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    Mobile Payments Solution for SNAP Authorized Farmers

    USDA-FNS-SNAP-FY24-SFMMA

    Dawn Washington Grants Officer

    Opening date 2 Jul 2024, 12:00AM

    Closing date 15 Aug 2024, 12:00AM

    Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-FNS-SNAP-FY24-SFMMA

    Opportunity Category: Discretionary

    Expected Number of Awards: 1

    CFDA Number(s): 10.545 -- Farmers��� Market Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Support Grants

    Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

    Posted Date: Jul 02, 2024 12:00:00 AM EDT

    Closing Date: Aug 15, 2024 12:00:00 AM EDT

    Estimated Total Program Funding: 3000000

    Award Ceiling: $3000000

    Award Floor: $1

    Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

    Additional Information on Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status AND Accredited institutions of higher education. All applicant organizations must be domestic entities and shall be owned, operated, and located within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.

    Agency Name: Dawn Washington Grants Officer

    Description:

    The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers all USDA domestic nutrition assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP is the cornerstone of USDA’s nutrition assistance programs and is the largest program in the domestic hunger safety net. SNAP provides nutrition assistance benefits via an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card to millions of low-income people. These benefits help supplement household food budgets so recipients can purchase more healthy food.

    FNS is directly responsible for the authorization and oversight of retailers who accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. This is accomplished jointly by the Retailer Policy Division (RPD) within SNAP, and the Office of Retailer Operations and Compliance.

    Currently, approximately 260,000 retailers are authorized to accept SNAP. Thousands of direct marketing farmers and farmers’ markets (DMFs and FMs) apply for SNAP authorization each year. Since 2012, FNS has supported the participation of DMFs and FMs in their efforts to attract more SNAP customers. FNS has supported individual DMFs (and FMs on behalf of DMFs), which meet specific requirements, in procuring low- or no-cost wireless Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) point-of-sale (POS) devices through the SNAP EBT Equipment Program. FNS has also awarded grants to provide: a) an e-commerce platform that enables DMFs to accept SNAP benefits online (SNAP/Federal Nutrition Programs Participation Assistance for Farmers and Farmers’ Markets), and b) a SNAP Mobile Transaction Processing Application and card reader that enable a DMF to accept SNAP by using their own smartphone as a POS device (Mobile Application Cooperative Agreement, SNAP Farmers and Markets). 

    Grantor Contact Information: Dawn Addison Grants Officer

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