Skip To Main Content

Free & Reduced Price Meals

How do I get my kids free breakfast and lunch at school?
Fill out and submit an application to see if you qualify.

Before you begin…there are a few things you should know.

If you received a letter from the school saying that your children were automatically approved (directly certified) for free meals for the 2024-2025 school year, then you do not need to submit an application. We need only one application for all the children in your household who attend school in the Holden R-III School District. 

A NEW APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED EVERY YEAR, EVEN IF YOU QUALIFIED FOR BENEFITS LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

Once your application has been received, the district office will determine your eligibility and send you a letter with the results.

Eligibility for free or reduced price school meal benefits is based on any one of these three things:

  • your total household income and size in the month the application is filled out, or the month before, or
  • your child’s individual status as foster, homeless, migrant or runaway, or
  • participation in an assistance program by any member of your household

3 Easy Steps to Completing the Application:

form application steps

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, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

If you have any questions about the application, please contact Tracy Shumate at our district office at (816) 732-5568.

Free and Reduced Price Meal Application - Online Google Form

Click the link below to fill out the online Google form in a new window:

https://forms.gle/szKWJxhX2cLLGR8m7

Free & Reduced Price Meal Application - Downloadable .pdf

If you are having trouble viewing the document, you may download the document.

 

If you are having trouble viewing the document, you may download the document.
If you are having trouble viewing the document, you may download the document.
If you are having trouble viewing the document, you may download the document.