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            Four School Districts Receive National Awards for Trailblazing, Innovative Improvements to School Meals
      Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that four school districts in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, and Ohio received awards for their trailblazing and innovative efforts to improve the nutritional quality of meals for their students.
      03/04/2024
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            Join the Challenge: Grant Opportunities Now Open
      The USDA Northeast Region announced today two new grant opportunities available through the School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants, part of USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative.
      02/13/2024
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            USDA Supports Tribal Communities in Celebrating Their Heritage Through School Meals
      What kid doesn’t enjoy eating their favorite dish in the school cafeteria? As a kid, I was always excited when broccoli cheese soup was on my school lunch menu! But, what if the foods that kids eat at home and in their community aren’t served in school?
      01/18/2024
    USDA Recognizes Hard-Working School Meals Professionals, Empowers Them to Do Right in School Lunchrooms
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            USDA Highlights 2023 Successes in Serving Farmers, Families and Communities
      USDA is marking the end of 2023 by highlighting on-the-ground projects and partnerships that are building economic prosperity for farmers, families, and communities nationwide.
      12/22/2023
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            USDA and FRAC Announce $1.1 Million in Grants to Increase Equitable Access to Healthy Meals for Children During School, After School, Child Care and Summer
      USDA and the Food Research & Action Center have teamed up to competitively award five organizations a total of $1.1 million to research barriers to equitable access in the federal child nutrition programs and identify strategies to eliminate them.
      12/05/2023
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Applications Now Open for States to Streamline Access to Free, Reduced Price School Meals
      Did you know there’s a way for children in Medicaid households to be automatically eligible for free and reduced price school meals without their families completing another application? It’s called the Direct Certification with Medicaid Demonstration Project and USDA recently opened applications for more states to participate.
      11/29/2023
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        Stakeholder Notification
            Grant Applications to Improve School Meals through Local, Regional Partnerships Now Open
      Applications are now open for the School Food Systems Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants, which is part of USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative.
      11/28/2023
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            Statement from Secretary Tom Vilsack on the 2022 Household Food Security in the U.S. Report
      Today, USDA released the Household Food Security in the United States in 2022 report, which examined American households’ ability to access sufficient food last year.
      10/25/2023
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            USDA Lifts Up School Meals Successes in Celebration of National School Lunch Week, Farm to School Month
      This week, USDA joined students, parents/caregivers, schools, communities, and partners across the country in recognizing National School Lunch Week, as proclaimed by President Biden. October is also Farm to School Month, which recognizes the benefits of incorporating healthy, locally grown foods into school meals.
      10/13/2023
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            USDA Makes Available More Than $60 Million in School Meals, Launches New Partnership
      Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today visited Annandale Terrace Elementary School in Annandale, Virginia, where he unveiled two new grant opportunities plus a training and technical assistance partnership to help schools continue to invest in nutritious school meals.
      10/11/2023
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            USDA Expands Access to School Breakfast and Lunch for More Students
      USDA today announced that it is giving an estimated 3,000 more school districts in high-need areas the option to serve breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost, by expanding the availability of the Community Eligibility Provision, commonly known as CEP.
      09/26/2023Page updated: February 09, 2021 Return to top

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