{"id":14924,"date":"2022-07-21T22:37:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T22:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/california\/?p=14924"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:07:41","slug":"press-statement-no-kid-hungry-california-announces-over-3-million-in-grants-to-bolster-school-meal-programs-across-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/california\/press-statement-no-kid-hungry-california-announces-over-3-million-in-grants-to-bolster-school-meal-programs-across-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT: No Kid Hungry California Announces over $3 Million in Grants to Bolster School Meal Programs Across the State"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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For Immediate Release: <\/strong><\/span>July 6, 2022<\/p>

Media Contact:<\/strong> <\/span>Adam Keigwin | akeigwin@actumllc.coM | (916) 256-5758<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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No Kid Hungry California Announces over $3 Million in Grants to Bolster School Meal Programs Across the State<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>

Announcement comes amidst historic investment in school nutrition in California state budget, as state prepares to implement School Meals for All<\/em><\/p>

Pasadena, Calif.<\/strong><\/span> \u2014<\/strong> No Kid Hungry California today announced more than $3.3 million in grants this year to support schools and community organizations across the state providing healthy meals for kids and helping struggling families put food on the table. More than 100 school districts and non-profit organizations from every region of the state are receiving funds that directly support their daily programming, kitchen equipment, and food purchases so they can connect more kids with nutritious food throughout the year.<\/p>

With the highest inflation in over 40 years, many families are experiencing food insecurity and are looking for ways to consistently put food on the table for their children. At the same time, supply chain disruptions and staffing shortages are making it more challenging for many school meal programs to operate.<\/p>

\u201cThe increasingly high cost of food and fuel is taking a real hit on families that were already struggling to make ends meet. At the same time, it\u2019s become harder and more expensive to operate school meal programs. These new grants will help ensure kids get three healthy meals a day all year round by strengthening school and summer meal programs and connecting families with the resources to provide healthy food for their household,\u201d<\/em> said No Kid Hungry California Director Kathy Saile.\u00a0<\/p>

The 2022-23 California state budget, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last week, included a historic\u00a0investment in the state\u2019s school nutrition system, totaling more than $2 billion in integral programming. This includes\u00a0$596 million to implement School Meals for All,\u00a0$600 million for school kitchen equipment and upgrades to school kitchen infrastructure,\u00a0$611.8 million provided on an ongoing basis for enhanced school meal reimbursements through the state meal program, and\u00a0$2.4 million for evaluation of the California School Meals for All program.<\/p>

\u201cThis budget reflects a monumental investment in school nutrition,\u201d<\/em> Saile adds. \u201cWe commend Governor Newsom and the legislature for recognizing the importance of universal school meals and continuing to provide the crucial ongoing funding to combat food insecurity so our kids can learn and thrive in the classroom.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Below is a full list of recipients of No Kid Hungry California\u2019s grants thus far this year:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • Placer Food Bank<\/p><\/li>

  • Redlands Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint United School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Spark* SF Public Schools\/SFUSD<\/p><\/li>

  • Chino Valley Chinese SDA Church<\/p><\/li>

  • Community Action Partnership of Orange County<\/p><\/li>

  • Help Me Help You<\/p><\/li>

  • Inland Empire Filipino SDA Church<\/p><\/li>

  • San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools<\/p><\/li>

  • YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles<\/p><\/li>

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor<\/p><\/li>

  • Latino Leadership Council<\/p><\/li>

  • Life Learning Academy<\/p><\/li>

  • Mixteco\/Indigena Community Organizing Project<\/p><\/li>

  • Sick N’ Tired Sobriety and Transformation Recovery Home<\/p><\/li>

  • Desert Recreation Foundation<\/p><\/li>

  • Dolores C Huerta Foundation<\/p><\/li>

  • Redeemed Life Church – Azusa Inc.<\/p><\/li>

  • Rialto Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Rotary Club Sin Fronteras<\/p><\/li>

  • The Concerned Family<\/p><\/li>

  • United Way of Kern County<\/p><\/li>

  • Fresno Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Desert Sands Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • San Diego Hunger Coalition<\/p><\/li>

  • Nourish California<\/p><\/li>

  • Caliente Union School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Coalinga Huron Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • LA Promise Fund<\/p><\/li>

  • Life Learning Academy<\/p><\/li>

  • San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center<\/p><\/li>

  • Temple City Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Camino Nuevo Charter Academy<\/p><\/li>

  • Center for Wellness and Nutrition<\/p><\/li>

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County<\/p><\/li>

  • Eastside Union School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Fresno Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Kern High School District<\/p><\/li>

  • New Hope Village, Inc.<\/p><\/li>

  • Oakland Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • River City Food Bank<\/p><\/li>

  • Riverside County Office of Education<\/p><\/li>

  • San Francisco Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

  • White Pony Express<\/p><\/li>

  • Orange County Department of Education<\/p><\/li>

  • United Way of Kern County<\/p><\/li>

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County<\/p><\/li>

  • Butte County Office of Education<\/p><\/li>

  • Community Health Action Network<\/p><\/li>

  • Cucamonga School District<\/p><\/li>

  • Del Paso Foundation<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    • Feeding America Riverside and San Bernardino<\/p><\/li>

    • Fullerton School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Huntington Beach City School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Kern County Superintendent of Schools<\/p><\/li>

    • Los Alamitos School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Rialto Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Riverside Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Sacramento Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Santa Ana Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Standard School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Whittier Union High School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Borrego Springs Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Children’s Council of San Francisco<\/p><\/li>

    • Chino Valley Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Educare California at Silicon Valley (ECSV)<\/p><\/li>

    • Esperanza Community Farms<\/p><\/li>

    • Fallbrook Union Elementary School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust<\/p><\/li>

    • Romoland School District<\/p><\/li>

    • The Cambodian Family<\/p><\/li>

    • The Fresno Center<\/p><\/li>

    • Upland Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Vouchers 4 Veggies<\/p><\/li>

    • Ontario-Montclair School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Anaheim Union High School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Borrego Springs Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Bridges Preparatory Academy<\/p><\/li>

    • Capistrano Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Hacienda La Puente Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Helendale Elementary School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Jurupa Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Los Nietos School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Rosemead School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Silver Valley Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Central Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Coachella Valley Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • El Sol Science and Arts Academy of Santa Ana<\/p><\/li>

    • High Desert Second Chance<\/p><\/li>

    • Jurupa Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Kingston Academy<\/p><\/li>

    • KIPP SoCal Public Schools<\/p><\/li>

    • Lynwood Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Redlands Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • San Marino Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Sick N’ Tired Sobriety and Transformation Recovery Home<\/p><\/li>

    • Stockton Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • The Fresno Center<\/p><\/li>

    • TLC Public Charter School<\/p><\/li>

    • Upland Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Val Verde Unified School District<\/p><\/li>

    • Victor Valley Union High School District<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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      # # #<\/strong><\/p>

      About No Kid Hungry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

      No child should go hungry in America. But in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of kids could face hunger this year. No Kid Hungry is working to end childhood hunger by helping launch and improve programs that give all kids the healthy food they need to thrive. This is a problem we know how to solve. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of Share Our Strength, an organization committed to ending hunger and poverty. Join us at nokidhungry.org.<\/p>

      Last Reviewed: July 21, 2022<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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