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Application

2024 National School Lunch Equipment Assistance Grant

Nutrition Services Division (NSD)

This application allows school food authorities (SFA) to apply for the 2024 National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Assistance Grant (EAG). Explanations for each field in this application are available on the California Department of Education (CDE) NSLP EAG Request for Applications web page, and by selecting Instructions on the top right of each page.

Once you begin the application, you can save and return to it at any time by selecting the
Save Responses button at the bottom of each page. You will be provided a unique URL for entrance back into the application. Answers are required for all questions, except where otherwise indicated.
For questions regarding this grant, you can email equipmentgrant@cde.ca.gov.  

SFAs must complete the application online and submit it no later than 4 p.m. Thursday, October 10, 2024. The NSD will not accept fax, email, or United States/Priority mail submissions.
Public school districts, county offices of education, directly funded charter schools, private schools, and residential child care institutions that participate in the NSLP are eligible to apply for this grant.

Application: Section 1

 This SFA received funds from the 2020, 2021, 2022, or 2023 NSLP EAGs:
Note: Sites or central kitchens that were previously awarded an EAG are eligible to receive funds for the 2024 EAG, but priority will be given to eligible SFAs who have not received funds from past EAG grants.
 
 Address of SFA below:
  
  
  
  
 SFA identification information below:
 SFA Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS) ID:
(first 5 digits, 99999)
 
 SFA Service Location Number/Vendor Number:
(first 5 digits, 99999)