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Idaho schools served $129,459 in nutrition equipment funding
Marc Lutz//November 21, 2023//
The meal programs at 14 Idaho schools are really heating up or cooling down or getting mixed, depending on how they plan to spend federal funds.
A total of $129,459 was awarded to districts, high schools, middle schools and other locations for cooking, refrigeration, kitchen equipment and more by the Idaho Department of Education through the Child Nutrition Program.
Funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Equipment Assistance Grant. Twenty-four school food authorities submitted grant applications which totaled more than $535,849 worth of equipment requests, the DOE stated.
The department considered things like the age of food service equipment, lack of appropriate items, availability of existing state and local funding for equipment, strategies for adopting lunchroom changes that provide more convenience and appeal to the student, and opportunities to realize meaningful impacts on the nutrition and quality of meals.
The highest grant awarded was to the Orofino School District, which requested funds for a counterbalance walking reach truck. The district was awarded $16,680. The smallest grant went to Fruitland High School for a milk cooler for $2,299. Other schools and districts requested monies for things like dishwashers, gas ovens, refrigeration units, heated holding and proofing cabinets and mixers among other items.
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