Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

School Nutrition Training Grants (10.532)

Also known as Supporting the Use of Traditional Indigenous Foods in the Child Nutrition Programs

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.7 million
• Grant awards5
• Typical award$486,990
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank1,771 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreement

Key findings

• It is the 1771st largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 5 largest recipients received 134% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 3 states and territories.

What the program funds

These awards will be made via the Supporting the Use of Traditional Indigenous Foods in the Child Nutrition Programs Cooperative Agreement to provide regionally focused training and technical assistance (TA) to school nutrition professionals on procurement, preparation, and crediting of traditional Indigenous foods, including the use of cooperator and FNS-developed resources and tools. The cooperators, with FNS guidance and approval, will also develop culturally relevant nutrition education materials for students to accompany the traditional Indigenous foods that are served, and the cooperators will train school nutrition professionals and other school staff on providing nutrition education to students. School Food Authorities (SFA) to be supported under the cooperative agreement must participate in the NSLP. Funds may be used to provide training, TA, and nutrition education to support the use of traditional Indigenous foods in the NSLP, School Breakfast Program (SBP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO), and/or Child and Adult Care Food Program At-Risk Afterschool Meals (CACFP At-Risk)

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Entity must be one of the following entity types: • 501(c)(3) non-profit organization • SFA that participates in NSLP • Tribal government owned entity, arm, or instrumentality • Native Hawaiian Organization as recognized by the Department of the Interior • Other non-governmental entity including Tribal Colleges & Universities • Fiscal sponsor of any of the above eligible organizations AND B) The leadership and staff of the entity must be predominantly (more than 50%) members of Federally Recognized Tribes and/or Native Hawaiians. (In the case of a fiscal sponsorship, this provision applies to the fiscally sponsored entity. In the case of partnerships, this provision applies to the Lead Applicant, but the Lead Applicant may have non-qualifying partners). AND C) The entity must demonstrate existing relationships, experience and expertise in training, TA, school nutrition, Indigenous foods, and nutrition education.

What the money can and cannot pay for

School Nutrition Training Grant for Allied Professional Organizations funds will assist allied professional organizations in planning, developing, promoting, delivering, and evaluating a workforce development and training initiative to provide skills-based training and technical assistance for school nutrition professionals to strengthen school meals program operators’ competencies, knowledge, and skills.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Program no longer accepting applications.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: Awardee will expand the reach of their Indigenous Food Lab, a professional Indigenous kitchen and training center covering all aspects of food service; research and development; Indigenous food identification, gathering, cultivation, and preparation. They will provide training and technical assistance to 24 SFAs serving many of the 11 sovereign nations within the state and neighboring states. The awardee plans to develop and make public an Indigenous Foods Toolkit to include standardized recipes, equipment lists, procurement tips, and nutrition education materials for school and home.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to tribes.

By state

No state received $1 million or 10 awards from this program, so it has no state pages.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.