RALEIGH, N.C. — Governor Roy Cooper announced $1.3 million in grants to 42 public school districts and charter schools across North Carolina will expand access to healthy school breakfast for over 51,000 students.
The NC Innovative School Breakfast Grants were funded through federal funds directed by the Governor in October 2023.
"These grants will help more public schools provide breakfast for children in the classroom so they can start their day ready to learn and be successful," Gov. Cooper said.
Public schools provide free or reduced-price meals for children and nearly 60% of NC public school students qualify for free or reduced-priced meals.
"We know that hungry kids can't learn," Executive Director of the NC Alliance for Health, Morgan Wittman Gramann said.
The NC Innovative School Breakfast Grants will go to school districts.
Funds will be used to buy kitchen equipment to increase meal prep capacity and serving equipment to more easily and efficiently distribute meals to students.
Some programs have already started, and others will begin in the next school year.
The selected school districts and charter schools are:
- Alexander County Schools
- Arapahoe Charter School
- Asheboro City Schools
- Buncombe County Schools
- Cabarrus County Schools
- Catawba County Schools
- Cherokee County Schools
- Cleveland County Schools
- Craven County Schools
- Durham Public Schools
- Edgecombe County Public Schools
- Graham County Schools
- Greene County Public Schools
- Guilford County Schools
- Guilford Preparatory Academy Charter School
- Halifax County Schools
- Henderson Collegiate
- Henderson County Public Schools
- Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Johnston County Public Schools
- Madison County Schools
- Mitchell County Schools
- New Hanover County Schools
- North East Carolina Prep School
- Pamlico County Schools
- Pender County Schools
- Polk County Schools
- Robeson County Schools
- Rockingham County Schools
- Rowan-Salisbury Schools
- Rutherford County Schools
- Sampson County Schools
- Surry County Schools
- Swain County Schools
- Transylvania County Schools
- Tyrrell County Schools
- Union County Public Schools
- Wake County Public School System
- Washington County Schools
- Wilkes County Schools
- Wilson County Schools
- Yadkin County Schools
"We appreciate Gov. Cooper's commitment to providing access to health access to healthy breakfast at school to more students," Director of the Carolina Hunger Initiative, Lou Anne Crumpler said.
These districts and charter schools, which represent 258 public schools, were selected through a competitive grant program managed by the Carolina Hunger Initiative and the North Carolina Alliance for Health.
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