Child Nutrition-Technology Innovation Grant

 

To allow State agencies that administer the Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs) to apply for grant funding to implement innovative technology solutions that will improve program accountability, data accuracy, program performance measurement, and the capacity to identify and target error-prone areas (locations or program functions) within and across the CNPs at the State and Local Educational Agency (LEA) or Sponsor Organization (SO) levels.

Active 10.541 Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture B - Project Grants Not applicable. December 18, 2015, Title Consolidated Appropriations Act, Public Law 114-113
March 23, 2018, Title 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Public Law 115-141
Public Law 116-94
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 Grants are only available to State agencies administering the Child Nutrition Programs. The grants must relate to technology solutions for planning and implementation. State agencies (and the local organizations that have agreements with the State agencies) administering the Child Nutrition Programs benefit from funded technology solutions. Register in Grants.gov, complete pre-application assessment questions and submit a RFA package Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. In order to submit an application via grants.gov, applicants must have registered in both the new SAM and grants.gov. Following an initial screening process to ensure all submissions are complete, FNS assembles a peer panel group to review and determine the technical merits of each application. Panel evaluates proposals based on how well they address the required application components. Panel recommends applications for consideration to selecting officials. October 27, 2016 to January 25, 2017 for the FY 2017 CNTI grants. The application dates for upcoming grants have not yet been announced. Request for Application Release Date: October 27, 2016 Application Submission Due Date: January 25, 2017 Grant Award Date Approximately: April 25, 2017 [note: grants were actually awarded 8/31/17] Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 60 to 90 days. Not applicable. Not applicable. Grantees will be recommended on a non-competitive basis, based on an objective review of their proposals according to the technical evaluation criteria outlined in the RFA. To encourage State agencies that administer the CNPs to bridge gaps in automation by proposing innovative technology solutions that improve program accountability and efficiencies at both the State and local levels, thereby reducing duplication of effort, reducing errors, and increasing visibility of program operations for monitoring purposes. Performance Reports: The recipient will be responsible for managing and monitoring the progress of the grant project activities and performance. Also 2 CFR Part 400: USDA's implementing regulation of 2 CFR Part 200 "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards" o 2 CFR Part 415: USDA "General Program Administrative Regulations" o 2 CFR Part 416: USDA "General Program Administrative Regulations for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments" Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. All grant funds must be obligated and all program activities under the grant (other than activities relating to the close out of the grant) must be completed by the end of the award period. The close-out of the grant must occur no later than 90 days following the termination date of the agreement, and all obligations incurred under the grant must be liquidated by this date. Any funds that are not liquidated within 90 days following the end of the award period must be returned to FNS. In addition, the final progress reports are due to FNS no later than 90 days following the end of the award period. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Melissa Rothstein
Food and Nutrition Service, 1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314 US
Melissa.Rothstein@usda.gov
Phone: 7033464484 https://www.grants.gov/search-grants.html?cfda=10.541 12-3539-0-1-605 (Project Grants) FY 22$25,000,000.00; FY 23 est $25,000,000.00; FY 24 est $25,000,000.00; FY 21$25,000,000.00; FY 19$12,765,347.00; FY 20 est $0.00; FY 18$0.00; FY 17$6,711,245.00; FY 16$0.00; - CN Technology Innovation Grant Only one grant application will be accepted from a SA in response to this solicitation. CN TIG Planning Grant: 0-$100,000 CN TIG Implementation Grant: 0-$2,000,000 For FY 2021: Fifty (50) non-competitive grants were awarded with a range of $181,629 -$2,936,064. The average grant amount was $1,000,003. The FY21 nTIG grants were the most recently awarded. FNS plans to award FY22 & FY23 funds during FY24. None. Fiscal Year 2017 Brief summaries of FY 2017 grant awardees are located at https://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/fy-2017-technology-innovation-grant-summaries