The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential childcare institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches to children each school day. Within the School Meals Programs, free and reduced priced meals are offered to qualifying students. General application information:

• A household may apply for benefits at any time during the school year. Children of
  parents or guardians who become unemployed or experience a financial hardship
  mid-year may become eligible for free and reduced price meals or free milk at any
  point during the school year.
• Only one application is required for all children in the household attending schools in
  the same LEA.
• No application is necessary if the household was notified by the LEA their children
  have been directly certified. If the household is not sure if their children have been
  directly certified, the household should contact the school.
• Only the last four digits of the Social Security Number of the household’s primary
  wage earner or another adult household member (or an indication of “none”) is needed
  when submitting the application.
• Information submitted on the application may be subject to verification.
• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
  participants may be certified as eligible for free and reduced price meals through the
  application process.

Use this link to access the application for Free or reduced lunch. Please contact Director of Food Service Jean Felber at 715-703-1005 or at jfelber@stjosephboyd.com for more information.