{"id":68218,"date":"2026-05-27T08:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=68218"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:58:47","slug":"school-food-innovation-grant","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/school-food-innovation-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"School Food Innovation Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/action\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Action<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2026-05-29\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday May 29 2026<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">School Food Innovation Grant<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a notification that the Ministry of Education and Child Care is posting a one-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/administration\/resource-management\/school-district-financial-reporting\/events-calendar-public-schools\/q_and_a_-_school_food_innovation_grant.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School Food Innovation Grant<\/a>. This funding opportunity is intended to help school districts strengthen existing initiatives and explore new approaches to improve school food program quality and efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your district is interested, please review the linked information and submit a completed <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/download\/B52C2236A8BC4BC5A51767B7A8EE5EEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">application<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/download\/F9A82F93D1774071B2E9C6242BD08F91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">budget template<\/a> to <a href=\"mailto:ECC.schoolfood@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECC.schoolfood@gov.bc.ca<\/a> by&nbsp;June 30, 2026, to be considered for this opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a notification that the Ministry of Education and Child Care is posting a one-time School Food Innovation Grant. This funding opportunity is intended to help school districts strengthen existing initiatives and explore new approaches to improve school food program quality and efficiency. 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