FY 2026 SNAP Process and Technology Improvement

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service is soliciting applications for up to $5 million in grants to support technology-driven improvements to SNAP application and eligibility determination systems, with applications due June 29, 2026. Entities that received a Process and Technology Improvement Grant award in FY 2024 or FY 2025 are ineligible to apply. Individual applicants may request between $20,000 and $2 million in funding.

Eligible entities include State agencies administering SNAP, State or local governments, agencies providing health or welfare services, public health or educational entities, and private nonprofit entities such as community-based or faith-based organizations, food banks, or other emergency feeding organizations. Unless the applicant is a State agency submitting an application on its own, a letter of commitment or letter of endorsement from the relevant State SNAP agency must be included in the application package to be considered for funding.

The anticipated period of performance runs September 2026 through September 2029. Applicants must address at least one of three objectives: modernizing SNAP customer service and communication to improve efficiency, transparency, and accuracy in application processing; improving administrative infrastructure and day-to-day SNAP operations through technology; or investing in technology to coordinate application and eligibility determination processes across SNAP and other Federal, State, and local assistance programs.

Peer review evaluates applications on project design (35 points), impact and evaluation (30 points), budget and economic efficiency (20 points), and organizational experience and staff capability (15 points). Applicants may earn up to 9 bonus points for data-driven approaches, first-time applicant status, or human-centered design methodologies. Anticipated award announcements occur in September 2026. CFDA 10.580.