FY 2026 Mobile Payments Solution for SNAP Authorized Farmers - Cooperative Agreement
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-FNA-SNAP-FARMER-MOBILE-2026
- Agency
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Food and Nutrition Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $4,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Food and Nutrition
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
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About this opportunity
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is soliciting applications for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement modernized payment systems enabling SNAP-authorized direct marketing farmers and farmers markets to accept SNAP EBT transactions through a secure mobile application or eCommerce platform, with applications due July 31, 2026.
Only nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status and accredited institutions of higher education are eligible to apply. The award ceiling is $4 million total funding distributed across up to three cooperative agreements over a three-year period (September 2026 through September 2029), with an anticipated award date of September 30, 2026.
Cooperators must accomplish five key objectives: facilitate development of a shared vision for supporting direct marketing farmer and farmers market participation in SNAP; provide outreach and assistance for SNAP authorization and cost-benefit analysis; develop and implement modernized systems including a secure SNAP Mobile Transaction Processing Application (or eCommerce platform) with encrypted PIN-entry, GPS capability, and support for multiple transaction types; train and provide technical support for technology installation and operation; and monitor progress through specified metrics including transaction volumes, participating farmer and market numbers, training activities, and SNAP participant outreach.
Newly authorized farmers and markets receive no-cost technology access for one year, renewable annually upon demonstrating minimum annual SNAP redemptions of $500. Cooperators must assist farmers in transitioning to full-cost licensing or state alternatives upon expiration or failure to meet thresholds.
FNA evaluates applications on Project Design (35 points), Implementation and Monitoring (15 points), Sustainability (20 points), Budget Appropriateness and Economic Efficiency (20 points), and Staff Capability Management (10 points). The cooperative agreement falls under CFDA 10.545, Farmers' Market Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Support Grants. Complete applications must include SF-424, SF-424A, SF-424B, SF-LLL, and FNS-906 forms; non-responsive applications are eliminated.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
Grant description updated. -
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA) works to nourish those in need through financially sound programs that promote health and work, as well as champion the productivity of American agriculture. FNA plans to award the Mobile Payments Solution for SNAP Authorized Farmers, Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to create new opportunities to connect America's farmers to USDA's nutrition assistance programs. Specifically, the cooperative agreement is intended to enable SNAP-authorized direct marketing farmers (DMFs) and farmers markets (FMs), as necessary, to determine, at no or little cost to them, whether adding SNAP to their business model has a positive cost-benefit value. It also aims to provide SNAP recipients with greater access to American agriculture by allowing them to use their benefits to purchase foods from DMFs operating at physical FM locations and via other direct marketing avenues (e.g., roadside stands, pick-your-own), or through eCommerce platforms. The cooperator will use resources from this cooperative agreement to facilitate the development of a shared vision and set of approaches for supporting DMFs and FMs in becoming SNAP authorized; enabling the processing of EBT transactions through technology resources that include a secure SNAP Mobile Transaction Processing Application (The App) or potentially a secure eCommerce platform; and assisting farmers with direct marketing opportunities that result in connections with SNAP households and participants in other Federal nutrition assistance programs. FNA announces, through this Request for Applications (RFA), the availability of a maximum of $4,000,000 to be used over a three-year period for up to three awards as cooperative agreements. Only non-profit organizations and institutes of higher education are eligible to participate in this competition.
Update #1 ·
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to develop and implement modernized systems for DMFs and FMs to accept SNAP EBT transactions through a secure mobile application (or additionally other technology that supports DMFs in participating in SNAP, such as an eCommerce platform), while also expanding opportunities to connect America's farmers to SNAP. It will enable SNAP-authorized DMFs (and FMs, as necessary) to determine, at no or little cost to them, whether adding SNAP to their business model has a positive cost-benefit value, and to provide SNAP recipients with greater access to DMFs operating at physical FM locations and via other direct marketing avenues (e.g., roadside stands, pick-your-own).
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| FY26 SNAP Mobile Payments RFA_Final.docx | DOCX document | |
| FY26 SNAP Mobile Payments RFA_Final.pdf |
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