Team Nutrition Training Grants
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-FNS-TNTG-2024
- Agency
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Food and Nutrition Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $250,000 to $800,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 10.574 Team Nutrition Grants
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Food and Nutrition
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service is offering the Fiscal Year 2024 Team Nutrition Training Grants for Meal Pattern Modernization and Retention and Mentorship Opportunities. This grant aims to help state agencies build capacity for implementing the Final Rule on updated meal pattern requirements consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on staffing in school meal programs. Applicants can apply for one of two tracks: Meal Pattern Modernization or Retention and Mentorship Opportunities. The grants require activities such as providing technical assistance, coaching, and mentoring to school nutrition professionals to improve meal quality, meet nutrition standards, and develop a skilled workforce. Applications are due by July 16, 2024.
The grant opportunity offers up to $9.6 million in total federal funding, with individual state agencies eligible to request up to $800,000 each. The grant period of performance is 3 years, beginning on September 15, 2024. Eligible applicants are state governments that administer the National School Lunch Program.
Synopsis
The FY 2024 Team Nutrition Training Grants for Meal Pattern Modernization and Retention and Mentorship Opportunities will help State agencies build capacity for future implementation of the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and address residual COVID-19 effects on staff retention in school meal programs. During school years (SY) 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly exacerbated food insecurity, diet-related diseases, and health disparities. It also affected school meal service across the country. Schools experienced school foodservice labor shortages and staff turnover as well as supply chain disruptions. The COVID-19 public health emergency underscored the need to safeguard and continue to support healthy school environments; provide technical assistance, coaching, and mentoring to School Nutrition Professionals; and to capture and share the institutional knowledge of School Nutrition Professionals.
The FY 2024 Team Nutrition Training Grant activities will allow State agencies to provide technical assistance to School Nutrition Professionals and help ensure they have the skills and knowledge to prepare and serve nutritious meals. The grant will also help School Nutrition Professionals pilot and implement coaching and mentoring programs and resources, and implement ways to capture and share the institutional, job specific knowledge of school nutrition directors, managers, and front-line staff. Ultimately, this will assist SFAs to:
- identify and apply ways to further improve the nutritional quality of school meals;
- meet meal pattern requirements and weekly dietary specifications for school meals;
- implement scratch cooking techniques;
- improve forecasting, procurement, and menu planning for school meals, and;
- build a knowledgeable and skilled labor force.
Please review the full Request for Applications under the "Related Documents" tab of this announcement for a full description and requirements for application and award.
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