2011 Summer Home Delivery & Food Backpacks Demo Projects

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	Federal Grant Title:	2011 Summer Home Delivery & Food Backpacks Demo Projects
	CFDA Number:	10.579
	CFDA Description:	Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability
	Federal Agency Name:	Food and Nutrition Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Food and Nutrition
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-FNS-SFSPHDFB-11
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 21, 2010
	Creation Date:	Dec 02, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 15, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 15, 2010
	Archive Date:	Jan 14, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	4
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$1,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$1,000,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was created to provide nutrition benefits during the summer to children living in low-income areas. These children were thought to be at risk of hunger or nutritional deficiencies when they were not receiving free or reduced price meals in school. This has been further supported by research demonstrating that food insecurity among children increases during the summer months. Though the SFSP aims to fill the nutrition gap that low-income children experience over the summer, the Program has been unable to achieve the same level of program participation as school meal programs achieve during the school year. While 19.4 million children receive free or reduced price meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), only about 3.2 million children receive meals during the summer. Because of this discrepancy, the purpose of the Summer Food for Children demonstrations is to develop and test new and innovative methods of improving food access during summer months. This includes enhancements to the existing SFSP, as well as demonstrations utilizing household-based models for providing nutrition assistance. In Summer 2010, an Extended Length of Operation demonstration project providing SFSP sponsors with an extra $0.50 per lunch reimbursement for operating 40 or more days, and an Activity Incentive demonstration project providing SFSP sponsors with funds to implement educational and recreational activities at sites were implemented in two States. In Summer 2011, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will also conduct Household-Based Alternative Demonstrations to provide summer food benefits using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and WIC electronic benefit transfer (EBT) technology as the delivery mechanism, to give low-income families with children more resources to use at food stores during the summer. The Summer 2011 Home Delivery and Food Backpacks demonstration projects under this Request for Applications will continue examining enhancements to the SFSP that are intended to increase program participation and childhood food security during the summer months.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.fns.usda.gov/ora/menu/demoprojects/summerfood/announcement.htm
Grant Announcement Contact: Dawn Washington Grants Officer Phone 703-305-2450

see above [dawn.washington@fns.usda.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • USDA-FNS-CN-ART2-FY-2011; • Administrative Review and Training Grants (ART) Method I; • PEOPLES GARDEN SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM; • Direct Certification Grants FY 2010; • FY 2010 Administrative Review and Training (ART) Methold I; • FY 2005 Administrative Reviews and Training Grants; • FY 2006 Summer Food Service Rural Transportation Grants; • FY 2007 CN Direct Certification and Verification Program; • FY '07 Administrative Reviews and Training Program; • FY 2008 Direct Certification and Verification Program