Posted: May 1, 2009

Funding Source: CA Dept of Education

Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies, other organizations or agencies

Required Eligibility Criteria: Only agencies that participate in the National School Lunch Program are eligible to participate. Priority is given to sites in which fifty percent or more of the enrolled children qualify for free and reduced-price meals. SFAs must demonstrate their ability to spend the grant funds within three months of receipt. SFAs must demonstrate the need for the equipment focusing on four areas: 1) equipment lending itself to improving meal quality, 2) equipment that improves food safety, 3) energy efficient equipment, and 4) equipment that supports an increase in participation.

Funding Description: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides a $12.8 million one-time appropriation to California for equipment assistance grants to school food authorities (SFA) participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The NSLP equipment assistance grants are to improve the infrastructure in the NSLP; however, the authority for the grants was provided in the context of the overall effort to stimulate activity within the American economy. The program serves sponsors of the National School Lunch Program. This program focuses on sites in which fifty percent or more of the enrolled children qualify for free and reduced-price meals.

View at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=1591.