Reaching Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP - FY 2009 Pilots

The summary for the Reaching Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP - FY 2009 Pilots 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.
Reaching Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP - FY 2009 Pilots: The Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. No. 111-8) provides funds for the USDA Food andNutrition Service (FNS) to test a wider range of approaches on a larger scale to identifysuccessful models for expanding access to SNAP1 among two key underserved populations eligible households with elderly members (persons who are age 60 years and older) and eligiblehouseholds with adult members who are working or are looking for work (working poorhouseholds). This project will build on the promise of prior research2 which demonstrated thefeasibility of increasing SNAP participation among the low-income elderly in a few small sites.
Federal Grant Title: Reaching Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP - FY 2009 Pilots
Federal Agency Name: Food and Nutrition Service
Grant Categories: Food and Nutrition
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-FNS-AE-09-01
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 10.551
CFDA Descriptions: Food Stamps
Current Application Deadline: Aug 04, 2009
Original Application Deadline: Aug 03, 2009
Posted Date: Jun 18, 2009
Creation Date: Jun 18, 2009
Archive Date: Sep 03, 2009
Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards: 6
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility
There is approximately $3.0 million in fiscal year (FY) 2009 funds available for State agencies to conduct pilots that test various models for increasing participation in SNAP by eligible working and elderly persons. The FY 2009 cooperative agreements will be awarded to State agencies responsible for administering SNAP.
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