# Team Nutrition Grants (10.574)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Team Nutrition Grants is run by Department of Agriculture. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $27.9 million in 50 grants, about $558,110 per award.

## Objectives

The goal of the Fiscal Year(FY) 2024 Team Nutrition Training Grants for Meal Pattern Modernization and Retention and Mentorship Opportunities is to help State agencies build capacity for implementing the Final Rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and address residual COVID-19 effects on staff retention in school meal programs. During school years (SY) 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly exacerbated food insecurity, diet-related diseases, and health disparities. It also affected school meal service across the country. Schools experienced school foodservice labor shortages and staff turnover as well as supply chain disruptions. The COVID-19 public health emergency underscored the need to safeguard and continue to support healthy school environments; provide technical assistance, coaching, and mentoring to School Nutrition Professionals; and to capture and share the institutional knowledge of School Nutrition Professionals. The FY 2024 Team Nutrition Training Grant activities will allow State agencies to provide technical assistance to School Nutrition Professionals and help ensure they have the skills and knowledge to prepare and serve nutritious meals. The grant will also help School Nutrition Professionals pilot and implement coaching and mentoring programs and resources, and implement ways to capture and share the institutional, job specific knowledge of school nutrition directors, managers, and front-line staff. Ultimately, this will assist SFAs to engage in critical activities including but not limited to identifying and applying ways to further improve the nutritional quality of school meals, meet meal pattern requirements and weekly dietary specifications for school meals, and implement scratch cooking techniques.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $5.4 million | 21 |
| 2022 | $7.0 million | 8 |
| 2023 | $9.4 million | 10 |
| 2024 | $7.7 million | 11 |
| 2025 | -$1.6 million | 0 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Superintendent of Public Instruction | Washington | $3.0 million |
| Michigan Department of Education | Michigan | $2.3 million |
| Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education | Virginia | $2.0 million |
| Public Instruction Montana Office of | Montana | $1.9 million |
| Minnesota Department of Education | Minnesota | $1.8 million |
| Texas Department of Agriculture | Texas | $1.7 million |
| Department of Education Nebraska | Nebraska | $1.3 million |
| North Dakota Department of Public Instruction | North Dakota | $1.3 million |
| LA Dept. of Admin | Louisiana | $1.3 million |
| Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction | Wisconsin | $1.2 million |
| Department of Education Iowa | Iowa | $1.1 million |
| Los Angeles County Office of Education | California | $1.0 million |
| Alabama State Department of Education | Alabama | $978,374 |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education | Pennsylvania | $932,484 |
| RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | Rhode Island | $807,646 |
| Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education | Massachusetts | $800,000 |
| Wyoming Department of Education | Wyoming | $800,000 |
| Department of Education New Hampshire | New Hampshire | $799,206 |
| Weld County School District 6 | Colorado | $768,969 |
| Department of Education Indiana | Indiana | $430,150 |