Food & Nutrition Services

At the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, we are committed to providing safe, quality meals that reflect high nutritional standard, while providing excellent food service in a warm and friendly environment.

• • Procedure for FNS Civil Rights Complaints-WPSD-SSDHHC (2024-25)
  • (2024-25) Free and Reduced Lunch Parent Letter
  • (2024-25) Programs of WPSD – Application for Free & Reduced Price School Meals
  • USDA – Food and Nutrition Service: Information about Applying for Free and Reduced School Meals
  • National School Lunch Program Fact Sheet
  • National School Lunch Program Fact Sheet (Spanish)
  • Schoolcafe Program
  • SchoolCafe Parent Instructions (English)
  • SchoolCafe Parent Instruction (Spanish)
  • USDA Nondiscrimination Statement And Complaint Procedure
  • Healthy-Non-Food-Rewards-Tip-Sheet
  • Medical Plan of Care for School Food Service
  • WPSD,SSDHHC Wellness Plan 2017 updated

Summer Food Service Program

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was established to ensure that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in season.  Free meals, that meet Federal nutrition guidelines, are provided to all children 18 years and younger at approved SFSP sites in areas with significant concentrations of low-income children.  Families can use any of the following methods to locate sites that where free meals to children during the summer.

• Call 211
• Call 1.866.3Hungry (1.868.348.6479) or 1.877.8Hambre (1.877.842.6273)
• Text “MEALPA” to 877877 during the summer months
• Use the site locator for smartphones – Rangeapp.org
• Visit the website – www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks