
Nutrition Services
Nutrition Services
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Portland Public Schools Nutrition Services is happy to announce all enrolled PPS students (with the exception of charter school and CBO students) will be able to enjoy breakfast and lunch at no charge for the 2025-26 school year. Families do not need to submit a free and reduced-price meal application.
Breakfast includes an entree, choice of fruit, and milk. Lunch includes a choice of entree, milk, and unlimited fruits and vegetables. Students must choose at least three foods, with one food being at least a 1/2 cup of fruit and/or a vegetable. If students bring their lunch from home and want milk, they may choose two other foods – such as a fruit and vegetable – at no charge. Milk can no longer be purchased separately.
Families with students at a charter school or CBO, should contact their school office for more information on their meal program.
Other Resources
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Summer EBT Resources
Summer EBT is a grocery benefits program. It helps families buy food for their school-aged children when school is out. Each summer, families will get one yearly payment of $120 for each eligible child to buy groceries.
Summer EBT benefits are issued by the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) and not by school districts.
For more information, please go to the Oregon Summer EBT website.
For questions, please contact ODHS directly at summerebtinfo@odhs.oregon.gov.
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Resources for Locating Food
- Please call 211 or visit Oregon Food Bank
- Please Text FOOD or COMIDA to 304-304
- Online Application for SNAP Benefits
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Language Assistance
Applicants with disabilities and limited English proficiency (LEP) persons of their right to free language assistance and accommodations and provide these services upon request.
Contacts
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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 from the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form PDF, 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 1. mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or 2.fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or 3. email: program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.