This Project Grant award of $480,441 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Nutrition (CFDA 10.331, Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program) to Family Health Centers of San Diego Inc. (FHCSD), a Federally Qualified Health Center, to implement the Produce Delivery Program and Food as Medicine (PDP-FAM) initiative. The PDP-FAM initiative will deliver 20-pound fresh produce box subscriptions directly from a local farm to the homes of over 400...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) CFDA 10.331 provides $479,723 to Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) to implement a Produce Prescription Program (PPR) in partnership with Adams County Health Department (ACHD) and Clinica Family Health. The key products and services to be delivered under this 24-month grant, running from September 1,...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program awarded a $2,598,046 Formula Grant to the City of Jersey City Hall, through its Housing Economic Development and Commerce division. The grant will provide housing assistance and supportive services over a 3-year period from October 2024 to October 2027 to low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS and their families in Jersey City, New Jersey. The HOPWA Formula Grant funding...
The federal Project Grant award of $5,429,429 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service under the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (CFDA 10.582) is designed to provide free fresh fruits and vegetables to elementary schools with high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price meals. This targeted program aims to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, promote healthy eating habits, and improve overall nutrition and diet quality among elementary school...
The DC Greens' Produce Rx Initiative is a $480,441 project grant awarded by the Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (CFDA 10.331). The project is designed to address food insecurity, poverty, and diet-related chronic diseases among Medicaid patients in Washington, D.C.'s lower-income communities. Over two years, the funding will enable DC Greens to enroll 1,200 new Medicaid recipients as Produce Rx participants, who will receive up to...
The County of Hudson, New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services (Hudson County HHS) will receive $857,911 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Grant Program (CFDA 16.839). Hudson County HHS will continue and expand its School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Continuum Program to provide guidance, training, technical support, and professional development to students,...
This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) CFDA 10.331 provides $480,440.00 to Shalom Farms, Inc. to implement a 3-year produce prescription program. Over the 3-year period, the program will serve 3 cohorts of 20 participants each year, providing 12 weeks of active programming followed by 12 weeks of sustained management, coaching, peer support,...
The County of Hudson, Division of Housing and Community Development, was awarded a $2,388,560.49 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239) on January 23, 2025. This federal grant award will support the division's efforts to expand affordable housing opportunities for low- and very low-income residents in Jersey City, New Jersey through activities such as the rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing,...
The New Jersey Department of Health received a $101,418 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service on October 1, 2021 to support the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program through September 30, 2022. Under this grant, the New Jersey Department of Health will distribute nutrition benefits to local senior citizens. As part of the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), the department will provide qualified low-income seniors with coupons that...
The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) received a $465,943 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP, CFDA 10.331). The award will support ASAP's implementation of a Farm Fresh Prescription Program centered on direct-to-consumer sales in Asheville, North Carolina from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The program aims to improve...