Closed · USDA-FNS-F2S-TECH-COOP-24 · CFDA 10.531 · Discretionary
Farm To School Technical Assistance-Cooperative Agreement
Federal grant opportunity posted by Food and Nutrition Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $500K-$1M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- October 10, 2023
- Close date
- 9
- Expected awards
The verdict
Farm To School Technical Assistance-Cooperative Agreement is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Nutrition Service that offered $500,000 -- $1,000,000 across 9 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $500K-$1M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 9
- expected awards
- 10.531
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Farm To School Technical Assistance-Cooperative Agreement - is cataloged under number USDA-FNS-F2S-TECH-COOP-24 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 10.531, posted by Food and Nutrition Service. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on July 27, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $500,000 -- $1,000,000. The agency has projected $3.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 9 awards. If the agency funds the expected 9 awards from the $3.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $333,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on October 10, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$500,000 -- $1,000,000
Close Date
October 10, 2023
Posted
July 27, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$3,000,000
Expected Awards
9
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The purpose of the Farm to School Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement described in this request for applications (RFA) is to support nonprofit entities and Indian Tribal Organizations to implement national- and/or regional-level farm to school activities. Awardees under this cooperative agreement will undertake projects supporting USDA’s priorities of Food System Transformation, Improving Child Health through Nutritious School Meals, and Indigenous Food Sovereignty. There are three funding tracks available, corresponding with each USDA priority. Applicants to the Supporting Community Engagement track (aligned with USDA’s priority of Improving Child Health through Nutritious School Meals) will propose projects that expand farm to school institutes. The Supporting Producer Engagement track aligns with USDA’s Food Systems Transformation priority and will fund projects that strengthen producer engagement with the Child Nutrition Programs market. Finally, the Supporting Tribal Engagement track will fund an entity to conduct Tribal dialogues with the purpose of supporting FNS’s farm to school grantmaking and technical assistance for Tribal entities, in alignment with USDA’s Indigenous Food Sovereignty priority. Available funding ranges from $500,000 to $1 million depending on the applicant’s choice of track. Eligible applicants are national and/or regional level nonprofit entities and Indian Tribal Organizations with a history of meaningful engagement with the target audience for this cooperative agreement
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 07, 12. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Jean Bingham Grants Officer
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