The Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Johnson County Commissioners to create a grant opportunity that will distribute $98,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to address food insecurity and the need for personal care items in Johnson County.
Donor Name: Johnson County Community Foundation
State: Indiana
County: Johnson County (IN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/09/2022
Details:
The Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) is honored to be assisting the County Commissioners and the ARPA Committee in helping to distribute food and personal care items in Johnson County.
A person is food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life. This may be due to unavailability of food and/or lack of resources to obtain food. Personal care items are defined as consumer products used for personal hygiene.
The opportunity is open to organizations providing food pantry service, defined as those operations that provide food items and personal care items for distribution at a fixed location. These organizations may also provide delivery of food and personal care items. The grant opportunity does not include organizations that provide prepared meals for consumption on site or via delivery.
Criteria
Other criteria for consideration are:
- Must be located in Johnson County, Indiana and serve residents of Johnson County.
- Must be a registered 501(c)(3) or equivalent.
- Must be able to certify that it is not debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in Federal assistance programs or activities.
- Must be able to provide all information requested in the Application including information about the number of households served by the applicant organization’s food pantry program.
- Must be able to certify that no funds provided pursuant to the Grant Funding Program will be used to advance inherently religious activity and that the provision of food pantry service by the applicant organization will not be conditioned on participation in any inherently religious activity.
- Documentation of expenditures is required.
- Funds must be spent by March 2024.
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