# SNAP-Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/usda-fns-snap-hfmi-fy2022-snap-healthy-fluid-milk-incentives-hfmi/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/342558

> Food and Nutrition Service offered grants of up to $3.0 million (at least $1.0 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 3 awards worth $3.0 million in total. Applications closed on September 2, 2022.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | USDA-FNS-SNAP-HFMI-FY2022 |
| Agency | Food and Nutrition Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | September 2, 2022 |
| Award ceiling | $3.0 million |
| Award floor | $1.0 million |
| Expected awards | 3 |
| Total funding | $3.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.551 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible entities include governmental or 501(c) nonprofit entities. A government entity is a State, local, territory, or tribal agency. nonprofit entity is any organization or institution with IRS 501(c) status or accredited institutions of higher education, where no part of the net earnings benefit any private shareholder or individual. All applicant organizations must be domestic entities and shall be owned, operated, and located within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands. All applicants must demonstrate in their application that they are a domestic entity and either a government agency or a 501(c) non-profit organization. Each eligible applicant may only submit one application in response to this grant solicitation. Suspended or debarred organizations are ineligible to apply.

## 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 4208 of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, P.L. 115-334, (“Farm Bill”) authorizes USDA, on a competitive basis, to enter cooperative agreements with governmental entities or nonprofit organizations to carry out Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI) projects. The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, P.L. 117-103, provides $3,000,000 for HFMI for fiscal year (FY) 2022. FNS announces, through this Request for Applications, the availability of a maximum of $3,000,000 in total grant funding to award as many as 3 cooperative agreements. Eligible entities who can submit applications include government agencies (State, local, territory, or tribal agencies) and non-profit organizations. This solicitation is contingent upon the availability of funds and FNS reserves the right to make more than one award, and to use this solicitation and competition to award additional grants in this or the subsequent fiscal year should funding become available. In 2020, FNS awarded the first pilot HFMI grant to develop and test methods to increase the purchase and consumption of healthy fluid milk at Lowe’s Supermarkets in West Texas. In 2021, FNS awarded a second grant to continue and expand the project goals and objectives at Wakefern grocery stores in New Jersey and one Jubilee grocery store in West Texas. The 2022 HFMI will continue developing and testing methods to increase the purchase and consumption of qualifying fluid milk by SNAP households by providing them an incentive at the point of purchase at authorized retailer locations in additional regions.

## Questions people ask

### Is USDA-FNS-SNAP-HFMI-FY2022 still open?

No. It closed on September 2, 2022.

### Who can apply for SNAP-Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI)?

Food and Nutrition Service accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for SNAP-Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI)?

Closed September 2, 2022. 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 $3.0 million each. About $3.0 million in total across about 3 awards.