FY26_TNTG_RFA_Appendix_B_Budget_Narrative_Template.docx

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This is a budget narrative template for the FY 2026 Team Nutrition Training Grants program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The template provides a standardized format for applicants to detail and justify all proposed budget expenditures across seven primary budget categories: Personnel, Fringe Benefits, Travel, Supplies, Contractual, Other Charges, and Total Charges. Each category includes detailed line items with calculation fields and requires narrative explanations that connect costs to project activities and objectives. Personnel calculations must specify employee names, titles, salary amounts, full-time equivalent percentages, and duration of commitment. Fringe benefits are calculated as a percentage of personnel costs and should reference standard employee benefits such as health insurance and leave. Travel expenses encompass airfare, ground transportation, lodging, per diem, and parking with specific location and vendor details required. Supplies include computers, cookware, food storage containers, measuring utensils, office supplies, training materials, software, and nutrition education reinforcement materials relevant to child nutrition professional training.

The template requires applicants to itemize Contractual costs for external service providers with their names, companies, and areas of expertise, and Other charges including sub-grants, stipends, publication and printing costs, postage, meeting space rental, conference registration fees, membership dues, booth fees, and advertising. The final budget summary consolidates total direct charges and indirect charges (calculated at either 10 percent de minimis or an organization's negotiated indirect cost rate) to arrive at total project charges. All line items require supporting narrative explanations that articulate both the necessity of the cost and its direct alignment with the project narrative describing how funds will support the grant's objective of enhancing training for child nutrition professionals across the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program, or Child and Adult Care Food Program.

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1. PERSONNEL
CALCULATION

(see Instructions tab)

TOTAL
NARRATIVE EXPLANATION

(explain need for cost and how cost aligns with the project narrative)

Ex. John Smith, Graphic Designer
$80,000/year x 25%FTE x 2 years
$40,000
John will provide graphic design for an informational website, social media, training slides, and printed resources and nutrition education materials. John will devote 25% FTE to this project for the entire period of performance.

1a. Name, Title

1b. Name, Title

Personnel Total

2. FRINGE BENEFITS
CALCULATION

(see Instructions tab)

TOTAL
NARRATIVE EXPLANATION

(explain need for cost and how cost aligns with the project narrative)

Ex. Personnel 1a
$40,000 x 25% fringe
$10,000
Fringe benefits for all full-time employees include health insurance, annual and sick leave, etc.....

2a. Personnel 1a

2b. Personnel 1b

Fringe Total

3. TRAVEL
CALCULATION

(see Instructions tab)

TOTAL
NARRATIVE EXPLANATION

(explain need for cost and how cost aligns with the project narrative)

3a. Air-Bus-Rail (incl. from XX to XX, company)

3b. Checked Bag Fees

3c. Travel Agent (incl. company name, service provided)

3d. Mileage (incl. from XX to XX)

3e. Airport Parking (incl. name of airport and type of parking - daily, long-term, etc.)

3f. Ground Transportation and Tolls (incl. from XX to XX, method of transportation)

3g. Lodging (incl. name, location of hotel)

3h. Per Diem (M&IE) - Full Days

3i. Per Diem (M&IE) - First and Last Days

Travel Total

4. SUPPLIES
CALCULATION

(see Instructions tab)

TOTAL
NARRATIVE EXPLANATION

4a. Computers

4b. Wi/Fi Hot Spot

4c. Cookware (add additional rows for different types of cookware)

4d. Food Storage Containers (add additional rows for different types of containers)

4e. Measuring and Serving Utensils (add additional rows for different types of utensils)

4f. Office and Meeting Supplies (add additional rows for different types of supplies)

4g. Training Supplies (add additional rows for different types of supplies)

4h. Taste Testing/Student Engagement Supplies (add additional rows for different types of supplies)

4i. Software or Fees for Web-based Applications (add additional rows for different types of software)

4j. Nutrition Education Reinforcement Materials (add additional rows for different types of materials)

Supplies Total

5. CONTRACTUAL
CALCULATION

(see Instructions tab)

TOTAL
NARRATIVE EXPLANATION

5a. Contractor (incl. name of contractor/company, area of expertise)

5b. Contractor (incl. name of contractor/company, area of expertise)

Contractual Total

6. OTHER
CALCULATION

(see Instructions tab)

TOTAL
NARRATIVE EXPLANATION

6a. Sub-Grants

6b. Stipends

6c. Publication and Printing (incl. item(s) to be printed)

6d. Postage, Shipping/Handling (incl. item(s) to be shipped)

6e. Meeting/Training Space Rental (incl. name, location of rental space, dates)

6f. Conference Registration Fees (incl. name, location, date of conference)

6g. Membership Dues (incl. name of organization, dates of membership)

6h. Booth/Exhibit Fees (incl. name, location, date of conference)

6i. Advertising and Public Relations (add additional rows for different types of marketing and promotional costs)

Other Total

7. TOTAL CHARGES
CALCULATION

(see Instructions tab)

TOTAL

7a. Total Direct Charges

7b. Total Indirect Charges (10% de minimis or amount indicated on NICRA)

7c. TOTAL CHARGES (7a. + 7b.)

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