Meal Payment
All students may receive breakfast and lunch meals at no cost, but you may want to add funds for additional purchases.
SchoolCafé is Jeffco’s system for families to:
- Add funds online to purchase a la carte snacks and additional entrees.
- Check balances and make payments for cafeteria purchases.
- Submit a Student Benefits Application.
- View menus.
Please note:
- There is a $2.95 fee for online transactions up to $500.
- Payments can also be made in person with cash or check at your school's cafeteria.
- Make checks payable to: Jeffco Food and Nutrition Services.
Create a SchoolCafé Account
- How to Create a SchoolCafé Account (English)
- How to Create a SchoolCafé Account (Spanish)
- How to Create a SchoolCafé Account (Russian)
- How to Create a SchoolCafé Account (Vietnamese)
Make Online SchoolCafé Payments
- How to Make Online Payments (English)
- How to Make Online Payments (Spanish)
- How to Make Online Payments (Russian)
- How to Make Online Payments (Vietnamese)
Meal and A la Carte Charging
Student accounts may not go negative
- Families are expected to keep student meal accounts current.
- Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, students can only purchase additional meals or a la carte items using cash or money in their SchoolCafe account.
Collections of delinquent meal payments
As defined by USDA, delinquent debt includes unpaid meal charges that are considered collectible, and efforts are being made to collect them. Delinquent debt, or a negative balance, remains on the accounting documents until it is collected.
View the complete Meal Charge procedure:
Refunds
Families may request a refund of their student meal account at any time using the refund request process. If a refund request for the student is not received more than eleven (11) months after leaving the district or graduation, Jeffco FNS will close the account and send the account balance to the state per district policy. Families may also choose to donate account balances to assist with family accounts with delinquent debt or bad debt.
If you wish to receive a refund from your student’s account, complete this form and submit it to your school's kitchen manager.
Contact Us
Food & Nutrition Services
Phone: 303-982-6748
SchoolCafé Help: 1-855-729-2328
Email: jeffcoschoolfood@jeffco.k12.co.us