The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (the “Department”) invites eligible applicants to apply for funding through the SNAP-Ed Community Growers Grant Program.
Donor Name: New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (the “Department”) administers SNAP-Ed Grants with funding from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA). OTDA receives the funding through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).
The Department’s Community Growers Grant supports garden-based nutrition education and food production in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligible communities as a beneficial activity that leads to the economical production and consumption of healthy and fresh food. Community-led growing spaces are collaborative projects on shared open space that produce healthy and affordable fresh fruits and vegetables for local community consumption.
The SNAP-Ed Community Growers Grant program supports urban farming and nutrition education. The program provides direct assistance to community-led gardens and not-for-profit farms that work to combat food insecurity in under-resourced areas and help food insecure communities develop an interest and skillset to grow and cook healthy, locally produced food. This initiative recently expanded to serve nutritionally underserved communities across all of New York State.
Funding Information
A total of $1,000,000 is available for this grant program. A maximum of $50,000 is available per award. Minimum grant amount of $20,000. Awards will be made to eligible, qualifying projects, in order of receipt of complete applications, until funding is exhausted.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects must provide nutrition education while establishing and/or expanding food producing gardens and not-for-profit farms serving SNAP-eligible communities.
- Project site must be located in New York State.
- ALL Community Growers projects should serve SNAP-eligible communities. SNAP-eligible communities are defined as:
- Locations where at least 50% of the population is SNAP-eligible. If you are in a region that does not meet the 50%, please make the case and illustrate how your program will serve low-income and SNAP-eligible individuals and households.
- Priority sites” including senior centers, Naturally Occurring Retiring Communities, settlement houses, low-income schools where more than 50% of children are on free and reduced-price lunch, WIC clinics, community health centers, etc. Location of services must be in areas or at site locations where SNAP-eligible clients frequent.
- Funded projects MUST supply the community they serve with direct education on nutrition. Direct education is an evidence-based, behaviorfocused nutrition education and physical activity intervention conducted at the individual and interpersonal levels with an intensity and duration that supports behavior change and allows for active engagement in-person or through interactive media.
- This must include distribution of USDA-approved nutrition materials.
- Additional activities may include conducting healthy cooking demonstrations, creating and distributing recipes, social media campaigns and activities, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations and local governments supporting garden-based nutrition education programming and food production in SNAP-eligible communities.
- Community-led groups can work with a fiscal sponsor to apply.
For more information, visit Department of AGM.
