Project Grant 90XP0605

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Social Services Research and Demonstration (SSRD) program (CFDA 93.647) to Food Link, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Arlington, MA. The funding is intended to support system change work to promote equitable access to fresh food for low-income children and families through food distribution. The project will run from August 31, 2024 to August...

Farming Hope will use a $800,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Community Food Projects (CFP) program to expand its garden-to-table job training program and community food hub operations in San Francisco, California from June 2023 through May 2027. As a non-profit community development organization, Farming Hope will provide a 12-week paid apprenticeship program where individuals learn culinary and food industry job skills...

The Alameda County Community Food Bank Inc. was awarded a $445,000 Project Grant under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251), a federal grant mechanism administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. The grant award, dated August 13, 2024, supports a wide range of economic development and community development activities through...

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...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides $30,243,840 in funding to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) under the Food for Peace Emergency Program (CFDA 98.008). The funding will be used to support WFP's humanitarian capacity strengthening efforts, including the transport, distribution, and delivery of specialized, shelf-stable food commodities like ready-to-use therapeutic foods, lentil products, and prepackaged nut butters to...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to Childrens Hunger Fund under the Food for Peace Emergency Program (EP) to deliver international food relief services in Peru from September 30, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant aims to improve access to food for food insecure populations abroad per the Food for Peace Emergency Program (CFDA #98.008), which prioritizes preventing hunger and malnutrition in at-risk areas or countries. Specifically, the...

This federal Project Grant award of $748,840 was provided by the Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, a civilian agency, under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFDA 10.225). The grant will fund a school-based community food project proposed by Quincy Asian Resources Inc. (QARI), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to address food security needs for migrant and asylum-seeking families in New York City. The project will: (1) provide produce bags to 800 families...

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...

This Project Grant award, valued at $198,856.00, was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Food for Peace Emergency Program (CFDA 98.008). The funding will support the transportation, delivery, and distribution of 150.08 metric tons of Harvest Lentil Pro commodities to Guatemala. This emergency food assistance effort aims to improve food security, nutritional status, and reduce iron deficiency anemia for 2,079 families (5,053 children and 5,087 adults) in...

This Project Grant award of $1,500,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The funding will support a research project led by the University of California, Berkeley to test a budgeting intervention aimed at addressing seasonal hunger in Malawi. The key activities involve piloting and evaluating a planning intervention to help farming households in Malawi better manage their finances and...