VALLEY STREAM DISTRICT THIRTY IS A COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION (CEP) RECIPIENT
All students in Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade (PK - 6th) enrolled at Clear Stream Avenue School, Forest Road School, and Shaw Avenue School are eligible to receive:
- One healthy breakfast from 7:45am-8:15am in the cafeteria
- One healthy lunch at school
At no charge to your household each school day of the 2024-25 school year
Although students will receive breakfast and lunch for the 2024-2025 school year at no charge, families are encouraged to continue to fill out the Household Eligibility Form (also know as the Free and Reduced Lunch form). Families who qualify for free or reduced status may be eligible for additional benefits through New York State such as grocery benefits, P-EBT, discounted utilities and internet access, fee waivers for SAT, ACT, and college applications, textbooks, and many more.
HOUSEHOLD ELIGIBILITY FORM (Paper Version)
My School Apps Digital Household Eligibility Form
For more CEP information, please click here.
Student Meal Account Refunds
If you would like to request a refund for the positive balance in your child's student meal account, please use the form below. This form should be printed and submitted to your building principal.
Student Meal Account Refund Request Form
A la Carte
A la carte items such as water and snacks are NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER CEP and are available for purchase only. These items cannot be charged to a meal account unless there are funds available in the account, or the student has cash/check at the register at time of purchase.
MySchoolBucks Online School Lunch Payment System
We are pleased to offer an online option to pre-pay for your child's school lunch. mySchoolBucks.com(r) is an on-line system that will allow you to make deposits into your student's school meal accounts using a credit or debit card when it's convenient for you, receive low balance email reminders, monitor your student's account balances online and view your student's cafeteria purchases.
**Please note:* Due to the fact that the P-EBT is a New York State run
program, the district does not have any information about payments or
eligibility. All questions should be directed to the P-EBT Food Benefits
Helpline: 1-833-452-0096
Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) is a special supplemental nutrition program that provides breastfeeding support, nutritious foods, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care providers to pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women and children up to age five.
To Learn if you are Eligible: Click Here
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) issues electronic benefits that can be used like cash to purchase food. SNAP helps low-income working people, senior citizens, the disabled and others feed their families. Eligibility and benefit levels are based on household size, income and other factors.
To Apply for Snap: Click Here
Island Harvest Food Bank is a leading hunger-relief organization with a mission to end hunger and reduce food waste on Long Island. We accomplish this through efficient food and product collection and distribution systems, enhanced hunger awareness and nutrition education programs, a Workforce Skills Development Institute, targeted services for specific populations, outreach activities and advocacy initiatives. If you are in need of food or supplies, please use the interactive map below along with your zip code to find your closest food pantry.
Click Here
You may also text your zip code to 631-450-3775 to get a list of nearby pantries.