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California Fruit & Vegetable EBT Pilot Project

Grantor:
Department of Social Services
Departmental Grant ID:
20201026001EBT
Portal ID:
3995
Status:
Closed (3 total applications submitted)
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
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Details

Purpose:

Develop a supplemental benefits mechanism within the EBT system that allows an authorized retailer to deliver and redeem supplemental benefits. 

Description:

The goal of the pilot project is to develop and refine a scalable model for increasing the purchase and consumption of California-grown fresh fruits and vegetables by delivering supplemental benefits to CalFresh recipients in a way that can be easily adopted by authorized retailers of various types, sizes, and locations in the future.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Nonprofit
  • Public Agency

Please refer to the RFA.

Important Dates

Application deadline The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantor.
Expected award announcement The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
January 13, 2020
Period of performance The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
January 1, 2023

Funding Details

Total estimated available funding The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$7,200,000
Expected number of awards A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
3
Estimated amount per award Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
$600,000
Letter of Intent Required? Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
Yes ( see Description for details )
Requires Matched Funding? Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
Funding Source: The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State
Funding Method: The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advances & Reimbursement(s)

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
John Morton, 1-916-654-2125, CDSSEBT@dss.ca.gov

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