OROFINO – Schools, districts and childcare organizations in Idaho will receive funding to implement innovative technology solutions through funds provided to the Idaho Department of Education through a USDA grant program.
Under the grant, Idaho was awarded $518,028 to award Child Nutrition Program sponsors in the form of mini-grants over the course of three years. This distribution is the third and final round in the mini-grant cycle, with total grant awards of over $171,000 in federal funding.
Some of the items purchased with the grant funds include upgraded hardware, menu planning software and more.
Funds will be distributed to 21 program sponsors in Idaho schools and districts for the purpose of adding technology solutions that will improve program accountability, data accuracy, program performance and the capacity to identify and target error-prone areas within all Child Nutrition Programs at the state and local education agency or sponsoring organization levels.
“We don’t often think of things like printers, laptops and software as essential for use in our school cafeterias,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield. “In reality, these technology improvements are another important way to ensure that we’re efficiently and effectively delivering healthy food to Idaho’s students.”
The grant awards are contingent upon available USDA funds. Schools receiving 2021 Technology Improvement Grant Round 3 grant awards are listed below.
SFA
EquipmentGrant AwardPayette School District2 point of sale computers and 3 printers$3,419.19Caldwell School DistrictMosaic menu/inventory software, 4 point of sale monitors$23,102.00Orofino School DistrictHealth-e Pro menu planning software, 4 laptops, 2 monitors, media player & license, cameras$24,000.00Elevate Caldwell Charter SchoolHealth-e Pro software$3,752.50Elevate North Charter SchoolHealth-e Pro software$3,752.50Plummer/Worley School DistrictTitan software, 2 laptops, printer$6,900.80Blaine County School District10 Chromebooks, card printer$4,803.90The Small World Child Care Center1 desktop stand, 2 laptops, iPad Air, keyboard$5,700.63American Heritage Charter School2 laptops, tablet, LINQ/Titan software$13,601.62Fingerprints Pre SchoolLaptop, 8 iPhones for meal counting$15,172.20Basin School DistrictMosaic software$2,845.00New Plymouth School DistrictNutrition analysis software (point of sale, F&R apps, menu & inventory planning)$11,245.00Kootenai School District3 computers, monitors, printer, printer toner$3,174.36Midvale School DistrictPoint of sale computer system (all-in-one computer with Windows 11)$1,399.99Minidoka School District12 point of sale computers and 8 desktop computers, 12 stands$18,971.88West Bonner School District2 printers and toner$1,423.66West Side School District3 laptops, 4 point of sale laptops, finger scanning software$5,743.00Richfield School DistrictEMS Linq software$8,700.00St. Vincent De Paul Coeur d’Alene25 tablet, 2 laptops, Adobe, Microsoft Office, 2 monitors$7,148.68Our Lady of Good Counsel – St. Vincent de Paul2 tablets, mobile hotspot, printer, laptop$840.50Kamiah School DistrictComputer with double screen, printer, EMS LINQ and Café Plugin software$5,885.18
