Formula Grant 255MS415Q3903

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (CFDA 10.331) to Marketumbrella.org, doing business as Market Umbrella ORG, a non-profit organization located in New Orleans, LA. The grant will serve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients across Louisiana by increasing the availability of fruit and vegetable nutrition incentive programs through...

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $5 million Project Grant to the NGA Research & Education Foundation for SNAP Online Purchasing and Technical Improvements. The grant supports efforts under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Process and Technology Improvement Grants (CFDA 10.580) to develop and implement projects using technology to improve the quality and efficiency of SNAP administration. Specifically, the Foundation will work to expand online...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $1,974,400 Project Grant to the District of Columbia Government DHS/Office of the Director Division (operating as the RSA Randolph-Sheppard Blind Vending Program) through the SNAP Partnership Grant program (CFDA 10.577). The grant, effective from September 26, 2023 to September 30, 2025, will fund the establishment of interstate data exchange capabilities to enhance longitudinal research and improve administration of the...

Purdue University was awarded a $969,996 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to deliver nutrition education services aimed at improving dietary quality and food security for limited-resource children and families participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The grant was awarded on January 15, 2022 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program (CFDA #10.310),...

The Houston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (H-NORC), sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, received a $1,196,867 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847) on September 10, 2025. This grant will support the establishment of three biomedical research cores to conduct groundbreaking basic, translational, and clinical research in nutrition and obesity, with the...

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services was awarded an $11.4 million Formula Grant by the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on October 1, 2022 to complete work by September 30, 2024. The grant funding supports the State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.561), which provides federal assistance to state agencies for costs to operate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). As part of this...

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $3,690,570 Project Grant (CFDA 93.361) to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct a randomized controlled trial examining the impact of food supplementation on obesity treatment in adults with food insecurity. The study will enroll 300 participants and compare weight loss outcomes between three groups: behavioral weight loss (BWL) treatment alone, BWL with food vouchers, and BWL with home-delivered, medically tailored groceries. The...

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Connecticut Department of Social Services a $4.1 million Formula Grant under the State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.561) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The grant funds the administration of Connecticut's SNAP Nutrition Obesity program to increase healthy food choices, diet quality, and physical activity among SNAP-eligible populations...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) has awarded a $479,047 Project Grant to Banco De Alimentos Puerto Rico, Inc. under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (CFDA 10.331). The grant will fund a three-year initiative to partner with local community health clinics (Centros 330) in Puerto Rico to address diabetes and hypertension among older adults (65+) through improved nutrition and healthier eating habits. The project will identify...

This four-year project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) provides $969,890 to the University of Connecticut to deliver a multi-level intervention combining personalized nutrition education, digital food and nutrition literacy tools, and community collaboration efforts to improve diet quality and decrease chronic disease risk factors among low-income...