School Nutrition Training Grant for Allied Professional Organizations

The summary for the School Nutrition Training Grant for Allied Professional Organizations grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Food and Nutrition Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

School Nutrition Training Grant for Allied Professional Organizations: The purpose of this Request forApplications (RFA) is to competitively award ONE grant of up to $2 million provided by the ConsolidatedAppropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) to allow allied professionalassociations to develop a training program for school nutrition personnel thatfocuses on school food service mealpreparation and workforce development. It is anticipated that this will be aone-time initiative. School Nutrition Training Grant for AlliedProfessional Organizations funds will assist allied professional organizationsin planning, developing, promoting, delivering, and evaluating a workforcedevelopment and training initiative to provide skills-based training andtechnical assistance for school nutrition professionals to strengthen schoolmeals program operators' competencies, knowledge, and skills within one or moreof the eight (8) key functional areas. The Institute of Child Nutrition conductedresearch to inform the development of and published the Competencies,Knowledge, and Skills for School Nutrition Managers resource which describesthe key functional areas, competencies, knowledge, and skills needed for schoolnutrition managers to effectively operate school nutrition programs. The eight identified functional areasthat applicants may select from when developing and delivering the workforcedevelopment and training initiative as part of this grant are as follows: Meal Preparation and Service Nutrition and Meal Management Marketing, Communication, and Customer Service Procurement and Inventory Management Financial Management and Accountability Personnel Management Sanitation, Safety, and Security Facility and Property Management