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**THE APPLICATION FOR THE '24/25 SCHOOL YEAR is available above**
** Paper applications will be mailed out to families who indicated they needed one during registration **
Completed applications can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed into:
Kinnikinnick School District
ATTN: Angel Cowan
5410 Pine Lane
Roscoe, IL 61073
**PLEASE NOTE - A new application MUST be submitted every school year, even if you had free/reduced status last year.**
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.
Thank you!
** Paper applications will be mailed out to families who indicated they needed one during registration **
Completed applications can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed into:
Kinnikinnick School District
ATTN: Angel Cowan
5410 Pine Lane
Roscoe, IL 61073
**PLEASE NOTE - A new application MUST be submitted every school year, even if you had free/reduced status last year.**
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.
Thank you!
A NEW APPLICATION MUST BE FILED OUT EACH SCHOOL YEAR.
Who Qualifies?
- Children from households whose income is at or below the Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines may be eligible for either free or reduced price meals.
- Children who are members of households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly the Food Stamp Program) or who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) may be automatically eligible for free meals.
- Children who are homeless, migrant, or runaway may also be automatically eligible for free meals. Contact the homeless liaison at 815-623-2837 for more information.
- Foster children, who are the legal responsibility of a welfare agency or court, are eligible for free meals regardless of the income of the household with whom they reside.
- Children who are members of households participating in WIC may also be eligible for free or reduced-price meals based on the household's income.
- To apply for free or reduced price meals, households must only fill out one application per household per school district. Hononegah High School is a separate school district from Kinnikinnick School District.
- Applications may be submitted at any time during the school year especially if household income or other changes occur, but parents are encouraged to complete applications before the school year begins.
- If a household is not eligible now but has a change, such as a decrease in household income, an increase in household size, becomes unemployed or qualifies for SNAP or TANF, the household should contact the school for an application. Such changes may make the children of the household eligible for benefits if the household's income falls at or below the levels shown in the income chart.
- Households who do not list a SNAP or TANF case number, must list the names of all household members, the amount and frequency of the income received by each household member, and the last four digits of the social security number of the adult household member who signs the application. If the household member does not have a social security number, the household member must indicate that a social security number is not available. The application must be signed by an adult household member in order to be approved.
- The information households provide on the application will be used for determining eligibility and verification of data. Applications may be verified at any time during the school year by school or other program officials.
- For further information, contact Angel Cowan [email protected]
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