DODEA Schools Offer Free or Reduced Meals Amid Shutdown
Families of students attending Department of Defense Education Activity schools can apply for free or reduced price school meals during the shutdown.
Eligibility is based on income and family size, as required by the U.S., and continues as long as the household income qualifies under the USDA thresholds, until the end of the school year.
"If income returns to previous levels after the shutdown, families are expected to update their application or status, but there is no automatic expiration of benefits when the shutdown ends,"
said Julie Mitchell, spokesman for AAFES. AAFES provides DOD school meal support overseas, serving 20,000 school meals daily at 73 DOD schools in seven countries.
Parents can visit the linqconnect website to apply.
Author summary: DODEA schools offer free meals.