Community Eligibility Provision
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) provides an alternative approach for offering school meals to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in low income areas, instead of collecting individual applications for free and reduced price meals.The CEP allows schools that predominantly serve low-income children to offer free, nutritious school meals to all students through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
The CEP uses information from other programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance Program for Needy Families (TANF) instead of traditional paper applications.
Systems Design has accommodates the requirements for administering the CEP. The first item that should be accomplished by the Food Service Office is to become familiar with the procedures to obtain the information from TX-UMPS. The instructions in this link will serve to provide that information. Click here to view this document.
The tutorial below will provide the food service administrator with information that will permit the proper entries in the Food Service System so that the CEP may be implemented.
After the set up is accomplished for each participating campus, the following actions will be required.
1. Edit the Reimbursable Menu Item Prices. The prices for breakfast and lunch in the menu master file for each reimbursable item items 1 - 14 will be changed to a price of $0.00 for each status. This needs to be done for each campus that participates in the CEP. Click here for a tutorial on changing menu item prices.
2. Create the Summary Files for the New Month. After the CEP set up is accomplished as shown in the tutorial below and the menu item prices have been changed as indicated in step one above then the Summary Files for the New Month will be created. This is done in the End of Month routine. Note that only step one should be done. You may see the tutorial on the End of the Month by clicking here. Remember to do only the first step.
3. Verify Campus Changes. To review and check your campus changes go to the Other Reports menu which is FS > 16 , select option 6 Campus Listing and print this report. It will provide you a list of all schools with the Off Campus Prices and if they are under Provision 2 or CEP. Percentages are also displayed.
4. Verify Menu Item Changes. Review and check the meal item prices for the campuses subject to CEP. You will verify that the reimbursable prices are zero for all statuses at the participating campuses. You may print this report by going to FS > 04, selecting and printing option 14 School Menu Listings. Be sure to print both Breakfast and Lunch.
View the tutorial below.
The CEP uses information from other programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance Program for Needy Families (TANF) instead of traditional paper applications.
Systems Design has accommodates the requirements for administering the CEP. The first item that should be accomplished by the Food Service Office is to become familiar with the procedures to obtain the information from TX-UMPS. The instructions in this link will serve to provide that information. Click here to view this document.
The tutorial below will provide the food service administrator with information that will permit the proper entries in the Food Service System so that the CEP may be implemented.
After the set up is accomplished for each participating campus, the following actions will be required.
1. Edit the Reimbursable Menu Item Prices. The prices for breakfast and lunch in the menu master file for each reimbursable item items 1 - 14 will be changed to a price of $0.00 for each status. This needs to be done for each campus that participates in the CEP. Click here for a tutorial on changing menu item prices.
2. Create the Summary Files for the New Month. After the CEP set up is accomplished as shown in the tutorial below and the menu item prices have been changed as indicated in step one above then the Summary Files for the New Month will be created. This is done in the End of Month routine. Note that only step one should be done. You may see the tutorial on the End of the Month by clicking here. Remember to do only the first step.
3. Verify Campus Changes. To review and check your campus changes go to the Other Reports menu which is FS > 16 , select option 6 Campus Listing and print this report. It will provide you a list of all schools with the Off Campus Prices and if they are under Provision 2 or CEP. Percentages are also displayed.
4. Verify Menu Item Changes. Review and check the meal item prices for the campuses subject to CEP. You will verify that the reimbursable prices are zero for all statuses at the participating campuses. You may print this report by going to FS > 04, selecting and printing option 14 School Menu Listings. Be sure to print both Breakfast and Lunch.
View the tutorial below.