Deadline: 4-Jun-21
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is soliciting applications for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021.
The principal objectives of the McGovern-Dole Program are to carry out:
- Preschool and school food for education programs in foreign countries to improve food security, reduce the incidence of hunger, and improve literacy and primary education, particularly with respect to girls; and,
- Maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children who are five years of age or younger.
The program provides for the procurement of U.S. agricultural commodities, local and regional agricultural commodities, as well as financial and technical assistance, to support McGovern-Dole objectives.
By providing school meals, teacher training, government capacity-building, and related education and nutrition support, McGovern-Dole helps boost school enrollment, increase attendance, and improve reading outcomes and literacy results. McGovern-Dole also provides support to Maternal and Child Nutrition (MCN).
To improve health, nutrition, and dietary practices, McGovern-Dole encourages the inclusion of health- and nutrition-sensitive activities such as the use of micronutrient-fortified products, take-home rations, treatments for deworming, and diarrhea, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), school gardens, and curriculum-based nutrition education.
FAS prioritizes sustainability in efforts to reduce poverty and food insecurity in fragile economies on their path to becoming self-sufficient. FAS is focusing on the most urgent challenges, helping communities develop sustainable sources of food supplies while building resilience in their food sourcing practices.
Federal Award Information
- Available Funding – Up to $250,000,000;
- Estimated number of Awards: 10
- Estimated Funding per Award: $10 million – $25 million
- All projects in this announcement will be funded subject to availability of appropriated funding.
- Period of Performance: Approximately 36 to 60 months
- Projected Period of Performance Start Date(s): 10/01/2021
- Projected Period of Performance End Date(s): 09/30/2024 – 09/30/2026
Eligibility Criteria
In accordance with the McGovern-Dole authorizing legislation, the following entities are eligible Applicants:
- Private Voluntary Organizations; (the definition of a private voluntary organization mentioned on official website)
- Cooperatives;
- Intergovernmental Organizations;
- Governments of developing countries and their agencies; and
- Other organizations.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332567