FY 2010 WIC BF Peer Counseling Curriculum Update and Training

The summary for the FY 2010 WIC BF Peer Counseling Curriculum Update and Training 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 2010 WIC BF Peer Counseling Curriculum Update and Training
	CFDA Number:	10.557
	CFDA Description:	Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
	Federal Agency Name:	Food and Nutrition Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-FNS-WICBF-10
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jun 18, 2010
	Creation Date:	Jun 18, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 20, 2010 APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5 pm (EDT) on August 20, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 20, 2010 APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5 pm (EDT) on August 20, 2010
	Archive Date:	Sep 19, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$350,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$350,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility

Only non-profit organizations and Educational Institutions currently involved in the provision of breastfeeding education, training, or curriculum development and WIC State agencies are eligible to apply. FNS will not consider applications from entities that do not fit these eligibility criteria

Grant Description

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will fund a competitive cooperative agreement award of up to $350,000 in Fiscal Year 2010 to a qualified applicant to: (1) update two existing FNS breastfeeding peer counseling training curricula and (2) coordinate and conduct trainings, based on each of the updated curricula, in a, train-the-trainer format for WIC State agency staff in each of the seven FNS geographic regions. The existing FNS curricula to be updated;Using Loving Support to Manage Peer Counseling Programs for training WIC program managers and also; Loving Support Through Peer Counselor for training peer counselors can be found at: http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Learning_Center/support_peer.html.

Link to Full Grant Announcement

http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/breastfeeding/peercounselingrfa.htm

Grant Announcement Contact

Carla Garcia Grant Officer
Grant Officer [carla.garcia@fns.usda.gov]

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