FSGP25_Priority Group Dec.pdf
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This document is an Optional Priority Group Declaration Checklist that provides bonus points for applicants of the Farm to School Implementation Grant program. The checklist allows applicants to identify if their project serves certain priority groups, such as Indian Tribal Organizations, Black/African American communities, or rural areas. Applicants can receive up to 10 bonus points for meeting these priority criteria. The document specifies that applicants must include the completed checklist with their grant application to receive the bonus points. This checklist is related to the Farm to School Implementation Grant program, a 24-month grant opportunity provided by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service with a maximum award of $500,000. Eligible applicants include schools, Indian Tribal Organizations, agricultural producers, non-profit entities, and local agencies.
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Appendix B: Optional Priority Group Declaration Checklist (Bonus Points) If your project reaches one or more priority groups and you would like to be considered for bonus priority points, please fill out this checklist and include it with your application submission.
Applicants that do not submit the completed checklist with their application will not receive bonus points. Applicants should include the Priority Declaration Checklist as its own page or as a separate attachment to ensure full credit.
An applicant reaching any of the racial equity priorities is eligible for seven bonus points. More than one racial equity priority may apply to the applicant’s project, and applicants are encouraged to check multiple, but only seven bonus points will be awarded regardless of how many racial equity priorities are selected. Applicants will receive one priority point for each organization type priority their project satisfies. The maximum number of bonus priority points awarded shall not exceed ten (10) points.
Please check all the priority group(s) that your project will serve and for which you would like to identify for priority consideration If USDA is unable to verify that an applicant is eligible for any priority groups claimed below, the applicant may not be permitted to qualify for priority consideration. Please see Section 1.7 of the FY 2025 RFA for more details. Do not edit any language.
Racial Equity priorities (seven points):
Applicant is an Indian Tribal Organization Alaska Native Corporation, or an entity led and/or staffed by American Indians and Alaska Natives and serving American Indian and Alaska
Native communities.
Applicant is an organization led and/or staffed by Black/African Americans and serving
Black/African American communities.
Applicant is an organization led and/or staffed by people of color and serving communities of color (defined as Black/African American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, and/or Pacific Islander).
Organization Type priorities (one point each, three points maximum):
At least 40 percent of children served are eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Applicant is a small- to medium-sized agricultural producer or group of small- to medium-sized agricultural producers.
Project is located in and serving eligible CNP sites in a rural area.
Appendix B: Optional Priority Group Declaration Checklist (Bonus Points)
| Applicant is an Indian Tribal Organization Alaska Native Corporation, or an entity led and/or staffed by American Indians and Alaska Natives and serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities: Off |
| Applicant is an organization led and/or staffed by Black/African Americans and serving Black/African American communities: Off |
| Applicant is an organization led and/or staffed by people of color and serving communities of color (defined as Black/African American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, and/or Pacific Islander): Off |
| At least 40 percent of children served are eligible for free or reduced price meals: Off |
| Applicant is a small- to medium-sized agricultural producer or group of small- to medium-sized agricultural producers: Off |
| Project is located in and serving eligible CNP sites in a rural area: Off |
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