Description
The purpose of this program is to enable SFAs to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the maintenance and/or expansion of the School Breakfast Program. Any SFA is eligible to receive a subgrant based on the following criteria:
- The age of the food service equipment or lack of appropriate items,
- The availability of existing state and local funding for equipment purchases,
- Strategies for adopting lunchroom changes that provide more convenience and appeal to the student, and
- Opportunities to realize meaningful impacts on nutrition and quality of meals.
Program Office
Office of Health and Nutrition
Eligible Applicants
Any SFA may apply for a subgrant on behalf of any of its schools/sites that currently participate in the NSLP, Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), or the Seamless Summer Option.
To request funding for more than one school, an SFA must submit a separate application for each school.
Total Funding Available
$512,852
Funding Detail
The SCDE anticipates awarding between 20 and 30 subgrants..
Project Term
March 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022
Application Due Date
January 7, 2021
Technical Assistance Session
The Office of Health and Nutrition presented a pre-application technical assistance session on
November 16, 2020. Please contact
Diane Gillie to access the recording.
Contact
Diane Gillie
803-734-8193
dgillie@ed.sc.gov
Documents
Request for Proposals (DOCX, 1.99mb -
REVISED 11/9/2020)
Link to Online Application
Equipment Specifications Form (PDF, 245 kb - 11/2/2020)
Certification Signature Page - for electronic signatures (PDF, 157kb - 11/2/2020)
Program Web Page
Office of Health and Nutrition
