Submission
To apply for CEP for School Year 2021-2022, complete the steps outlined under the header "Information for Eligible and Near-Eligible SFAs " in this year's CEP Report Instructions, above, and submit a letter of intent to Rosie Krueger. The Agency will review the request and send a program agreement and other materials to the School Food Authority. This agreement must be signed and submitted to the Agency as soon as possible.
CEP Renewals