10.579: Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability

10.579

Active

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) [USDA]

Aug. 5, 2022

Aug. 5, 2022

National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Assistance Grants are competitively awarded subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to purchase equipment, with a value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the School Breakfast Program. Administrative Review and Training (ART) grants are awarded to State agencies to conduct additional administrative reviews of selected local educational agencies and to provide funding for state agencies to be used for oversight and training of administrative personnel on application, certification, verification, meal counting, and meal claiming procedures. Direct Certification Improvement Grants have been previously awarded to assist States agencies in improving their direct certification processes and rates. Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children demonstrations develop and test innovative methods of providing access to food for children during the summer months when schools are not in regular session to reduce or eliminate the food insecurity and hunger of children, and improve the nutritional status of children. Participating States and Tribal Nations provide Summer EBT food benefits on debit cards to eligible low-income families with school-age children during the summer months, giving them more resources to use at retail food stores. Grants to Improve Health and Nutrition were previously available to State agencies for projects that were aimed at improving the health and wellness of children in child care settings. School Breakfast Expansion grants were previously available to eligible State agencies to provide sub-grants to local educational agencies for qualifying schools to establish, maintain, or expand the School Breakfast Program. Meals to You is a cooperative agreement between USDA and the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty to provide crucial nutrition to eligible children nationwide who live in rural areas where traditional congregate SFSP sites have historically been unsuccessful due to the lack of transportation. This project expanded to address the needs of eligible children affected by COVID-19 school closures.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

Determined by the legislation authorizing the grants.

Determined by the legislation authorizing the grants.

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