USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
The Next Step prohibits discrimination based on a student’s race, color, religion, immigration or citizen status, national origin, language spoken, intellectual or athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, sexual orientation, or disability. All the rights, privileges, programs, and activities offered at The Next Step are made available to all students at the school.
National School Lunch Program
The Next Step Public Charter School (TNS) participates in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP), and the school offers supper to students who attend school in the evening. During the 2024-2025 school year, breakfast, lunch, and supper will be free for all TNS students.
If you would like to receive meals while attending school, we would like students to fill out a FARM application and return it to Monique Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer, mmitchell@nextsteppcs.org.
Click here for the meal application link. All students attending the day program will be offered breakfast and lunch, and all students attending the evening program will be provided supper at no charge, regardless of the FARM application submission status.
If you would like to mail the completed lunch application, please send it to the following address:
The Next Step Public Charter School
3047 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Attention: Monique Mitchell
In addition, you can obtain a lunch application from your case manager.
If you have any questions concerning the food program or the lunch applications,
please contact Monique Mitchell: mmitchell@nextsteppcs.org; 240-643-3224
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
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.
District of Columbia Human Rights Act
The District of Columbia Human Rights Act, approved December 13, 1977 (DC law 2-38; DC official code §2-1402.11(2006), as amended), states the following:
It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice to do any of the following acts, wholly or partially, for a discriminatory reason based upon the actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, or political affiliation of any individual. To file a complaint alleging discrimination on one of these bases, please contact the District of Columbia’s Office of Human Rights at (202) 727-4559 or ohr@dc.gov.