No Kid Hungry Texas, in partnership with the Texas Rural Education Association, is launching its’ second year of the Rural School District Cohort.
Donor Name: No Kid Hungry Texas
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/20/2022
Grants Size: $30,000
Details
This grant opportunity will provide funding to rural school districts in Texas to support their work to maximize federal child nutrition programs and other programs that ensure children and families have access to healthy meals in their community.
No Kid Hungry Texas knows that rural school districts play an essential role in ensuring students receive the nutritious meals they need to reach their fullest potential. This flexible granting opportunity will support the work of rural Texas school districts in their efforts to connect children and families with meals.
Funding Information
If you are selected to participate in the Rural School District Cohort, your school district will receive a grant of $30,000 to be used towards your child nutrition program(s) or community nutrition program(s).
Eligibility Criteria
No Kid Hungry Texas is committed to addressing the systemic and structural health, social, and economic inequities that disproportionally impact historically under-resourced communities. To ensure that they are supporting communities most impacted by these inequities, No Kid Hungry Texas is requiring that school districts meet the following requirements to apply:
- Have a student population that is made up of 50% or more non-white students, as determined by school district enrollment data.
- Be classified as a rural locale by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as one of the following categories: rural-remote, rural-distant, rural-fringe, town-remote, or town-distant.
- Have a school district population where at least 40% of children at the district are eligible for free and or reduced priced school meals.
For more information, visit No Kid Hungry Texas.