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2023 Equipment Assistance Grant Information

2023-2024 Paid Lunch Equity Tool

Request for Applications: Healthy Meals Incentives Grants for Small and /or Rural School Food Authorities (SFA)

Eligibility Criteria:

  • SFA must participate in the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program
  • SFA must meet the following definitions of small and/or rural:
    • Small SFA: SFA with an enrollment of less than or equal to 5,000 students.
    • Rural SFA: The majority of students within the SFA are enrolled in a rural school as defined by a locality code of 41, 42, or 43, according to the National Center for Education Statistics online tool.

Trainings

Transitional Meal Pattern - Effective July 1, 2022

Supply Chain Assistance for Schools

SCA Funds

The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is making funding available for supply chain assistance. This funding is in response to the on-going challenges including higher food cost. These funds assist districts with supply chain disruptions and higher food cost. The Food and Nutrition Service office has received four (4) separate allocations of supply chain funding to provide Missouri districts participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). This funding will enhance efforts to strengthen local food supply chains, and help districts to overcome financial and operational barriers while maintaining children’s access to nutritious meals.

Supply Chain Assistance funds can only be used to support direct purchasing of domestically grown, unprocessed or minimally processed food products for school meals.

For guidance on frequently asked questions concerning the most recent allocation of funds, please review the Updated Supply Chain Assistance (SCA) Frequently Asked Questions document.

If you have questions concerning the amount of SCA funds your district has received for round 1, 2 and 3 allocations, please contact our office.  The amount of round 4 SCA funds are listed in the preliminary list on the Supply Chain Assistance LEA Lookup Tool

Note: Round 4 funds have been processed, however schools that contract with a Food Service Management Company, must complete a Questionnaire concerning receiving round 4 funds and sign an attestation statement to accept and/or deny round 4 funds.

Updates to the Federal Micro-Purchase Threshold

Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023: Effect on Child Nutrition Programs

Free and Reduced Application and Direct Certification Information and Procedures 2023-24

Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Information

Disaster (COVID-19 information)