To Apply for Free/Reduced Meal for the 2024-2025 school year:
If your family receives federal benefits: SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid* (*Medicaid needs to be approved based on household income), you may not need to apply. The guardian listed at the school as the primary contact may receive an eligibility letter or approval letter confirming it.
Do not apply if you received a Direct Certification letter/email from us for 2024-2025 for all your children.
Applying online is FASTER and SAFER than a paper application
An eligible family can save over $950/child during the school year.
If you applied for our free and reduced meal program, you will receive an email response From: LINQ Subject: Eligibility letter. If you don’t receive an email response within 3 business days, please check your spam/junk email folder. If it’s not in your spam/junk email folder, please send an email to LCPS Free and Reduced Email.
Do not apply if you already received an Eligibility letter/email from us for 2024-2025 for all your children.
Loudoun County Public Schools follows Federal and State regulations when administering the Free and Reduced Meal Program. Children from households that meet Federal Income Guidelines are eligible for either reduced prices or free meals. Eligibility under this program applies to both breakfast and lunch.
***Approval of application does not remove any charges that are already on your child's account. *** Please pay this balance amount to your student’s school cafeteria via cash or check (payable to the County of Loudoun) or by logging into your student’s meal account, LINQ Connect , at your earliest convenience.
Free and Reduced Meals
Students eligible for free or reduced meals can receive a free Breakfast Meal and a Lunch Meal a Day. Extra items or A La Carte items.
Lunch Meal means that students need to receive a complete meal to be free. **Lunch has to include Fruit or Veggies; it is a USDA Regulation.** Refer to image left
Components of the meal: Grain + Protein+ Fruit + Vegetable + Milk
***** All entrees contain: Grain + Protein -> so students need to get one more component; it has to be 1/2 cup of Fruit or 1/2 cup of Vegetable serving -> required by the USDA
If the student wants to get only one component or two, the student will pay the full price of the item(s)
We do not supervise the distribution of P-EBT cards.
If you have questions regarding this benefits issuance, call 866-513-1414 or 804-294-1633 Monday - Friday between 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
