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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 2024
Page
7
The governor’s office expects to award three year grants this week, with 44 total applications seeking about 1.5 million dollars. Priority goes to new meal sites in areas with high free meal eligibility and to districts not already in federal programs, aiming to widen access for low income Iowa students.
Forty three grant applications from school districts seek funding under the Iowa Summer Meal Program Expansion Grant to replace a federal program. Cedar Rapids asks for 20000 to run three sites. Ottumwa requests nearly 25 million over three years for five sites. Vinton Shellsburg seeks about 195000 for one site. Most grants fall between 5000 and 30000. The effort backs the Summer Food Service and Seamless Summer Option programs with local partners. Luke Elzinga notes 2023 summer participation averaged 21557, far below potential. He urges grant use to increase access while acknowledging the governor’s rejection of 29 million in federal funds.
Iowa hosts at least 26 data centers including Blue Bird Quad Cities in Bettendorf and Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon operations across Des Moines, Council Bluffs, and Cedar Rapids. A Cedar Rapids deal would back a major expansion with 31 jobs at rising wages, a 20 year 70 percent tax exemption, and construction to begin within three years of agreement.
Graber and her daughter Kruse, graduates from Kirkwood Community College’s nursing programs, made history as the first mother daughter duo to cross Kirkwood’s pinning and RN stages together. Kruse, age 19, became one of the college’s youngest licensed nurse practitioners, while Graber plans to pursue a BSN at Mount Mercy University alongside her daughter.
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