The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program

Purpose:
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) grant program presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems to foster understanding of how they might improve the health and nutrition status of participating households 1) receiving incentives through the purchase of fruits and vegetables, 2) prescribed fresh fruits and vegetables in addition to nutrition educational opportunities and 3) offer incentive program training and technical assistance to applicants and grantees, facilitating growth in states with low participation, and collecting and aggregating core data sets from eligible entities through a central system to capture program success and identify best practices and areas to improve on a broad scale. National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for GusNIP to support and evaluate projects intended to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by low-income consumers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by providing incentives at the point of purchase through nutrition incentive grants; and to demonstrate and evaluate the improvement of dietary health through increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, reduced individual and household food insecurity, and reduced healthcare usage and associated costs through produce prescription grants. 
Receipt Date: March 16, 2021
Total Awards: $500,000
Eligibility: View grant opportunity for full list of eligibility requirements.
Link: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330460