Deadline: 15-Jul-22
The Family and Community trust is now inviting applications for its After School Grants.
No Kid Hungry-Missouri prioritizes grant applications that:
- Increase access to meals after school hours for children in the surrounding community;
- Are likely to result in a sustainable effort, continuing beyond School Year 2022-2023
Funding Information
- No Kid Hungry Missouri, a project of the Missouri Family and Community Trust and the MU Center for Health Policy, offers competitive grants of up to $5,000 to increase access to afterschool meals programs supported through the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program, or CACFP.
Eligibility Criteria
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Qualified applicants must:
- Be a school, school district or nonprofit organization. Non-profit organizations must be eligible to do business in Missouri and registered in good standing with the Missouri Secretary of State's Office;
- Be approved by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) to serve meals under the CACFP At Risk After School program for School Year 2022-2023 (September 2022 through May 2023) no later than Nov. 1, 2022 (exceptions will be considered upon request);
- If already a current or former participant in the CACFP in Missouri, the organization applying must be in good standing with the Missouri DHSS;
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This grant will not fund purchases for:
- Food;
- Advertising
- Fuel
- Wages/salaries;
- Clothing;
- Single-use items (examples include disposable utensils, to-go boxes and gloves)
- Prizes or other incentives for meal participation
For more information, visit After School Grants.
For more information, visit http://mofact.org/nkh-grants-and-opportunities/