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The sad fact is that the USDA’s National School Lunch Program
requires participating schools to account for student
eligibility on a yearly basis. This must be done whether or not
they operate a computerized point-of-sale program. At FSS®,
we believe there is a lot more that POS software can do than
merely ensure everyone who qualifies for Free or Reduced submits
an application.
The burdensome task of processing free or reduced school lunch
applications is simultaneously time consuming, tedious, error
prone and frustrating. That being said school districts that
fail to perform this USDA program efficiently and thoroughly are
losing tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars
each school year
in federal/state funding. In addition to school lunch
reimbursement, programs such as E-rate,
Title I and No Child Left Behind use free or reduced numbers to
gage poverty.
The added pressure of having to complete the application process
in the first 30 days of the school year for annual E-rate
figures creates stress, pressure and inefficiency. Who has an
application on file? When is the temporary status expiring? What
about the incomplete forms? Did we send the approval-denial
letter? Has the lunch status changed? What is the
E-rate at the high school? If the
application isn't returned, the student can't possibly qualify.
Put
simply, F.O.R.M.S. ™ relieves hassles. When we
work with you we will share the best practices to get the
applications filled out and returned before the cut off.
We helped numerous districts
increase their applications filed and approved
by
6% - 30%.
FSS®
F.O.R.M.S.™
will provide you with:
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Multi-child household application forms
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Automatic calculation of family eligibility by income.
Family notification letters for applications
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A history of student changes (i.e. transfers, lunch
type, etc.)
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Peer recognition by phone number or address for every
member of the household/family
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Imports TANF or Food Stamp for direct certification
via social security number
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Can be used as a stand-alone application
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Imports data from student management, Exports data for
No Child Left Behind
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Client-server database- available anywhere in the school
district via WAN/LAN
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