There is a federal program school lunches that give reduced or free school lunches at school based on family income. Schools are also given extra education money based on the % of students that qualify for free or reduced lunchesMy work, my church, and various other entities in the area all have drives for supplies. I believe the thrift stores help with clothing to some. I don't know of anything with the lunches, but there may be a program in place.
My neighbor works for a school, and they sell gift cards to several different places. Those places then, in turn, donate money back to the school. I got one to the grocery store, so I fill up the gift card, and then buy groceries. It's only an extra step or two for me, and it provides money to the school. It looks like some of that money is being used to house international students.
We normally hear about these things my word of mouth, the local newspaper, and information the schools give out.I wish I knew because I would like to donate some. We have a back to school thing going on here at one of the bases and they're handing out free school supplies to military families. I thought about grabbing some but we normally don't take the school supply handouts they have during this time of year. On the one hand, I think things are probably meant more for lower ranking families that could really benefit from it, but on the other hand, hey, free stuff!
