Direct Certification Improvement Grant
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-FNS-CN-24-DC
- Agency
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Food and Nutrition Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Agriculture
- Food and Nutrition
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is offering Direct Certification Improvement Grants for State agencies that administer the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP). These grants will fund projects to improve direct certification rates with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other assistance programs. Eligible applicants are NSLP State agencies with the lowest direct certification rates for children in SNAP households. The application deadline is July 29, 2024, and awards are anticipated in September 2024. Applicants with direct certification rates at or above 95% must present a compelling case for needing additional funds.
Approximately $2.3 million in competitive grant funds are available, with a maximum award of $1,000,000. The legislative authority is from the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number is 10.579 - Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability.
Synopsis
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service invites State agencies that administer the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) to apply for Direct Certification Improvement Grants to fund the costs of improving their direct certification rates with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and other assistance programs, as allowed under Federal statute and regulations. Under this request for applications (RFA), approximately $2.3 million is available for competitive grants to NSLP State agencies with the lowest direct certification rates for children who are members of households receiving SNAP benefits to fund direct certification improvement projects. However, as discussed in more detail in Section 3 of the Request for Applications, Eligibility Information, applicants who have direct certification rates at 95 percent or higher, as reported in the latest Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Report to Congress, must present a compelling case in their application proposals as to why additional funds are necessary for improvements in their direct certification system or processes for them to maintain rates at or above the mandated 95 percent benchmark. The legislative authority for this grant agreement announcement is Section 749(h)(1)(A) and (C)(i) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-80).
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