THE LUNCH CAFÉ 2024-25
MENU INFO - Students will receive one complete breakfast and lunch at no charge for the 2024-2025 school year.
Breakfast and Lunch Program - EHOVE Career Center is part of the National School Breakfast and Lunch program. We strive to serve nutritious and tasteful meals while encouraging students to make healthy choices.
Outside Food or Beverage is not permitted in the cafeteria
For Questions: please email at gzapata@ehove.net
Breakfast Menu - Served Daily in High School Cafeteria from 7:45am-8:15am Begins August 16, 2024
Prices:
EHOVE Career Center announces its participation in the Community Eligibility Program (CEP)for the school year 2024-2025. All students enrolled at EHOVE Career Center may participate in breakfast and lunch program at no charge. Household income applications are not required to receive free meals, but a household income survey form is available to collect household income data for other programs that require this information like student fees. The CEP is part of the federally funded National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.
PURCHASING MEALS
Make an online payment. Traditional methods of payments are available as well. Please send in a check (made out to EHOVE Career Center) or cash payable in the cafeteria. Credit Card payments can be made in the high school office with a $5.00 minimum.
Students are encourage to fill out a Household Income Survey to see if they qualify to have fees waived or any other program based off of household income. Form available in HS office, cafeteria or you can print them from final forms.
Summer Feeding programs in home school areas can be located at: https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Student-Supports/Food-and-Nutrition/Summer-Food-Service-Program
EHOVE'S FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM IS NATIONALLY REGISTERED
EHOVE buys locally. The fruits and vegetables fueling our students are from Schmidt's Farms, a local farmer. We offer watermelon, muskmelon, apples, peaches, plums, green peppers and tomatoes just to name a few of our fresh seasonal items. Check out the Farm to School Website- Farm to School.
Student Wellness Plan has even more information about how we're working to provide a healthy environment for our students.
OFFER VERSUS SERVE GUIDELINES:
Students are offered 5 components at lunch 1. Meat/Meat Alternate, 2. Fruits, 3. Grain, 4. Vegetable, 5. Fluid Milk
Students are allowed to decline two of the five required food components at lunch. Students must take 3 of the 5 items to count as a meal or will be charged a la carte prices.
If a student selects less than the offered portion of Meat/Meat Alternate or Grains, it does not count as one of the minimum three required components at lunch.
Nondiscrimination Statement:
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; orfax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; oremail:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.