Joni Miller - Director of Food and Nutrition
Email: millerj1@bedfordasd.org

Phone: 814-623-4236

Children with Disabilities and Special Dietary Needs

Directions to set up School Café Account

2025 Sun Meals Program Flyer

Wellness Policy Assessment Tool

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For school payment portal, please click link below:

FREE AND REDUCED MEAL APPLICATION

To print a copy of the application for the 2025-2026 school year, please click on the above link:

Click here to view the new eligibility guidelines for Free and Reduced School Meals for 24-25.

When you have completed your application either:

1. Send to school with your child, and he/she can hand to their teacher.

2. Drop off at Bedford High School, and they will forward your application to the Food Service Office.

3. Mail to: Bedford Area School District, Food Service Office, 330 East John St, Bedford, PA 15522.

If you have any questions or need assistance in completing this application, please contact the Food Service Office at 814-623-4235.

You may go online to http://www.schoolcafe.com to apply for Free and Reduced meals.  This allows you to easily see the results of your application and eligibility notifications. 

You may also do an online Free and Reduced Meal Application by accessing the Compass (Commonwealth of PA Benefit) website link: http://www.compass.state.pa.us

• Once the website opens, you will see Welcome to Compass.

• Click on the Apply Now button, Click continue.

• Click on Free and Reduced Meals Learn More for information.

• If you do not need explanations, click Next three times to check yes or no for an existing Compass account.

• If you do not have an existing account, please complete the Password Info, click Next, and choose Free and Reduced in the listing.

• If you have an existing account, enter your Password Info, click Next, and choose Free and Reduced in the listing.

• Complete questions and form, Save info, and print a copy for your files.

• Click send, and it will be sent to the Bedford Food Service Office via email.

School Café, is an online Payment Portal management system that allows you to check your child’s cafeteria balance, and track what they are eating.

Payments may be made either in the form of a credit card payment or via an ACH/bank draft transaction. ACH Transactions allow you to deposit money using your checking or savings account. Credit Card Transactions allow you to deposit money using a major credit card.  All fees charged by School Café are to cover the expenses of processing your transaction. No part of the fee is charged or received by the school.

PARENT access to the School Café system is available through School Café.  If you need help accessing your account please contact Jessica Carlin at 623-4235.  

Setting up your School Café School Payment Portal Account:

Directions please follow the link: https://5il.co/191xh

Access to School Café please follow the link:  http://www.schoolcafe.com/

Log out when you are finished. If you have any questions or concerns with School Café, please call the Food Service Office at 623-4235 or 623-4236.

Did you know that students perform better academically when their brains and bodies are well nourished? Start your day off right with breakfast!  Breakfast is available every day, free of charge to students, in all buildings.

Students must choose at least 3 of the 4 components offered to be counted as a reimbursable breakfast. Components for a reimbursable breakfast are: protein, bread/grain, fruit and milk. One of the components taken MUST be a fruit.

Lunch is available for all students. We encourage healthy eating and have daily choices of fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, salad bar and whole grain bread and buns. Students must choose at least 3 of the 5 components to be counted as a reimbursable lunch. Components for a reimbursable lunch are: protein, bread/grain, vegetable, fruit and milk. One of the components taken MUST be a fruit or vegetable.

All schools have Point of Sale cash registers/computers allowing students to deposit money into their own account for daily food purchases. Every student has his/her own identification number which can be used to access their cafeteria account.

At meal time, the student enters his/her ID# on the key pad to access their account. The cashier will then enter the transaction and the purchase is deducted from the student’s account.

Students can deposit any amount of money by check or cash by giving the deposit to the cashier who will enter the amount in the student’s account. The check can be made out to Bedford Area School District. Please write on the check "lunch money and your child's name".

We also have an emailing system that will send you a notice twice a week. It will email any student’s home that has a negative account balance. Parents may check their child’s account balance online by using School Café. They can also make Credit Card or ACH Deposits by setting up an account with School Café. For more information please access the School Café Portal.

Students with a negative balance will not be permitted  ala carte purchases.

CIVIL RIGHTS

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:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

3. email:
   Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

The PA Beef to PA Schools program hits home and in our very own cafeteria! The program is funded by a PA Promo Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture and facilitated by the PA Beef Council. The PA Beef to PA Schools program works to connect schools and their food service professionals to cattle producers in order to 'Beef-Up' their school lunches. The program provides the opportunity to place quality protein on the lunch tray for students to enjoy while connecting them to their local ag community, who sees it as a priority and passion to feed the next generation. Provided generously to Bedford Area School District for the 2023-2024 school year, fueling young minds with quality protein! Thank a farmer #PABEEFTOPASCHOOLS