Action for Healthy Kids, School Breakfast Expansion Grant

With generous support from the Kellogg’s Corporate Citizenship Fund, Action for Healthy Kids is offering school buildings that currently participate in the School Breakfast Program with greater than 50% eligibility for free and reduced-price meals the opportunity to increase their average daily student participation through the implementation of alternative breakfast programs, innovative marketing and promotion practices, and/or enhancement of the school breakfast experience through educational enrichment activities.

The goal of this grant program is to increase average daily breakfast participation by 25 percent or more for the duration of the grant period.

Funding awards will range between $500 and $2000. The amount of the grant award will be based on building enrollment, type of project, potential increases in participation and desired use of funds. All school buildings meeting the grant requirements will be eligible for funding however priority selection will be given to school buildings in states with low average daily student participation in school breakfast as a percentage of school lunch participation. According to FRAC’s 2007-2008 School Breakfast Scorecard those states are: South Dakota, Minnesota, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Alaska, Nebraska, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Connecticut.

- Proposals must be received by Action for Healthy Kids by Friday, April 10, 2009
- Funded school buildings will be notified on Monday, May 4, 2009
- Project activities must be completed between September 1, 2009 and May 30, 2010
- Mid Project Report – Friday December 18, 2009
- Final Evaluation and Report – June 15, 2010

See http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/UploadFiles/School%20Breakfast%20RFP%20Final.pdf for more information.