Big Apple Institute Inc.

Big Apple Institute Inc.
524 Lake St., Brooklyn, NY 11223
Tel: (718) 333-0300 • Fax: (718) 333-1311
2024-2025 School year Public Announcement for School Meals Availability
Big Apple Institute lnc. (Local School Food Authority) would like to announce the availability of Breakfast and Lunch for all children attending our Lake Str. & 86 Str. locations. All meals will be served without prejudice. Applications will be distributed and collected to determine eligibility for free or reduced price meals.
Big Apple Institute 2937 86th Str., Brooklyn, NY 11223 • Big Apple Institute 503 Lake Str., Brooklyn, NY 11223
For information please contact:
Aida Pirumova, Food Service Director, 524 Lake Str., Brooklyn, NY 11223
(718) 333-0300 ext 1020 • [email protected]
Nondiscrimination Statement: In accordance with Federal Civil rights law and USDA civil regulations and policies, the USDA its agencies, offices and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating base on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted of funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (eg braille, large print, audiotape, sign language, etc.) should contact the agency (state or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or have speech disabilities can contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program material may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete our USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form
(AD-3027) found online at www.usda.qov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter to USDA and provide in the letter all the information required on the form.
USDA Mail
Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410
Fax: (202) 690-4427 or email: [email protected]
This institution is an equal opportunity provider
ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR FREE AND REDUCED-PRICE MEALS
SY 2024-2025
LOOK ATTACHMENT
Reminders:
BOTH above income eligibility scales should appear in the Public Announcement/release to the media
ONLY the reduced price income eligibility scale can appear in the Letter to Parents (for those schools participating in the National School Lunch or Breakfast Program)
ONLY those schools that participate in the Special Milk Program and offer Free Milk can publish the Free Eligibility Scale in both the Public Announcement and the Letter to the Parent
Incomes indicated on the free and reduced price income eligibility scales are maximum amounts.