FY15 Rural Child Poverty Center

Post Date

September 22nd 2014

Application Due Date

December 1st 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

USDA-FNS-POS-RCPNC-2015

CFDA Number(s)

10.549

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Food and Nutrition

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible Entities include governmental or non-governmental entities: This Request for Application (RFA) is open to all Accredited Colleges/Universities, and Private or Public Research Institutions. The are requirements for the selected recipient of the Cooperative Agreement, not any potential sub-grantees.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2500000

• Award Range:

  $1000000 - $2500000

Grant Description

This RFA announces the availability of funds for one new cooperative agreement for FY 2015-2019 with a public or private Academic or Research Institution. In this funding cycle, the USDA anticipates awarding up to $2,500,000 in grant funding to support singular or modular (collaboration among multiple entities) efforts to improve nutrition program coordination in States with the highest number of persistently poor rural counties.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Agriculture

• Office:

  Food and Nutrition Service

• Agency Contact:

  Dawn Addison
  Grants Officer

• Agency Mailing Address:

  dawn.addison@fns.usda.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  dawn.addison@fns.usda.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.fns.usda.gov/usda-rural-child-poverty-nutrition-center-cooperative-agreement