Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FNS FY18 CN ALLIED
The School Nutrition Training Grant for Allied Professional Organizations is a competitive, one-time federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Using funds appropriated under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), the program is designed to support the creation of a practical, skills-based training and workforce development initiative for school nutrition personnel, with a particular emphasis on meal preparation and strengthening the day-to-day capabilities of school meals program operators. The agency expected to make a single award, with an award ceiling of up to $2,000,000, making this a relatively large, focused investment intended to produce a strong national training effort rather than multiple smaller projects.
The grant is aimed at allied professional organizations that can build and deliver training at scale, and eligibility is limited to nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). Funded organizations are expected to take responsibility for the full lifecycle of a workforce development and training initiative, including planning, developing content and materials, promoting the training to the intended audience, delivering the training and associated technical assistance, and evaluating results. The core intent is to strengthen school nutrition professionals competencies, knowledge, and skills in ways that translate into improved school food service operations, better managed programs, and more effective staff performance across school meal environments.
A key feature of this opportunity is that the training must align with the competency framework developed by the Institute of Child Nutrition, specifically the Competencies, Knowledge, and Skills for School Nutrition Managers resource. Applicants are expected to design their training around one or more of eight functional areas identified as central to effective school nutrition program management. Those areas include 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; and Facility and Property Management. In practice, this means proposed projects should not be generic professional development, but rather clearly tied to operational competencies that school nutrition managers and staff need, such as safe and efficient food production, menu and nutrition oversight, customer-facing service improvements, compliant purchasing and inventory controls, budget and accountability practices, staff supervision and development, risk reduction and food safety systems, and managing kitchens and related facilities.
From an administrative standpoint, this was a discretionary grant (CFDA 10.534) offered under the funding opportunity number USDA FNS FY18 CN ALLIED. The opportunity was posted on October 26, 2018, with an original application deadline of January 28, 2019. Overall, the grant can be understood as a targeted federal effort to elevate the school nutrition workforce through structured training and technical assistance, grounded in an established national competency model and delivered by a capable nonprofit professional organization with the reach to influence practice in school food service programs.Apply for USDA FNS FY18 CN ALLIED
- The Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service in the food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "School Nutrition Training Grant for Allied Professional Organizations" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.534.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 26, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 28, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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