Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** keep communities healthy…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** keep communities healthy by:providing agricultural training for students in real-world working environmentsenable food service staff to continue providing healthy meals to rural and impoverished youthsupport paid apprenticeships in the areas of beef, poultry, pork, and other agricultural related work areas (25 per year each with a $2,500.00 stipend)support supplies and training with servsafe and specific work-related supplies (boots, lab coats, masks, gloves and head covering up to ($472.00 per apprentice) annuallyour students harvested their very own radishes from the school garden. IT's amazing to see them bringing their hard work from start to finish.stay local was designed to be a fully sustainable, systems-based community effort to feed vulnerable youth while building the local economy. Following a one-time infusion of federal funds to jumpstart community collaboration and coordination, the initiative will continue. Sustainability features include:stay local will build relationships with local farms, establishing contracts for local food procurement that will be annually renewable with little additional effort.new coursework will be adopted into the course catalogue of jeff davis high school, continuing to leverage partnerships with local protein and produce farms long into the future, building a local workforce of farmers. The stay local consortium will sustain, meeting at least quarterly to discuss effective strategies and new opportunities to maximize limited resources to best meet the needs of rural youth and families in southeast georgia.agricultural education experiences for k-8 students will be sustained, relying on volunteers, in-kind donations from consortium members, outside funding sources, and internal jdcsd funds to promote nutrition education and awareness of agricultural careers for years beyond the funding period.