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ALL students in Cabell County Schools will receive breakfast and lunch at no cost for the 2025-2026 school year!!!

This ensures that students have the nutritious food they need to be ready to learn each day.

There are no income requirements or applications. Every student is automatically included and able to enjoy free meals from the very first day of school.

This opportunity is part of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) through the USDA.

Learn more about this program by visiting the Food Services page: https://www.cabellschools.com/o/cs/page/food-services

And check out our upcoming menus with MealViewer: https://schools.mealviewer.com/district/CabellCountySchools

Special thanks to Ella Austin, Huntington High alumna for creating the graphic for this announcement!

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Cabell County Schools Provide Meals to Students at No Cost

Huntington, WV—Students in Cabell County Schools will have the opportunity to eat a no-cost breakfast and lunch at school through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program.  The CEP was enacted as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and provides universal meal service to children in high-poverty areas. This is the fourth year for the option. 

The CEP serves as an alternative to collecting, approving and verifying household eligibility applications for free- and reduced-price eligible students in high-poverty Local Education Agencies (LEAs). If at least 25 percent of a school’s student population is directly certified for free meal benefits, the entire school qualifies for the option.  

“We are grateful that our students will receive nutritious breakfasts and lunches each day as part of the CEP program.  This is a huge benefit to our students to have healthy meals available to them so they can be ready to learn each day,” says Tim Hardesty, Superintendent.

Cabell County Schools expects to have 26 schools participate in the CEP.  This includes all elementary, middle, and high schools in the district. The program allows the school system to feed nearly 11,000 students each day.  
 
The 2017 Feeding America: Map the Meal Gap data reports high levels of food insecurity and hunger across the country. In West Virginia, more than 14 percent of residents, and over 79,000 children, live in food insecure households. 

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.