The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (the “Department”) is pleased to announce the availability of funds for Round 1 of the School Food Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program.
Donor Name: New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/24/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The NYS Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant Program will encourage the use of fresh New York State farm products in meal preparation for K-12 school children, reduce food insecurity, increase market opportunities for New York State producers, and strengthen the resiliency of state’s food system. Additionally, this program will encourage workforce development by providing training for culinary arts, food processing, safe food handling and storage, logistics, delivery, and other community needs.
This grant program will require that facilities serve multiple school districts, support their local community, and provide workforce development opportunities. Grant funds are available for the costs of capital projects, including services, expenses, construction, renovation, alteration, rehabilitation, improvements, installation, acquisition, repair or replacement of buildings or equipment for the development of facilities to support the preparation and distribution of New York-focused meals for regional school infrastructure, such as aggregation, storage hubs, and/or commissary-type kitchens.
Funding Information
$50,000,000 will be available over five years, with one $5,000,000 award to each of the ten regions listed below. $10,000,000 is available for the Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant 2023 Round 1, with two $5,000,000 awards being made to two separate regions.
Project Period
Project contract terms will be up to five years; start date will be March 15, 2024.
The following ten (10) regions will be used for this grant:
- Western New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara
- Finger Lakes: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
- Southern Tier: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins
- Central New York: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego
- Mohawk Valley: Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schoharie
- North Country: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence
- Capital Region: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Warren, Washington
- Mid-Hudson: Duchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester
- New York City: Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens
- Long Island: Nassau, Suffolk
Eligible Projects
Only capital projects necessary for construction, renovation, alteration, rehabilitation, improvements, installation, acquisition, repair or replacement of buildings or equipment for the development of facilities to support the preparation and distribution of New York-focused meals for regional school infrastructure, such as aggregation, storage hubs, and/or commissary-type kitchens. For purposes of this program, a project may be a portion of a larger overall capital project.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Applicants
- Registered not-for-profit organizations (e.g., tax-exempt under section 501c(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code)
- Local Municipalities
- School Districts
- Boards of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES)
For more information, visit Department of AGM.
