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.
The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004(P.L. 108-265) amended Section 22 of the Richard B. Russell National SchoolLunch Act to establish a requirement that State agencies conduct...more
Posted On - 2018-11-28
The 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Public Law 115-141 March 23, 2018, authorized funding to be used for grants to States for the purpose of developing or improving current automated...more
Posted On - 2018-11-28
USDA is launching a fresh phaseof the Summer EBT demonstrations focusing on new projects that will testinnovative strategies for building and operating Summer EBT projectsefficiently, effectively,...more
Posted On - 2018-10-31
The purpose of this Request forApplications (RFA) is to competitively award ONE grant of up to $2 million provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) to allow allied...more
Posted On - 2018-10-26
Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) established a Farm to School program in order to assist eligible entities, (schools, school districts, agricultural producers,...more
Posted On - 2018-10-02
This Request for Proposals (RFP) announces the availability of funds to establish one or more new cooperative agreements for FYs 2019-2021 for the purposes of developing a training curriculum,...more
Posted On - 2018-09-26
This is an announcement of the availability of funds for one new cooperative agreement for FY 2018-2021 with a public or private academic research institution or other non-profit research...more
Posted On - 2018-05-15
Posted On - 2018-04-23
These funds will assist State agencies in providing training for CACFP operators on ways to plan and prepare nutritious foods that contribute to the wellness, growth, and development of children, and...more
Posted On - 2018-04-20
Social Entrepreneurship
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Calgary Social Enterprise Offers High-Tech Services by People with Autism
Meticulon, a project of Autism Calgary Association in partnership with the federal government and the Sinneave Family Foundation, operates as a social enterprise that renders high-tech services provided by people with autism, leveraging their natural abilities at requiring attention to detail, repetition, and sequencing.
