The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $39,971,000 Project Grant to the Cnmi Department Of Community And Cultural Affairs for the CNMI Nutrition Assistance program (CFDA #10.539). The grant will support the Nutrition Assistance Program in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The Nutrition Assistance Program provides family nutrition assistance to eligible residents of the CNMI. Specifically, the enhanced NAP...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $44,388,523.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the CNMI Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.539). The funding supports the administration and delivery of the enhanced Nutrition Assistance Program (ENAP) in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), which provides comprehensive nutrition support and increased income eligibility limits to improve food security and address the...
The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $219,050 Formula Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The grant supports the storage and distribution costs of the Emergency Food Assistance Program in the Northern Mariana Islands through the Commonwealth's Public School System. Specifically, the funding helps supplement the diets of...
The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $253,313 Formula Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (CFDA #10.568), the funding will support storage and distribution costs incurred by the CNMI Public School System in operating TEFAP. Specifically, the grant funds will help supplement the diets of...
The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $258,783 Formula Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs program (CFDA #10.568). The grant provides funding from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 to support the storage and distribution costs incurred by the CNMI in administering the TEFAP State agency. Specifically, the funds will help supplement the diets of...
The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $5,435,728 Formula Grant to the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs under the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer Food Benefits (P-EBT) program. The objective of the P-EBT program is to provide nutrition assistance through EBT cards for school-age children who would have received free or reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program but were unable to do so due to pandemic-related school closures or...
The Northern Marianas College (NMC) Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services (CREES) administers the $102,806 Northern Mariana Islands Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (NMI EFNEP), a Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.514). NMI EFNEP works with limited-resource families with children to improve diet quality, increase physical activity, enhance food security through resource management,...
The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $212,199 Formula Grant to the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs under the Pandemic EBT Administrative Costs program (CFDA 10.649) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The grant funding will support costs incurred by the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs to administer the Pandemic EBT Food Benefit Program (P-EBT) in the Northern Mariana Islands. Specifically, the funding...
The Northern Marianas College received a $103,688 Formula Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) to deliver nutrition education in the Northern Mariana Islands from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The purpose of EFNEP is to increase the impact of nutrition education provided to low-income families and youth in U.S. territories. Through this funding, Northern...
This $19,019,860 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555) supports the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System (Cnmi PSS) in providing nutritious, non-profit lunch services for school children across the Northern Mariana Islands. The funding enables Cnmi PSS to procure food, operate meal programs, implement nutrition education initiatives, and upgrade kitchen...