To determine eligibility, how do I interpret Option 1 and Option 2 eligibility?
The income levels specified in Option 1 are for families in which the income does not exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty income levels; Option 2 income levels do not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty income levels. A student who is on the free and/or reduced price meal program qualifies as an Option 1 student. A student who attends a school in which 75 percent or more of the students qualify for the federal reduced price meal program qualifies as an Option 1 student even though the family income may exceed the 185 percent income level. A student whose family income exceeds 185 percent but does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty income level qualifies as an Option 2 student. The Federal poverty income levels changes each year. The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture, issues the guidelines for the free and reduced price meal program and the United States Department of Health and Human Services issues the TRIO gu
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