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.
Donor Name: Missouri Family and Community Trust
State: Missouri
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/15/2022
Grant Size: up to $5,000
Details:
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
Examples of items this grant has funded in the past:
- Food service items,
- Food storage,
- Food preparation,
- Food transportation equipment;
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
Eligibility Criteria
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;
For more information, visit Missouri Family and Community Trust.