Young Scholars serves breakfast and lunch every day, free to all students! Young Scholars participates in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which allows all of our students to eat school meals for free regardless of their financial standing. CEP provides an approach to offering free meals to schools that meet specific financial requirements instead of collecting individual applications for free and reduced meals.

CEP Benefits

• All students receive a free breakfast and lunch, regardless of their financial standing
• Breakfast and lunch participation increases
• Meal counting and claiming is simplified, and the length of serving lines is reduced
• Student debt from full- and reduced-cost meals is eliminated

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

‍In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at:

Download Form: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf
Download Civil Right Complaints Procedure

from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
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This institution is an equal opportunity provider.