The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced two rounds of mini grants to directly benefit the School Breakfast Program
(SBP).
Donor: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Eligible School Food Authorities (SFAs) will be able to increase school breakfast participation by expanding and/or promoting the school breakfast program; or increase nutritional content and/or quality of food served in the school breakfast program.
The SBP Expansion Grant Objectives:
- Provide subgrants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) for qualifying schools to establish, maintain, or expand the SBP.
- Increase breakfast participation in qualifying schools.
- Increase nutritional content and/or quality of food served.
Funding Information
A grant application for an additional $10,000 in grant funds will be available for FY 2024 (July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024).
Criteria
To qualify as a potential sub-recipient, a school must be considered “severe need.” For a school to be severe need, 40% or more of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) lunches served at the school were served to free and reduced-price eligible students. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is using severe need and eligibility data from SY 2019-2020 (FY 2020).
As part of the sub-recipient grant application, LEAs/schools will identify activities that meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Establish, promote, or expand their SBP
- Extend the period during which school breakfast is available during the day
- Provide school breakfast to students at the qualifying school during the school day
- Increase the nutritional content and/or quality of food served
Funds may only be used to expand, maintain, and/or begin a School Breakfast Program at buildings designated as severe need.The funds may be used at one or multiple buildings based on specific need.
Funds may be requested for:
- Purchasing equipment (kiosks, thermal bags, tablets/handhelds for mobile POS counts, additional garbage cans, breakfast carts, etc.)
- Staff training (hiring a local Chef to teach skills)
- Short-term labor costs to support staffing for initial implementation and kick off
- Kick-off/grand opening event including promotional materials to announce to parents/students
- Taste-testing new breakfast items
- Adult meals when a teacher/administrator/support staff join students for breakfast
- Model the importance of breakfast to start the day
For more information, visit School Breakfast Program (SBP) Expansion Grant.
