• Fill out your free and reduced meal application today!

    The Fort Smith Public Schools will participate in the National School Lunch Program, Afterschool Snack Program, and School Breakfast Program. Households may be eligible for free or reduced-price meal benefits. Applications may be found at your child’s school or Linqconnect.com. Households participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) may be eligible for free or reduced-price meals. To apply for free or reduced-price meals, households must complete and return the application. Applications will be considered incomplete if all information is not provided as described in the instructions provided with the application. Applications may be submitted at any time during the school year as circumstances change, provided that the loss of income causes the household income during the period of unemployment to be within the eligibility criteria. 


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    Households with children who received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may apply with abbreviated information as described in the application instructions.

    All applications are subject to verification. Parents or guardians dissatisfied with the ruling of the determining official may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an informal basis.  Parents wishing to make a formal appeal for a hearing on the decision may contact Charles Warren at 479-785-2501. 

    Children certified by the district as foster, migrant, homeless, or runaway are categorically eligible for free meals. Contact The Parker Center at 479-785-8182 with questions regarding foster, migrant, homeless, or runaway meal benefits.

    Households notified of their eligibility but who do not want their children to receive free meals must contact the school. If SNAP households are not notified of their eligibility by 9/23/2024, they should complete an application.   

    In the operation of child feeding programs, no child will be discriminated against because of race, sex, color, national origin, age, or disability.