# SNAP EHIP 2023

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/usda-fns-snap-ehip-fy-2023-snap-ehip-2023/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/345448

> Food and Nutrition Service offered grants of up to $25.0 million (at least $5.0 million) to state and local governments. It expected to make about 3 awards worth $25.0 million in total. Applications closed on April 17, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | USDA-FNS-SNAP-EHIP-FY-2023 |
| Agency | Food and Nutrition Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 17, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $25.0 million |
| Award floor | $5.0 million |
| Expected awards | 3 |
| Total funding | $25.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.561 |

## Who can apply

- State governments

**Eligible entities include the 53 State agencies who administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). State agencies in the process of EBT system re-procurement are eligible as long as the State agency can ensure the project can operate within the given timeline stated in the RFA. State agencies in the process of converting their EBT processer and that have finished building out the requirements at the time of applying will not be considered eligible applicants. Each eligible applicant may only submit one application in response to this grant solicitation.

## What the grant funds

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), authorized under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, is the cornerstone of the Nation’s nutrition assistance safety net. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) certifies low-income Americans to participate in the program and authorizes and monitors retailers to accept SNAP benefits for eligible food products. Currently, around 40 million low-income Americans receive SNAP benefits, and more than 250,000 retailers are authorized to accept SNAP benefits. Section 1001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, (“ARPA”) authorized USDA $4,000,000,000 for Food Supply Chain and Agriculture Pandemic Response, including the ability to provide grants and other assistance to maintain and improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency. The Department authorized $25,000,000, on a competitive basis, to enter into cooperative agreements with State agencies to carry out Electronic Healthy Incentive Projects (eHIP) under USDA’s Framework to Transform the Food System. FNS announces, through this Request for Applications, the availability of a maximum of $25,000,000 in total grant funding to award as many as three cooperative agreement grants. Eligible entities are the 53 State Agencies who administer SNAP benefits. This award is contingent upon the availability of funds. Awards are contingent upon funds having been apportioned internally and made available to FNS. FNS reserves the right to make more than one award, and to use this competition to award additional grants in this or the subsequent fiscal year should additional funding become available. In 2012, FNS tested a way of making fruits and vegetables more affordable for participants in SNAP through the Healthy Incentives Pilot (HIP). Under HIP, SNAP participants received 30 cents for every SNAP dollar spent on qualifying fruits and vegetables at participating SNAP-authorized firms. The pilot’s incentive model integrated incentive delivery and redemption through the State’s Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) processor, which loaded the incentive directly onto the household’s EBT card (i.e., EBT integration). The final HIP evaluation presented positive findings on the impacts of financial incentives for fruit and vegetable consumption and as a result, FNS has witnessed a significant increase in healthy foods incentives offered to SNAP households.

## Questions people ask

### Is USDA-FNS-SNAP-EHIP-FY-2023 still open?

No. It closed on April 17, 2023.

### Who can apply for SNAP EHIP 2023?

Food and Nutrition Service accepted applications from state and local governments. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for SNAP EHIP 2023?

Closed April 17, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $25.0 million each. About $25.0 million in total across about 3 awards.

### Who has won State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Department of Social Services California, New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance, Health & Human Svc Commn TX. The program made 1,878 awards worth $30 billion in that time.