FY 2006 Summer Food Service Rural Transportation Grants

The summary for the FY 2006 Summer Food Service Rural Transportation Grants 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.

FY 2006 Summer Food Service Rural Transportation Grants: 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.