I was reading how parents in Denver are taking advantage of not paying for their kids' school-lunch:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/denver-schools-end-lunch-shaming-unpaid-lunches-grow/
This got me thinking that perhaps some super-early Moustachians here are taking advantage of free school lunch for their kids. I suppose that the penumbra of this would be SNAP benefits, although that typically has work requirements.
Starting last school year, everyone at our elementary school got free lunch. Prior to that, we paid for it.
Every student in the district at all grade levels gets free breakfast.
Over the last decade the district started providing free lunch to all students in some schools - generally with the largest % of poor students. The district has made it a goal to expand this to other schools. So as of last year, there were 6 or 7 of the 10 elementary schools who were getting free lunch, and 1 of the 4 junior high schools.
This year, I know they've added at least one other junior high.
As our kids go to the "poor" schools - last year in elementary they got free lunch, and this year one in elementary and one in junior high, I think still get free lunch. They sent me the link to add money to the account, but last year the button was missing because of the school we are in.
Also, the food is very healthy at our schools (California). Lots of local produce, freshly made, and we aren't relying on full reimbursement from the government for that. They also have free meals in the summer and free dinner at about 6 locations each evening - $5 for adults to buy a meal. They make enough money on the adult meals to offset the cost of the lunches.