Cooperative Agreement 90ET0485

The $312,500 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) supports the People's Produce Mobile Farmers Market. Operated by Project New Village under the People's Produce Project name, the mobile farmers market delivers healthy, affordable locally grown produce and other nutritious foods to low-income residents and SNAP/CalFresh beneficiaries using a refrigerated food truck. The...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $112,500 Project Grant to Feeding The Gulf Coast DBA Bay Area Food Bank through the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. The grant will support the organization's provision of essential services to rural residents in Milton, Florida from August 2022 through August 2024. Specifically, the funding will aid the food bank's delivery of food and nutrition assistance to underserved rural communities through August 2024 as part...

This $454,662 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (CFDA 10.331) will fund efforts to improve dietary health and reduce food insecurity in underserved Duluth, Minnesota neighborhoods. Community Action Duluth, a non-profit community development organization, will provide $80 monthly food stipends to 180 participants to purchase fresh produce at the organization's mobile markets and farmers' markets. The project will also...

This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, is part of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CFDA 10.565). The award totals $459,305.00 and covers the period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant supports the procurement, storage, and distribution of USDA Foods to improve the health of low-income elderly persons aged 60 and above through local agencies such as food banks and community action organizations. As a...

The Foodbank Of Southeastern Virginia, Inc., a non-profit organization, has been awarded a $447,600 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493). This 1-year grant, awarded on August 31, 2023, will fund an Eastern Shore mobile food distribution program to provide hunger relief efforts, including meal distribution and food access programs, in the Virginia region through August 30,...

This federal Project Grant award of $445,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The grant was awarded on August 13, 2024 to The Alameda County Community Food Bank Inc., a non-profit organization, to support a wide range of economic development and community development...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $211,249 Project Grant to Second Harvest Community Food Bank of St. Joseph, Missouri, doing business as Second Harvest of Greater ST. Joe, to support rural health care facilities. The funding will be used from January 4, 2022 to January 4, 2024 under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. This program aims to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities providing essential services to rural...

The Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (MCHPP) in Brunswick, Maine received a $696,848 Community Food Projects Competitive Grant (CFDA 10.225) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant funds the MCHPP Community Kitchen project, which aims to address food insecurity, support the regional food economy, and serve as a model for other organizations. The project will make a commercial kitchen facility available for community use at no or low...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $772,000 four-year Project Grant under the Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) program to Project New Village, a Black-led, community-rooted non-profit in San Diego, California. The project aims to address food and nutrition insecurity in underserved communities by: 1) collaborating with a local high school culinary arts program to develop young people's capacity to prepare value-added and...

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, a non-profit organization, has been awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) to increase fresh food access across Michigan's 8th Congressional District. This one-year grant, effective from August 2023 to August 2024, will enable the Food Bank to expand its network of over 415 food providers and distribution of over 23 million pounds of...