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FY2024 Farm to School Grants

ID: USDA-FNS-F2S-2024 • Type: Posted

Description

The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and help connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for school meals. Grants can launch new farm to school programs or expand existing efforts. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Farm to School Grant awards projects of 24 months in length for funding up to $500,000. Applicants are required to provide matching support of at least 25 percent of the total project budget in the form of cash or in-kind contributions. The RFA offers three tracks - Implementation, State Agency, and Turnkey - to support a variety of projects and implementation stages. Eligible applicants may include schools and other institutions that operate Child Nutrition Programs, Indian Tribal Organizations, agricultural producers or groups of agricultural producers, nonprofit entities, and State and local agencies.

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Overview

Agency
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) [USDA]
Category of Funding
Food and Nutrition
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
10.575 - Farm to School Grant Program
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
Grants.gov
On 10/11/23 Food and Nutrition Service posted grant opportunity USDA-FNS-F2S-2024 for FY2024 Farm to School Grants with funding of $12.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 10.575 Farm to School Grant Program. It is expected that 100 total grants will be made worth between $1 and $500,000.

Timing

Posted Date
Oct. 11, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Jan. 12, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EST Past Due
Last Updated
Dec. 18, 2023, 5:45 p.m. EST
Version
3
Archive Date
Feb. 11, 2024

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
City or township governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
County governments
State governments
Independent school districts
Additional Info
The following are generally eligible entities, which are described in more detail in the Request for Applications. Please see each track’s eligibility section for track-specific eligibility:• Eligible schools, including nonprofit private and charter schools, which operate the NSLP and/or SBP;• Eligible child care institutions, including non-school based institutions that have an agreement with the State agency to operate CACFP;• Eligible summer sponsors, including non-school based institutions that have an agreement with the State agency to operate SFSP;• State agencies;• Local agencies;• Indian Tribal Organizations;• Agricultural producers or groups of agricultural producers; and• Non-profit entities. Entity type must be clearly indicated and unambiguous in all application materials. If USDA cannot determine the applicant to be an eligible entity based on information contained within the application, the applicant will be deemed ineligible and removed from competition without further consideration.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$500,000
Floor
$1
Estimated Program Funding
$12,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
100

Contacts

Contact
Gregory R Walton Grants Officer
Contact Email
anna.arrowsmith@usda.gov   Profile
Email Description
Grants Officer e-mail address
Contact Phone
(703) 305-1575
Additional Information
Farm to School Grant Program Website
Additional Information Site
https://www.fns.usda.gov/f2s/farm-school-grant-program

Documents

Posted documents for USDA-FNS-F2S-2024

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