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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Programs: NonCompetitive Technology Innovation
Grant Funding
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
This Notice announces the
availability of non-competitive
technology innovation grant funding,
which will be distributed on a formula
basis beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2021
among all eligible State agencies
administering the Child Nutrition (CN)
Programs and requests comment on this
non-competitive approach. This noncompetitive grant opportunity replaces
the competitive CN Technology
Innovation Grants (TIG) previously
administered by FNS in FYs 2017 and
2019.
DATES: This non-competitive technology
innovation grant funding is anticipated
to be announced in late Spring 2021,
and distributed to State agencies by late
Summer 2021. Written comments must
be received on or before June 21, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
comments concerning this notice may
be sent to: J. Kevin Maskornick, Program
Monitoring and Operational Support
Division, Child Nutrition Programs,
Food and Nutrition Service, United
States Department of Agriculture, 1320
Braddock Place, Suite 401, Alexandria,
Virginia 22314, 703–305–2537 or
kevin.maskornick@usda.gov with
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subject line ‘‘CNP Non-Competitive TIG
Funding.’’ Comments may also be sent
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for
submitting comments electronically.
The noncompetitive technology innovation grant
funding was authorized by the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
(Pub. L. 116–94) and Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116–
260). Eligible State agencies accepting
the non-competitive technology
innovation grant funding will be
required to submit to FNS, via
www.grants.gov, a brief application,
including streamlined project and
budget narratives, describing the State
agency’s intended use of the funding.
State agencies will have three (3) years
to expend the awarded funds and be
required to submit bi-annual progress
reports and quarterly financial reports to
FNS. Final progress and financial status
reports will be due 120 days after the
termination date of the project. The
public is invited to provide comment on
the proposed use of the non-competitive
grant funding approach described in
this FR Notice.
In each FYs 2020 and 2021, FNS
received $25 million in State funding
for the purpose of developing,
improving, and maintaining automated
information technology systems used to
operate and manage all CN Programs
(i.e., the National School Lunch
Program, School Breakfast Program,
Summer Food Service Program, and
Child and Adult Care Food Program). In
FY 2021, 54 States and territories (69
State agencies) are administering the CN
Programs and therefore eligible to
receive this funding. Funding will be
offered by FNS to all eligible States and
territories in an equal distribution based
on total available funds for FYs 2020
and 2021 (i.e., $50 million). In FY 2021,
each State will be offered approximately
$925,926 for the purposes described
above; amounts available in future fiscal
years will be subject to the availability
of funds and formula adjustments as
determined appropriate by FNS. In
States where more than one (1) eligible
agency administers the CN Programs,
the funding will be divided
proportionally among those agencies
based on the same distribution
percentages used in the State
Administrative Expense funding
formula, as described in Section 7 of the
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Child Nutrition Act and per Title 7, Part
235 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Programs: Non-Competitive Technology Innovation
Grant Funding
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of non-competitive
technology innovation grant funding, which will be distributed on a
formula basis beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2021 among all eligible
State agencies administering the Child Nutrition (CN) Programs and
requests comment on this non-competitive approach. This non-competitive
grant opportunity replaces the competitive CN Technology Innovation
Grants (TIG) previously administered by FNS in FYs 2017 and 2019.
DATES: This non-competitive technology innovation grant funding is
anticipated to be announced in late Spring 2021, and distributed to
State agencies by late Summer 2021. Written comments must be received
on or before June 21, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
comments concerning this notice may be sent to: J. Kevin Maskornick,
Program Monitoring and Operational Support Division, Child Nutrition
Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of
Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, Suite 401, Alexandria, Virginia
22314, 703-305-2537 or [email protected] with subject line
``CNP Non-Competitive TIG Funding.'' Comments may also be sent through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The non-competitive technology innovation
grant funding was authorized by the Further Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116-94) and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
(Pub. L. 116-260). Eligible State agencies accepting the non-
competitive technology innovation grant funding will be required to
submit to FNS, via www.grants.gov, a brief application, including
streamlined project and budget narratives, describing the State
agency's intended use of the funding. State agencies will have three
(3) years to expend the awarded funds and be required to submit bi-
annual progress reports and quarterly financial reports to FNS. Final
progress and financial status reports will be due 120 days after the
termination date of the project. The public is invited to provide
comment on the proposed use of the non-competitive grant funding
approach described in this FR Notice.
In each FYs 2020 and 2021, FNS received $25 million in State
funding for the purpose of developing, improving, and maintaining
automated information technology systems used to operate and manage all
CN Programs (i.e., the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast
Program, Summer Food Service Program, and Child and Adult Care Food
Program). In FY 2021, 54 States and territories (69 State agencies) are
administering the CN Programs and therefore eligible to receive this
funding. Funding will be offered by FNS to all eligible States and
territories in an equal distribution based on total available funds for
FYs 2020 and 2021 (i.e., $50 million). In FY 2021, each State will be
offered approximately $925,926 for the purposes described above;
amounts available in future fiscal years will be subject to the
availability of funds and formula adjustments as determined appropriate
by FNS. In States where more than one (1) eligible agency administers
the CN Programs, the funding will be divided proportionally among those
agencies based on the same distribution percentages used in the State
Administrative Expense funding formula, as described in Section 7 of
the Child Nutrition Act and per Title 7, Part 235 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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