Closed · USDA-FNS-OPS-FY23-EQUITY · CFDA 10.579 · Discretionary

Equitable Access in Child Nutrition Programs

Federal grant opportunity posted by Food and Nutrition Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$2M
Award range
Closed
Status
September 12, 2022
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Equitable Access in Child Nutrition Programs is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Nutrition Service that offered $1 -- $2,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 232 other opportunities from Food and Nutrition Service.

$1-$2M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
10.579
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Equitable Access in Child Nutrition Programs is closed (last close September 12, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Food and Nutrition Service still indexes 232 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 12, 2022

Posted Jul 8 Closes Sep 12

Est. Total Funding

$2,000,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This Request for Applications (RFA) announces the availability of funds for a cooperative agreement. Funding will be provided to the selected Grantee for fiscal year (FY) 2023 through FY 2026 to a public or private academic or research institution. The USDA anticipates awarding up to $2,000,000 in funding. The majority of these funds shall be awarded by the Grantee as sub-grants through a competitive process to public or private academic, not-for-profit, or State or Local government organizations for the purpose of conducting research activities that support identification of barriers to equitable access in CN programs as well as strategies to help overcome these barriers.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Equitable Access in Child Nutrition Programs bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Food and Nutrition (FN). Only 7 other Food and Nutrition Service listings share this exact eligibility-code string (3% of 233).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Jean Bingham Grants Officer

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What to do next

Equitable Access in Child Nutrition Programs is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants