CN summer demo proj

The Chickasaw Nation received a $1,589,295 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on April 29, 2022 to fund a summer demonstration project. The project is being conducted under the Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability federal grant program (CFDA #10.579) through June 30, 2023 in Ada, Oklahoma.

The Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants program provides competitive funding to local educational agencies and schools to purchase equipment valued over $1,000 needed to serve healthier meals and improve food services operations. It can be inferred the Chickasaw Nation's summer demonstration project will test serving healthier meal options using new equipment to inform future equipment needs under the National School Lunch Program. The award will allow the organization to deliver improved summer food services to communities in Ada, Oklahoma through 2023.