Mini Grant Opportunity: Expand School Breakfast Program
This grant opportunity comes from the AASA Children's Programs Department. All applications are due by September 2. Please direct questions to Rebecca Shaw (rshaw@aasa.org).
Introduction: AASA,
The School Superintendents Association is the nation’s oldest and largest
organization of school district leaders, with nearly 9,000 members and
affiliate organizations in 49 states.
AASA has funding from the Walmart Foundation to provide mini-grants to school
districts to increase school breakfast participation using
alternative breakfast strategies. The main goal of the initiative is to
increase the number of low-income students who eat breakfast in these
districts. We also anticipate that the leadership, interest, commitment and
involvement of school superintendents regarding alternative school breakfast strategies
will be enhanced.
Grant
Overview: AASA
will provide mini-grants to school districts to increase school breakfast
participation through alternative serving methods. This means that a school will
serve Breakfast in the Classroom in elementary schools and/or Second Chance or Grab’N’Go
(e.g., kiosks, vending machines, second chance) in middle and high schools. Awards
shall not exceed $15,000 and shall to be used to support school breakfast infrastructure
(bags, kiosks, storage, etc.). Each district will receive technical assistance from
AASA staff and other superintendents and food service directors who have successfully
implemented alternative breakfast strategies if requested. The amount of the
award will be based on the quality and scope of the application, including
superintendent and principal commitment and buy-in to the strategies selected,
district need, project reach, and creativity and innovation to increase average
daily participation and improve food and nutritional quality.
Eligibility
Criteria: Please
note the following eligibility requirements.
- The school
district superintendent must be a member of AASA at time of application
submission. (See http://my.aasa.org/AASA/MyAASA/Join-AASA.aspx if the
superintendent is not a member.)
- Proposed
schools in which the district will work must have a 50% or greater eligibility overall
for free and reduced-priced meals or participate in the CEP program.
- Average breakfast
participation of the schools participating in this program must be at or below
40%.
- District must
have written support/backing from the superintendent, district food service
director and principals of participating schools.
- Alternative
breakfast model selection should include the “best practice” of Breakfast in
the Classroom for elementary schools and “Grab’n’Go” (including Second Chance) for
middle and high schools.
Award
Information:
- The
amount of the award will be based on:
- Full support of district superintendent to implement alternative
school breakfast.
- Project scope and reach, creativity, potential increases in
average daily participation rates, and food and nutritional quality.
- Using a “best practice” alternative school breakfast model.
- District need.
- Examples
of funding including:
- Equipment to facilitate alternative breakfast model (i.e.
insulated bags, carts, kiosks, garbage bags, trash cans, wireless POS machines,
etc.).
- Kitchen equipment to help increase food quality (i.e. freezers,
refrigerators, storage, etc.).
- Nutrition education materials.
- Advertising materials to promote program.
- Giveaways for student participation and school-level staff buy-in.
- Funding
cannot be used for:
- Salaries
- Food
- Overhead (indirect)
- Memberships
- Consultants
Grant
Application Timeline:
- Application Deadline: September 2, 2016
- Grantee awards notification: September 9,
2016
- Breakfast program implementation: Fall
semester, 2016
- Final reporting to AASA: January, 2017
(December ADP)
You can access the full grant application here.
If
you have questions before submitting the application, please email Rebecca
Shaw. Project Coordinator (rshaw@aasa.org ).