sink, but it’s put outside and attached to a hose for teaching kids the process of school garden produce to make it available for cafeteria use. Q: Can reimbursement be for labor alone, or does there need to be a mix of labor and purchases? A: There are no restrictions on this; you can do any of the above scenarios. Q: Is mileage (i.e. travel to schools) an allowable cost? A: Yes, as long as it is essential to and associated with the educational opportunity. Q: Could you clarify how administrative costs should be included in the budget? I saw that "indirect" is not allowed, but could line item admin costs be included, such as X% of office rent, X% of internet, X hours from financial manager, etc? A: This is correct, indirect costs are not allowed. You can only claim costs directly associated with food-based, agriculture-based or garden-based educational opportunities. You COULD claim some labor for a person that is an “Administrator” of the program. For example, a food service director or school garden coordinator may claim a portion of their time (& corresponding benefits, etc.) to plan & organize these activities – as long as the costs are associated directly with planning or implementing the grant activities. All costs should be detailed in the budget. These costs must be reasonable and justifiable. BUT, to reiterate the question above, other indirects like % of overhead, business office overhead, power, etc. are not allowed because they aren’t specifically tied to the educational opportunities. Q: Can F2S grant funds be used to buy salad bars? A: As long as the salad bars are specifically stipulated as necessary for being used as part of an educational activity. You couldn’t purchase one just for the sake of serving food to students as part of your meal program. Q: Do you consider building raised beds as a permanent structure? A: No. My experience is that they can be moved, or disassembled and moved Q: Does this include any time that new project applicants might spend meeting with school districts and partners during the first few months of the grant? Or does it include costs like supplies for meeting to plan and developing activities? Or both?
sink, but it’s put outside and attached to a hose for teaching kids the process of school garden produce to make it available for cafeteria use. Q: Can reimbursement be for labor alone, or does there need to be a mix of labor and purchases? A: There are no restrictions on this; you can do any of the above scenarios. Q: Is mileage (i.e. travel to schools) an allowable cost? A: Yes, as long as it is essential to and associated with the educational opportunity. Q: Could you clarify how administrative costs should be included in the budget? I saw that "indirect" is not allowed, but could line item admin costs be included, such as X% of office rent, X% of internet, X hours from financial manager, etc? A: This is correct, indirect costs are not allowed. You can only claim costs directly associated with food-based, agriculture-based or garden-based educational opportunities. You COULD claim some labor for a person that is an “Administrator” of the program. For example, a food service director or school garden coordinator may claim a portion of their time (& corresponding benefits, etc.) to plan & organize these activities – as long as the costs are associated directly with planning or implementing the grant activities. All costs should be detailed in the budget. These costs must be reasonable and justifiable. BUT, to reiterate the question above, other indirects like % of overhead, business office overhead, power, etc. are not allowed because they aren’t specifically tied to the educational opportunities. Q: Can F2S grant funds be used to buy salad bars? A: As long as the salad bars are specifically stipulated as necessary for being used as part of an educational activity. You couldn’t purchase one just for the sake of serving food to students as part of your meal program. Q: Do you consider building raised beds as a permanent structure? A: No. My experience is that they can be moved, or disassembled and moved Q: Does this include any time that new project applicants might spend meeting with school districts and partners during the first few months of the grant? Or does it include costs like supplies for meeting to plan and developing activities? Or both?