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Basic page USDA Support for School Meals

USDA works with states and school nutrition professionals to provide kids with nutritious school meals that support their health and well-being. The department has offered schools across the country nearly $13.7 billion in financial since January 2021. Learn more below.

04/24/2024
Resource | Federal Register Documents SCALE and PLANTS Data Request for School Food Authorities

The Chef Ann Foundation is a cooperative agreement recipient from the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. CAF plans to collect additional information from sub-grantees, based on an assessment and data report, which is beyond the information already approved under OMB Control Number: 0584–0512 (expiration date: July 31, 2025). 

03/04/2024
Basic page School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants

The sub-grants will support collaborative projects between school districts, food producers, suppliers, distributors, and/or community partners to stimulate the creation of a resilient, equitable, and nutritious school food system.

11/27/2023
Basic page Healthy Meals Incentives for Schools

The Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative seeks to improve the nutritional quality of school meals through food systems transformation, SFA recognition and technical assistance, the generation and sharing of innovative ideas and tested practices.

11/27/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Team Nutrition Training Grants FY 2017 Highlights

State agencies used these grants to implement and evaluate nutrition education, meal service training, and environmental changes in school or child care settings. This booklet showcases only a small portion of the wide array of grantee activities conducted.

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09/26/2023
Basic page Training Grant Annual Award Levels

Summary of funds awarded for the Team Nutrition Training Grant each fiscal year.

08/16/2023
Basic page Niveles de concesiones anuales para los subsidios

Resumen de los fondos otorgados para la Niveles de concesiones anuales para los subsidios  cada año fiscal.

08/16/2023
Basic page Team Nutrition Garden Resources

Team Nutrition has several resources to connect nutrition education to school and child care gardens, local farms, and farmers markets.

04/27/2023
Resource | Webinars/Videos FY23 Team Nutrition Grant Supporting Nutrition Education for School-Aged Children Informational Webinar

This webinar provides an overview of the FY 2023 Team Nutrition Grant Supporting Nutrition Education for School Aged Children funding opportunity, including information about eligibility, application process, application requirements, scoring criteria, and more.

04/26/2023
Resource | Success Stories Celebrating the Flavors of School Meals

See how states are using fiscal year 2021 Team Nutrition Training Grants to develop new school meal recipes reflecting local foods and cultures.

10/13/2022
Page updated: October 14, 2021