This fall, the No Kid Hungry Nebraska Campaign is offering a school nutrition grant opportunity to enable districts and schools to maximize the child nutrition programs and other emergency food programs to ensure children and families have access to healthy meals at school and at home.
No Kid Hungry knows that school districts play an essential role in ensuring students receive nutritious meals to learn, grow, and thrive to their full potential. These flexible grants will allow school districts across the state to respond to the growing needs and emerging opportunities to provide meals and resources to kids and families.
As school districts face significant challenges maintaining and expanding meal programs in this uncertain environment, funds are intended to support school districts in having the adaptability to meet the changing needs of students and families.
We can help you cover the following expenses:
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated long-standing systemic health, social and economic inequities, disproportionately impacting racial and ethnic minority groups. To ensure we are supporting individuals and communities most impacted, we will prioritize grant funds to school districts serving majority minority communities, including immigrant populations. We will also provide funds to rural communities where schools face unique challenges in addressing hunger.
Grant funds wi l l also be provided to communities experiencing economic hardship and having existing or increasingly high COVID-19 infection rates. In determining economic impact, No Kid Hungry will review data points to include: free and reduced eligible students, unemployment rates, child food insecurity rates, and the social vulnerability index score[1].
Taking into consideration equity, economic hardship and COVID-19 impact factors, funds will be prioritized to support school districts with a strong and sustainable plan for maximizing participation in the child nutrition programs and/or leveraging other programs to combat food insecurity such as emergency food programs and student and family outreach and enrollment. Applications should address both the immediate need for supporting students and alleviating hunger as well address long-term sustainability of programming.
Applicants will be required to provide the following information:
Send us an email at grantshelpdesk@strength.org and we’ll be able to assist you:
We are available and eager to help. To talk more about the challenges facing your community and your technical assistance needs during the crisis, please contact Eric Savaiano at esavaiano@neappleseed.org.
GENYouth is providing grants of up to $3,000 per school to supply much-needed resources for meal distribution and delivery efforts to get food to students during COVID-19. From soft-sided coolers, bags, and containers for individual servings, to protective gear for food service sanitation and safety, this equipment will help ensure our children continue to receive the nutritious meals they need. Learn more about this funding opportunity here.
AFHK is offering Emergency Meal Distribution Equipment Grants to schools and districts. Working with the equipment vendor, Hubert, AFHK is providing selected school districts with equipment credits for $1,000-$2,000 per site to purchase equipment to be used now and into the fall. Applications are being received on a rolling basis.