No Kid Hungry is pleased to release a new grant opportunity to
increase food security among children from birth – five years old.
Grant funding is available to support a variety of strategies to
increase access to nutritious food and support young kids and families in the
new operating environment created as a result of the coronavirus, including:
- Working with health care
providers and community organizations to promote awareness of and increase
participation in federal nutrition programs like WIC, SNAP and Medicaid
- Using vouchers, coupons, food
"farmacies," meal kits, "food prescriptions," boxes
and other means to offer healthy food supports to families by addressing
access and transportation challenges through delivery, pick-up or store
visits
- Innovative partnerships (like
with a local restaurant or early child care centers that are serving as
community food access points) that bring various community groups together
to address food security needs of young children and their families
- Healthy food access programs
built as a response to ideas developed from community engagement
- Supporting enrollment in SNAP,
WIC and Pandemic-EBT programs or other programs that support 0-5 year olds
Funding Information
Grants will be between
$15,000-$25,000.
Criteria
- Community organizations, early
child care centers, healthcare providers and others working to ensure
vulnerable young children have access to healthy food are encouraged to
apply for a grant.
- Applicants will be required to
provide the following information:
- Reporting and authorized
signature contact information
- Demographic information of
population served
- Detailed description of grant
funding program objectives
- Detailed budget of anticipated
use of funding
- Detail on how you incorporate
community voice into your organization
Post Date - 27-Nov-2020