The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is providing grants to eligible schools to increase school breakfast participation by implementing breakfast in the classroom, “grab and go” breakfast and/or second chance breakfast in one or more of their schools. Funded schools must agree as a condition of the grant to offer breakfast at no charge to all students if not already doing so. The grant’s goal is to increase participation in the School Breakfast Program in the awarded school districts.
Grant recipients will receive:
• up to $8,000 per school to support the start-up costs for implementing such a breakfast program; and
• technical assistance to ensure the successful implementation of a sustainable program.
School Eligibility:
• Within the school to which a grant would be made, 70% or more of all students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, or the school already offers free breakfast to all students; and
• Less than 50% of the students who are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals are participating in breakfast
Grant awards may be used for (but not limited to):
1) Equipment and Supplies
• Portable coolers and carts to deliver meals to the classroom
• Kiosks
• Portable point-of-sale computer equipment
• Additional refrigeration to store milk
• Trash cans, recycling bins, and/or trash bags
2) Limited Staff Support and Training for the implementation of the new breakfast model
3) Marketing Materials (such as signage and posters)
4) Incentives for Participation
