The application period is open for the second of two rounds of grants through The Emergency Food Assistance Program that supplements the diets of low-income Americans. | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=518568410305163&set=pb.100064560259181.-2207520000.&type=3
The application period is open for the second of two rounds of grants through The Emergency Food Assistance Program that supplements the diets of low-income Americans.
Administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, the grants help state agencies and emergency food providers serve people facing “poverty and inequality” in remote, rural, Tribal and low-income areas, a Dec. 5, 2022, news release said. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funded both rounds of grants that totaled $100 million. The second round of grants are for more than $60 million.
“State agencies and emergency food providers such as food banks, soup kitchens and food pantries are vital partners in USDA’s efforts to promote food and nutrition security,” Stacy Dean, deputy under secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, said in the release. “We’re already seeing early signs that the first round of the TEFAP Reach and Resiliency grants are working to make this system even stronger and get emergency food assistance to more people who need it.”
The application period is open for the second of two rounds of grants through The Emergency Food Assistance Program that supplements the diets of low-income Americans.
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The round two application period is open through March 6, the release reported. Grant information is available online. Applications for the grant opportunity can be made at Grants.gov.
By utilizing mobile food pantries on Tribal grounds, enhancing cultural competency to better serve different populations and purchasing equipment to carry food to remote regions, states that receive TEFAP Reach and Resiliency Grants will be able to expand the program's reach, the release said.
