Food and Nutrition Service Grants
The Food and Nutrition Service works to end hunger and obesity through the administration of 15 federal nutrition assistance programs including WIC, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and school meals.In partnership with State and Tribal governments, FNS programs serve one in four Americans during the course of a year.
This project requires the Grantee to develop a proposal to create a competitive opportunity to implement and evaluate the Breastfeeding Campaign in no more than eight WIC State Agencies, which must...more
Posted On - 2019-06-24
This RFA intends to select one academic or non-profit organization to establish a USDA “WIC Special Project Innovation Grant” or WSPI. The role of WSPI will be to award sub-grants to...more
Posted On - 2019-06-20
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), is a Federal nutrition assistance program that serves low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women,...more
Posted On - 2019-05-30
The goal for this project is to develop and deliver a pilot nutrition paraprofessional training project for FDPIR staff working at local program sites. The training tools and resources developed...more
Posted On - 2019-05-08
Posted On - 2019-04-11
The purpose of this Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Team Nutrition Training Grant is to support States in the implementation and evaluation of an enhanced version of the Institute of Child Nutrition's...more
Posted On - 2019-03-05
The purpose of this Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Team Nutrition Training Grant for Innovative State Training Programs is to support the expansion of State-developed training programs that are designed to...more
Posted On - 2019-03-05
Since 2008, FNS awards funding for nutrition education projects through Food DistributionProgram Nutrition Education (FDPNE) grants each fiscal year. Indian Tribal Organizations(ITOs) and State...more
Posted On - 2019-03-01
The purpose of the SNAP Fraud Framework Implementation Grant Program is to support State agency efforts to improve and expand recipient fraud prevention, detection and investigation efforts using...more
Posted On - 2019-02-15
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