USDA Grants to Help End Hunger in America

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service is accepting applications for its Hunger-Free Communities grant competition. There are two models of grants with separate pots of funding.
1) Assessment and planning grants ($1M); applicants will assess the level of hunger and food insecurity in their community and develop a plan to become hunger-free.
2) Implementation grants ($4M) are for communities that already have a plan to end hunger and need resources for program implementation.
Deadline: September 1, 2010.

Find information, the Request for Application (RFA), a Prospective Applicants webinar Recording, and Frequently Asked Questions at the USDA site.
The USDA will fund up to 80% of an awardee’s grant project; projects must be completed within 2 years. These are collaborative grants, and applicants are required to partner with one or more organizations in their communities. Applicants are also required to partner with Food Policy Councils or their functional equivalent at the local level or include the creation of a Food Policy Council as part of their application should one not serve their community.