FY 2006 Summer Food Service Rural Transportation Grants

The summary for the FY 2006 Summer Food Service Rural Transportation Grants Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	FY 2006 Summer Food Service Rural Transportation Grants
	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-CNSP-06
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Feb 03, 2005
	Creation Date:	Feb 03, 2005
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 15, 2005 The completed application package must be received at Food and Nutrition Service Headquarters, Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 738, Alexandria, Virginia 223021594 on or before June 15, 2005. Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on this date. Applications may be personally delivered until this time, or mailed sufficiently in advance of the deadline to ensure timely receipt. If you opt to mail your application, we strongly suggest using a mail delivery service that guarantees delivery and allows you to track delivery to FNS. FNS will not accept applications sent by data fax or email (no electronic submissions). Late applications, and additions or revisions to an application after it is received will not be considered.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jul 15, 2005
	Expected Number of Awards:	5
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: The entities eligible to receive grants under this competition are the State agencies (called State agencies throughout this Request for Application) that held Federal agreements on October 1, 2004 to administer the SFSP. Grant awards are contingent upon grantees holding a valid Federal agreement on October 1, 2005, and throughout the grant period, to receive grant assistance. Although this competition is limited to State agencies, grant funds will pass through State agencies to eligible service institutions to increase participation at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation in rural areas. Although previous participation is not a requirement for eligible service institutions, they must commit to participate in the SFSP as Program sponsors during the grant period to be eligible for sub-grants through a recipient State agency. These service institutions include: public and private nonprofit school food authorities; public and private nonprofit day camps; units of local, municipal, county or State government; and private, nonprofit organizations.
Grant Description: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free, nutritious meals and snacks to children in low-income areas, during long school vacations, when they do not have access to school lunch or breakfast. Although 16 million children depend on free and reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), only three million of these children receive meals during the summer months through the NSLP and SFSP. The Food and Nutrition Service, USDA (FNS) is committed to improving access to the SFSP for children in needy areas. Participation is especially critical in rural areas, where the lack of transportation resources can be a significant obstacle that prevents the participation of organizations that could make nutritious SFSP meals available as part of constructive activities for children. Section 116(d) of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 authorizes FNS to provide grants in the SFSP for innovative approaches for overcoming limited transportation resources in rural areas. In accordance with Chapter 7 Part 225 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the definition of rural used in this Request for Applications (RFA) means: (a) any area in a county which is not a part of a Metropolitan Statistical Area or (b) any ``pocket'' within a Metropolitan Statistical Area which, at the option of the State agency and with FNS concurrence, is determined to be geographically isolated from urban areas.Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis through a maximum of five eligible State agencies that administer the SFSP, to not more than 60 eligible service institutions, to increase participation at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation in rural areas.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, P.L. 108-265, authorizes the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to award grants in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for innovative
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Summer/states/ruralgrants.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Rodgers, Lynn, Grants Management Specialist, Phone 703-305-2760, Fax 703-605-0363, Email lynn.rodgers@fns.usda.gov lynn.rodgers@fns.usda.gov Rodgers, Lynn
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