NSLP Equipment Grant

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) competitively awards U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service Equipment Assistance Grants to eligible sponsors participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The primary purpose of the grant is to help ensure school food authorities have the necessary equipment to serve healthier school meals that meet nutritional standards and meal patterns with an emphasis on fruits and vegetables, improve food safety, and establish, maintain, or expand the School Breakfast Program.

Eligible applicants are limited to sponsors participating in the National School Lunch Program, including public school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, nonpublic school districts, and residential childcare institutions.

Project eligibility requires that funds be used to acquire school food service equipment valued at greater than $1,000 that directly aids in meal quality, food safety compliance, or program expansion.

Applications and grant accounting processes are administered electronically via the State of Michigan's NexSys grant management system. Applicants must have an active MiLogin for Business account and the appropriate NexSys entity security access roles to initiate and submit grant applications.