Cornerstones, Embry Rucker To Sponsor Meals Program: Release

Press release from Cornerstones:

Cornerstones’ Laurel Learning Center and Embry Rucker Community Shelter announces the sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

The same meals will be available at no separate charge to all participants at each CACFP facility
without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State of local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a complaint complete the USDA program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found
online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/compl... filing cust.html, or at any USDA office or write a
letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To
request a copy or the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to

USDA by mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
Fax: (202) 690-7442 or email: program.intake@udsa.gov.

The centers will receive free or reduced price meals reimbursement based on the following income eligibility guidelines effective from July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025:

Meals will be provided at the Laurel Learning Center and Embry Rucker Community Shelter. For information, please contact:

Laurel Learning Center
Courtney Park-Jamborsky, Director
571-323-1414
11484 Washington Pl. W., Suite 200, Reston, VA 20190

Embry Rucker Community Shelter
Deonte Richardson
571-323-1442
11975 Bowman Towne Drive, Reston, VA 20190
For additional CACFP information, please contact the State Agency at the Virginia Department of
Health, Division of Community Nutrition, by phone: 1-877-618-7282 or email:
CACFP@vdh.virginia.gov.

ABOUT CORNERSTONES

Since 1970, Cornerstones has championed the Dulles Corridor as a thriving, equitable, and compassionate place to live and work. More than 16,000 families and individuals, including upwards of 5,000 children, annually benefit from our safety-net services and programs, including homelessness prevention, emergency shelter and food, and urgent financial assistance to help stabilize people in times of crisis. As important, Cornerstones works beyond emergency help to empower our most vulnerable neighbors to regain their stability by securing affordable housing, food sufficiency, and educational opportunities to help ensure thriving children, youth, and families.

In addition to serving as one of Northern Virginia’s leading human service anchor organizations,
Cornerstones works purposefully with local, state, and national jurisdictions to encourage community investment in affordable housing, food stability, the resiliency of children and their
families, and advancing racial and social equity.

For more information about Cornerstones, visit cornerstonesva.org or find us online
@Cornerstonesva.