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Announcing 2022 GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program and Produce Prescription Program RFAs

Holly H. McPeak Holly H. McPeak
  1. GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program

The GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems to foster understanding of how they might improve the health and nutrition status of participating households.  NIFA requests applications for the GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program to support and evaluate projects intended to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by providing incentives at the point of purchase among income eligible consumers participating in the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands, in addition to income-eligible consumers participating in the USDA Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.

Download the RFA

https://nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/gusnip-nutrition-incentive-program

Proposal Due Date

Thursday, June 30, 2022

ESTIMATED TOTAL PROGRAM FUNDING

$33,982,780

RELEVANT LINKS

Nutrition Incentive RFA Resources

GusNIP FAQs

  1. GusNIP Produce Prescription Program

The primary goal and objective of the GusNIP Produce Prescription Program is to demonstrate and evaluate the impact of projects on (1) the improvement of dietary health through increased consumption of fruits and vegetables; (2) the reduction of individual and household food insecurity; and (3) the reduction in healthcare use and associated costs.

Download the RFA

https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/gus-schumacher-nutrition-incentive-program-produce-prescription

CLOSING DATE

Thursday, June 30, 2022

ESTIMATED TOTAL PROGRAM FUNDING

$4,900,000

RELEVANT LINKS

Produce Prescription RFA Resources

GusNIP FAQs



For more information:

Mallory M. Koenings, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers)

National Program Leader

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture

Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition

6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, MO 64133

Cell: (202) 604-1985

e-mail:  mallory.koenings@usda.gov



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