Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Planning Grant

The summary for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Planning Grant grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Food and Nutrition Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Planning Grant: The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) plans to award grant funds to WIC State agencies to support WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) planning activities. This Request for Application (RFA) for EBT Planning Grants is open to all WIC State agencies that do not have an existing cooperative agreement with FNS for EBT planning. The award of funds under this RFA does not guarantee funding under future WIC EBT grant solicitations. THIS SOLICITATION IS CONTINGENT UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. IF FUNDS ARE NOT RECEIVED, THEN THE SOLICITATION WILL BE WITHDRAWN.The purpose of this RFA is for EBT Planning activities to address the specific needs of individual State agencies to facilitate eventual EBT project implementation. For projects receiving funding for FY 2011 planning projects, the EBT Cooperative Agreement end dates will be determined based on individual proposals and approved timelines.FNS anticipates awarding up to $5 million for EBT planning activities. The amount of funds awarded under this RFA depends on the number and quality of requests received. FNS reserves the right to award Cooperative Agreements under this announcement in a subsequent fiscal year without further application submission, subject to the availability of funds. Therefore, applications submitted under this request may also be used to fund EBT planning projects in FY 2012.

Federal Grant Title:	Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Planning Grant
Federal Agency Name:	Food and Nutrition Service
Grant Categories:	Food and Nutrition
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-FNS-WICEBTPLN-11
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	10.578
CFDA Descriptions:	WIC Grants To States (WGS)
Current Application Deadline:	Mar 11, 2011
Original Application Deadline:	Mar 11, 2011
Posted Date:	Dec 29, 2010
Creation Date:	Dec 29, 2010
Archive Date:	Apr 10, 2011
Total Program Funding:	$5,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$5,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$1
Expected Number of Awards:	5
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This competition is open to ALL WIC STATE AGENCIES.
Grant Announcement Contact: Gregory Walton Grants Officer Phone 703-305-1575

For additional information, please contact the Grants Officer via e-mail address above. [[email protected]]
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