# FY24 School Foodservice Workforce

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/usda-fns-ops-sfws-24-fy24-school-foodservice-workforce/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/351398

> Food and Nutrition Service offered grants of up to $1.5 million (at least $1.5 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $1.5 million in total. Applications closed on February 9, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | USDA-FNS-OPS-SFWS-24 |
| Agency | Food and Nutrition Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | February 9, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $1.5 million |
| Award floor | $1.5 million |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $1.5 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.579 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This Request for Applications (RFA) is open to all accredited institutions of higher education (colleges/universities), nonprofit research entities and other nonprofit organizations with documented experience in public health research and communications. Nonprofit organizations must have documented 501(c)(3) status.

## What the grant funds

This Request for Applications (RFA) announces the availability of funds for a cooperative agreement. This funding opportunity will support research projects to better understand and generate information related to the school foodservice workforce focused on dimensions such as worker satisfaction, workforce experience, and training and development. Relevant research activities may include, but are not limited to providing information on career pathways for the school foodservice workforce, including training and skill-building opportunities, promotion potential, and tenure/retention within individual employers and the industry as a whole; identifying skills used on the job by role, including analysis of transferability of skills to other industries; identifying level of worker satisfaction and describe workplace conditions (perception and objective measures); and examining how any of the above vary across roles, demographics, school/school food authority (SFA) characteristics, and geography.

## Questions people ask

### Is USDA-FNS-OPS-SFWS-24 still open?

No. It closed on February 9, 2024. A newer notice is open: USDA-FNA-CN-HTH-NSLP-EAG-2027, closes January 11, 2027 (65 days left).

### Who can apply for FY24 School Foodservice Workforce?

Food and Nutrition Service accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for FY24 School Foodservice Workforce?

Closed February 9, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $1.5 million each. About $1.5 million in total for one award.

### Who has won Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Action for Healthy Kids, Inc., Chickasaw Nation, Department of Education California. The program made 310 awards worth $296 million in that time.