The Food & Nutrition Services Division provides high quality and nutritional food services that support our students' life-long health. OCSD serves a nutritious breakfast and lunch every day. All meals served meet nutritional standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and South Carolina Department of Education guidelines.

Pandemic EBT Cards

The first issuances of P-EBT cards for Summer 2023 will happen mid September 2023. Parents should allow 15 business days after that for the cards to arrive in the mail. Parents need to go to the DSS portal to make changes to addresses prior to August 10, 2023 at: https://benefitsportal.dss.sc.gov/#/pebt/addressverification. Please remember students must have been enrolled and attending school the last 20 days of school for the 2022-23 school year and were approved for free or reduced meals or attended a CEP school to be eligible for these payments.

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/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.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.