(Idaho State) Idaho school districts, preschools and childcare organizations will again receive funding to install, improve or replace child nutrition technology solutions with the USDA fiscal year 2023 Technology Improvement Grant (TIG).
The USDA provided Idaho a total of $300,000 to award to Child Nutrition Program (CNP) sponsors in the form of mini grants over the course of the next two years. In Round 1 of the grant cycle, CNP awarded $157,639.96 to help 15 organizations purchase new equipment for their Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program and National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The grants are designed to assist CNP sponsors in adding technology that will improve accountability, performance and data accuracy within all Child Nutrition Programs statewide.
Improvements include upgraded computers and printers, menu planning software, card readers and more.
Organizations receiving Round 1 grant awards are:
| School Food Authority
|
Equipment | Grant Award |
| Basin School District | Assur Point of Sale All-in-One Computer | $750.00 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Magic Valley | 2 Laptops | $2,000.00 |
| Bonneville Joint School District | Chrome Book, Laptop Stand, Mouse, Warranty, Google Chrome EDU License | $11,426.00 |
| Future Public Charter School | Laptop, Barcode Scanner, Keyboard, Privacy Screen | $824.73 |
| Hansen School District | Pin Pad Scanner, Mosaic Software, Setup and Training | $8,060.00 |
| Lucky Duck Preschool | 17 Window Surface Pros, Tuition | $24,000.00 |
| Minidoka County School District | Credit Card Reader, Point of Sale Pin Pads, Training, Installation | $9,816.00 |
| Plummer Worley School District | Linq Software, Monnit Portal Subscription | $3,027.02 |
| Shelley Joint School District | 6 – Sharp BP-8540WR Printers | $15,366.80 |
| Small World | 8 iPad Air 11”, 3 iPad Pro 13”, 11 Apple Pencil Pro, 8 iPad Pro Cases, 3 Magic Keyboards, 1 Charging Station, Insurance | $14,140.97 |
| Castleford School District | HealthEPro, Edutrak Point of Sale Software, Bar Code Scanner | $12,271.00 |
| St. Vincent DePaul | Laptops, Tablets, Desktops, Monitors, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office | $23,559.92 |
| Orofino Joint School District | Video Decoder, Speaker, Security Door Lock, Gateway Lock Controller, Monitors and Mounts, Audio System, Software License | $24,000.00 |
| Snake River School District | 5 Laptops and Point of Sale Upgrades | $4,000.00 |
| St. Maries Joint School District | 6 Dell 7020 Desktop Computers | $4,397.52 |
Grant awards are contingent upon available USDA funds.