A parent portal families actually use — pay, apply, and see what's happening at lunch
Trinity’s parent portal handles the two things every family needs — putting money on a meal account and applying for meal benefits — plus the everyday details: balances, purchase history, weekly menus, spending limits, and automatic top-ups. The whole portal runs in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Online deposits that settle to the school
Parents add funds by card in a few taps. Deposits settle directly to each school’s own bank account — the platform never holds student meal money — and the card convenience fee is shown before the parent pays, never buried. On a $25 deposit the total fee is $1.57. Cash or check at the register is always free, and deposits are capped at $1,000 per transaction for safety.
- Saved-card automatic top-ups: pick a threshold and an amount, and the account refills itself.
- Low-balance email reminders, driven by each school’s own warning threshold.
- Per-child spending controls: turn à la carte off or set a daily dollar cap.
- Statements and a full purchase history per student, downloadable as CSV.
The meal application, without the paper chase
The portal’s free/reduced application mirrors the USDA prototype: household members, income by pay period, SNAP/TANF/FDPIR case numbers, foster/homeless/migrant status, electronic signature, and the required use-of-information and non-discrimination statements — in all three languages. Drafts save automatically, and each school can share its own application link for enrollment packets and flyers.
Built for real households
Families claim their students with name, date of birth, and student ID — no waiting on the office. Kids at two schools show together in one login; parents with children in two districts get a district switcher. Staff can add their own meal account the same way. Determination results, appeal rights, and letters arrive by email in the household’s language.
Frequently asked questions
The card convenience fee is shown before paying — $1.57 total on a $25 deposit — and it exists only to cover card processing. Paying by cash or check at the school is always free.
Directly to the school’s own bank account through per-school payment routing. Trinity never holds family funds in a platform account.
English, Spanish, and Vietnamese across the application, deposits, balances, menus, and email notifications — including the USDA non-discrimination statement in its official translations.
Yes — a per-student activity view shows meals and à-la-carte purchases with running balances, plus downloadable statements. Parents can also cap or disable à-la-carte spending per child.
Keep exploring
What happens after a family hits submit: queue, matching, determination, letters.
The register those deposits get spent at.
Flat per-site fee for the district; transparent card fee for parents who pay online.
Compare parent payment fees and portal features.
Show your families something better
We’ll demo the portal exactly as a parent sees it — application to deposit to lunch line — in your district’s configuration.