Purpose:
To support rural school districts and community-based organizations (CBOs) working together to serve children in their communities.
Objectives:
- To support partnerships and collaborative efforts between school districts and CBOs working to ensure kids have access to nutritious food via the federal meals programs or other nutrition programs that complement or supplement federal meals programs;
- To understand the role of each stakeholder in the partnership
- To understand how school districts and CBOs work together and provide support for their efforts to ensure the nutritional needs of children in their communities are being met; and
- To learn best practices that can be shared.
Financial Support:
Once selected for the grant, one member of the partnership–either the school district or community-based organization–will receive a grant of $50,000 to support the partnership over the course of the 2023-2024 school year.