[Federal Register: August 3, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 147)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Notice of Funding Availability for the Healthy Urban Food
Enterprise Development Center Request for Applications for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2009
AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability.
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SUMMARY: The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service (CSREES) is announcing the release of the FY 2009 Healthy Urban
Food Enterprise Development Center (HUFED-Center) Request for
Applications (RFA) via Grants.gov.
DATES: The FY 2009 Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center
(HUFED-Center) RFA was posted to Grants.gov on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
and applications must be received via Grants.gov by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Wednesday, August 12, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Tuckermanty 202-205-0241
(phone), 202-401-6488 (fax), or etuckermanty@csrees.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
Section 4402 of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub.
L. 110-246) amended section 25 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
which requires that the Secretary of Agriculture provide a grant to a
nonprofit organization to establish and support a healthy urban food
enterprise development center. The purpose of the HUFED Center is to
increase access to healthy, affordable foods, including locally
produced agricultural products, to underserved communities. The HUFED
Center will provide training and technical assistance for healthy food
enterprises and award sub-grants to eligible entities for healthy food
enterprise development. The HUFED Center shall provide two main
functions: (1) Provide for training and technical assistance (T&TA) for
healthy food enterprises; and (2) implement a competitive sub-grant
program for healthy food enterprises.
The HUFED Center was created to respond to the need to redevelop a
food enterprise structure in the United States in order to make more
healthy, affordable food available in low-income areas, to improve
access for small and mid-sized agricultural producers, and to promote
the positive economic activities generated from attracting food
enterprises into underserved communities.
The estimated amount available for support of this program in FY
2009 is $900,000. The eligibility criteria for the project and
applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions
needed to apply for a HUFED Center award can be accessed through the
Grants.gov Web site at http://www.grants.gov.
Done at Washington, DC, this 28th day of July 2009.
Ralph A. Otto,
Associate Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service.
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