Free and Reduced Price Meals (FARM)

Free and Reduced-price Meal (FARM) Application School Year 2022-2023

Students at all DCPS schools receive free breakfast, plus supper and snack at applicable schools.

Many students qualify for free lunch through one of the following ways:

For School Year 2022- 2023, 89 of our schools qualify for free lunch under the USDA Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). To see a list of these schools, please visit: dcps.dc.gov/page/community-eligibility-provision-cep-schools. Households where all students attend a DCPS CEP school do not need to complete a FARM application and will automatically be eligible for all benefits associated with approved FARM status.
At DCPS schools (listed below) students may automatically qualify for free meals through 'direct certification' which means the student or family meets one of the following criteria:
- Students in households receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Foster children that are under the legal responsibility of a foster care agency or court.
- Children who meet the definition of homeless, runaway, migrant status.
If your student does not meet the above qualifications and attends a DCPS school listed below, then a Free And Reduced-price Meal (FARM) Application is required to qualify for free meals based on family income.

Benjamin Banneker High School
Brent Elementary School
Capitol Hill Montessori
Deal Middle School
Duke Ellington
Eaton Elementary School
Hardy Middle School
Hearst Elementary School
Hyde-Addison Elementary School
Jackson-Reed (Wilson) High School
Janney Elementary School
Key Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School
Mann Elementary School
Maury Elementary School
Murch Elementary School
Oyster-Adams – Adams Campus
Oyster-Adams – Oyster Campus
Peabody Elementary School
Ross Elementary School
Shepherd Elementary School
Stevens Early Learning Center
Stoddert Elementary School
School Within A School – Goding
School Without Walls – Francis Stevens
School Without Walls High School
Watkins Elementary School

See the Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines below if you believe your household qualifies:

Household Size	Maximum household income amounts
	Annual	Monthly	Weekly
2	$33,874	$2,823	$652
3	$42,606	$3,551	$820
4	$51,338	$4,279	$988
5	$60,070	$5,006	$1,156
6	$68,802	$5,734	$1,324
7	$77,534	$6,462	$1,492
8	$86,266	$7,189	$1,659
Each additional family member	+$8,732	+$728	+$168

a. Only ONE FARM APPLICATION PER HOUSEHOLD should be completed even if the students attend different schools. A household is considered all persons, related or unrelated, living at the same address.

b. DCPS only accepts FARM applications for the DCPS schools listed above, if you or your child attends a charter or private school, please reach out to the school directly.

c. FARM applications for school year 2021-2022 expired on June 30th, 2022 and a new application is needed for school year 2022-2023.

d. The grace period for students who qualified for free lunch during school year 2021-2022 ends on the following dates:

Kindergarten - 12th: October 14, 2022

PK3-PK4: October 19, 2022