SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grants (PTIG)

 
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    CFDA#

    10.580     		 

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    A - Primarily intended to fund technology

    Authority

    Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

    Summary

    Process and Technology Improvement Grants support efforts by State agencies and their community-based and faith-based partners to develop and implement projects that focus on improving the quality and efficiency of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) operations and processes. 


    Fiscal Year 2024 Key Objectives Application proposals must include at least one of the following three objectives identified below. Proposals may contain more than one objective.

    Modernize SNAP customer service and client communication to improve accessibility, transparency, and responsiveness in processing applications and determining eligibility.

    Improve administrative infrastructure and day-to-day SNAP operations in processing applications and determining eligibility.

    Invest in technology and systems to encourage cross collaboration and cross enrollment between SNAP and other Federal, State, and local assistance programs.

    In addition, proposals must identify how one or more of the following SNAP processes will be improved as a result of the proposed project: 

    • Timeliness

    • Program integrity

    • Program access, especially for underserved populations

    • Application screening, especially for underserved populations

    • Verification 

    • Administrative cost and burden

    • Interview

    • Recertification

    • Client reporting

    • Application intake

    • Notices

    • Error rates 


     

    History of Funding

    FY2020 PTIG Award summaries are available to be viewed: https://www.fns.usda.gov/grant/fy-2020-snap-process-and-technology-improvement-grants

    FY2023 PTIG Award summaries are available to be viewed: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fy-2023-ptig-award-summaries

    Additional Information

    SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grants do not support projects that devote more than 25 percent of the requested grant funds to outreach activities, such as informational materials, pure application assistance, screening/pre-qualifying applicants, or whose purpose is to attract SNAP applicants. Further, funds are explicitly for new projects and shall not be used for the ongoing cost of carrying out an existing project.


    Allowable Uses of Funds

    • Funds from this RFA are for new projects.
    • Equipment and Supplies: Expenditures for both equipment (i.e., items of personal property having a useful life of more than one year and a cost of $5,000 or more) and supplies are allowable expenses.
    • If the activities funded under this grant are part of a larger eligibility system project with total projected costs exceeding $6 million, an Advance Planning Document (APD) must be submitted and approved prior to the expenditure of these grant funds. Guidance on the APD process is available at www.fns.usda.gov/apd/.
    • Process and Technology Improvement Grant funded projects may benefit other governmental programs; however, grant funds must only support SNAP's share of the project costs and therefore be properly allocated. 


    Unallowable Costs

    • Process and Technology Improvement Grant funds cannot fund the ongoing cost of carrying out an existing project.
    • Applicants may not budget more than 25% of grant funds towards SNAP outreach activities. Process and Technology Improvement Grants cannot fund the drafting or printing of informational materials, pure application assistance, screening/pre-qualifying applicants, or other similar activities.

    Contacts

    Kimberly Shields

    Kimberly Shields
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC 20250-1550
    (202) 720-2791

    Jeewon Chang

    Jeewon Chang
    U.S. Department of Agriculture, FNS

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  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants are:

    • The 53 State agencies that administer SNAP:
    • State or local governments;
    • Agencies providing health or welfare services;
    • Public health or educational entities; and
    • Private nonprofit entities such as community-based or faith-based organizations, food banks, or other emergency feeding organizations.


    Any entity that received a Process and Technology Improvement Grant award in either of the last two fiscal years (FY 2022 or FY 2023) is ineligible to apply this fiscal year (FY 2024). This restriction only applies to the lead entity on the award (i.e., the recipient whose name appears in block 9 of the awarded project's FNS-529) and not to partner organizations or government agencies on a particular project.

    Deadline Details

    Applications were to be submitted by June 18, 2024. A similar deadline is anticipated annually. 

    Award Details

    Up to $5,000,000 is available in FY 2024 for 12 awards. Individual awards will range from $20,000 to $2,000,000. Cost sharing/matching is not required. 


    Grant funds must be obligated and all activities under the grant must be completed by end of the project period, Sept. 1, 2024 through Sept. 30, 2027.

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