Farm to School: Census #s + Funding Opportunities
Shari Brown
Nutrition and Wellness Programs
HealthierUS School Challenge Curricula Reimbursement Program Opportunity
The Request for Applications (RFA) for the HealthierUS School Challenge Curricula (HUSSC) Reimbursement Program has been extended until funding is depleted.
Fifty Team Nutrition schools, statewide will receive up to $650 to purchase approved nutrition, physical education and wellness curricula or educational software that will assist the schools in meeting the nutrition education/physical education and physical activity criteria in the HUSSC initiative.
The reimbursement program RFA is posted at www.isbe.net/funding_opps/htmls/rfp.htm. If you have questions regarding this grant, contact Joan Love at jl...@isbe.net or (217) 782-2491
Joan M. Love, MS, LDN, SNS
ISBE- Nutrition and Wellness Programs
100 N. First St., W-270
Springfield, IL 62777-0001
217/782-2491 800/545-7892 (IL only)
The Pollination Project is a nonprofit organization that provides $1,000 seed grants to individual change makers. The Project has granted numerous awards to various small agriculture related operations who want to bring change into a community. The Project has received repeated media reports on how the organization is impacting small agricultural practices. New grants are awarded daily and there is no deadline for when to apply. Please click here to navigate through the organizations website for detailed information. We hope to have someone from the Project speak at a future meeting. No deadline.
CDC Grant Opportunities
CDC is announcing the availability of new Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) to advance the nation’s chronic disease prevention and health promotion efforts.
· (DP14-1417) Partnership to Improve Community Health
Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) will fund and support a new 3-year, $50 million/year initiative to improve health and reduce the burden of chronic diseases through evidence- and practice-based strategies to create or strengthen healthy environments that make it easier for people to make healthy choices and take charge of their health.
· DP14-1418) National Implementation and Dissemination for Chronic Disease Prevention
This 3-year, $10 million/year initiative will support four to eight national organizations and their chapters/affiliates in building and strengthening community infrastructure to implement population-based strategies to improve the health of communities
· (DP14-1419PPHF14) Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health, or REACH, focuses on racial and ethnic communities experiencing health disparities. This 3-year, $35 million/year project will support policy, system, and environmental improvements in those communities to improve health and reduce health disparities
· (DP14-1422) State and Local Public Health Actions to Prevent Obesity, Diabetes and Heart Disease
State and Local Public Health Actions a new 4-year, $70 million/year program that builds on efforts initiated in 2013, intensifies work in 18 to 22 state and large city health departments to prevent obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke and reduce health disparities among adults through a combination of community and health system intervention
· (DP14-1421PPHF14): A Comprehensive Approach to Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country
This 5-year, $14 million/year initiative aims to prevent heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and associated risk factors in American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages through a holistic approach to population health and wellness.
Department of Health and Human Service: Healthy Food Financing Initiative
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for Community Development Corporations (CDCs) under the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI).For organizations who aren't CDCs, partnering with one could make these funds accessible. A total of $9.5 million is available, with a maximum award amount of $800,000. No match is required for this grant program. Examples of OCS HFFI-funded projects include financing the construction of grocery stores, providing direct assistance to farmers, supporting urban and rural farmers markets and retail markets, expanding existing food distribution businesses, and supporting food business entrepreneurs. The deadline to apply is July 21, 2014.
Captain Planet Foundation Offers Grants for Hands-On Environmental Education Activities
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Grants of up $2,500 will be awarded to support high-quality educational programs that enable children and youth to understand and appreciate our world through hands-on learning projects that improve the environment in their schools and communities....
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Apply for the Baxter equipment for education grant
The School Nutrition Foundation is now accepting applications for the Baxter Equipment for Education Grant! Through a competitive grant process, Baxter Manufacturing will award one (1) OV310 Mini Rotating Rack Convection Oven (electric or gas) to a school district in need of improving its school meal kitchen facilities. The award will also include: a stand base, a 2-year parts & labor warranty, delivery and installation by Hobart Service, and training/demonstration with sales representative. Learn more.
NEW FUNDS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
On Tuesday, May 20th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced in the Federal Register a Notice of Funding Available (NOFA) totaling approximately $25.5 million for the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP) for fiscal year 2014. Of this amount, USDA expects to make approximately $1.5 million available for microlender technical assistance grants and $24 million available for loans. The anticipated award announcement date is September 1, 2014. According to the NOFA, MDOs may borrow a minimum of $50,000 and a maximum of $500,000.
Seven Generations Ahead | 
Founded in 2001, Seven Generations Ahead’s mission is to promote the development of ecologically sustainable and healthy communities. SGA works with local government, community and private sector leaders to help communities make the changes they need to create a healthy and sustainable future. Through community-wide sustainability planning and implementation, educational conferences and consulting, and school-based zero waste and farm to school programming and consulting, SGA is a catalyst for local community solutions to global environmental issues.
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