Lincoln-Sudbury Mutual Aid Network

Lincoln and Sudbury School Lunch Information

Lincoln Public Schools are working directly with families who receive free and reduced school lunches to coordinate support. If you believe you should be working with them as well but aren't, feel free to reach out to us for help connecting with them. 

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Sudbury Public Schools partner with Whitson's Culinary Group and have a weekly sign-up form for meals. This sign-up form, along with more information from the SPS food services department can be found here. 

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Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School is working directly with families who are part of the subsidized/free lunch program. If you believe you should be in contact with them as well but aren't, feel free to reach out to us for help connecting with them. 

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Where to get free breakfast and lunches if you need them

Below are sites detailing information about schools that are handing out free breakfast and lunches.

You do not necessarily need to go to one of these schools to get this food.

Massachusetts School Closure Meal Information​

Boston Public School Free Meal Information​

On the weekends, there are many religious organizations  and community groups that have food services. You can call Project Bread’s Food Source Hotline at (800) 645-8333 or visit their website for more information on where to receive food locally.​

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Extra Money to Buy Food for Households with Children who Received Free or Reduced-Price School Meals

The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently received approval from USDA to implement Pandemic-EBT, or P-EBT, in Massachusetts. 

 

P-EBT benefits are extra money to buy food for households with students who would have received free and reduced-priced school meals, but have been unable to due to school closures. There are about 500,000 students in Massachusetts that are eligible for this extra benefit. This benefit will supplement the more than 1,300 school meal sites that DESE has worked to set up with local school districts.

 

Households with eligible children will be receiving $5.70 per student per day of school closure. This will be delivered in a lump sum amount of about $200 to cover the 35 days that schools have already been closed.

 

P-EBT benefits can be spent in the same way as SNAP. P-EBT benefits are available to eligible households regardless of immigration status and are not considered for public charge.e

 

P-EBT benefits are a different, special benefit type. They do not confer SNAP eligibility, and they cannot be used to receive HIP benefits.

 

Of the 500,000 students who are eligible for P-EBT, about 40% are children in a current DTA household. These households will get their P-EBT benefits on their existing EBT card.

 

About 60% of households are not known to DTA, and that means that we will need to reach these households to provide these benefits. These households will be mailed a preloaded P-EBT card per student.