FY 2007 CN Direct Certification and Verification Program

The summary for the FY 2007 CN Direct Certification and Verification Program 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 2007 CN Direct Certification and Verification Program: Subject to the availability of FY 2007 funding, the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, P.L. 108-265, authorizes approximately $5.2 million in discretionary funds. THe funding is to be used to assist States in implementing mandatory direct certification, optional direct verification and other procedures found in Sections 104 and 105 of the Act related to certification and verification of students eligibility to receive free and reduced price meal benefits in the school nutrition (SN) programs: the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Specifically the funds may be used for: . Implementing an information technology (IT) solution to conduct direct certification and/or verification of eligible students by matching student names in NSLP databases with corresponding names in the databases of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) for direct certification and the State Medicaid program for direct verification. . Implementing household applications to receive free or reduced price meal benefits or; . Implementing a system capable of issuing, capturing and verifying electronic application and electronic signature data. PLEASE SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PROGRAM.