Assistance program
Professional Standards for School Nutrition Employees
$2.4 Million committed in FY2018–FY2024
- Agency
- Food and Nutrition Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 10.547
- What it does
- The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) of 2010, Section 306, directed the United States Department of Agriculture to establish minimum national professional standards for all school nutrition employees who manage and operate the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. These new standards will ensure that school nutrition personnel have the training and tools they need to plan, purchase and prepare safe, nutritious and enjoyable school meals. The rule institutes minimum hiring standards for the selection of State and local school nutrition program directors; and requires all personnel in these programs to complete annual continuing education/training. The standards are effective July 1, 2015. The principal benefit of this rule is to ensure that key school nutrition personnel are meeting minimum professional standards in order to adequately perform the duties and responsibilities of their positions. The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) was to: •Provide awards, on a competitive basis, to State agencies administering National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP), to develop and implement trainings to support the Professional Standards rule, •Describe which entities are eligible to apply for grant funds, •Describe the requirements for submitting a successful application, and •Describe how applications will be reviewed and selected.
- Who benefits
- Agreements are between USDA-FNS and State agencies.
- Who applies
- The State agency applies for and signs an agreement to receive Federal fund for disbursement. The State agency enters into an agreement with each sponsor that has been approved for participation.
- Authorized by
- Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act
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