Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FAS 0700 10608 22 S
The FY 2022 McGovern-Dole Standing Supplemental NOFO is a discretionary U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) funding opportunity that supports the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program (CFDA 10.608). At its core, the McGovern-Dole program is designed to feed school children and strengthen literacy and education outcomes in low-income, food-deficit countries, with a strong emphasis on improving opportunities for girls. The program does this by providing donations of U.S. agricultural commodities along with financial and technical assistance to help implement school feeding, literacy, and health and nutrition activities under cooperative agreements with USDA-FAS. A key structural requirement of the program is the inclusion of a graduation strategy, meaning projects are expected to plan for a responsible transition and long-term sustainability beyond U.S. support, consistent with the underlying legislation.
The program’s objectives cover two main tracks. First, it supports preschool and primary school food-for-education interventions intended to improve food security, reduce hunger, and boost literacy and primary education, particularly for girls. These activities typically recognize that school meals and related education support can increase enrollment, improve attendance, and enhance learning by reducing short-term hunger and easing household food burdens. Second, the program also targets maternal, infant, and child nutrition for vulnerable groups, specifically pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children age five and under. This objective reflects the program’s broader focus on nutrition during critical growth periods, when adequate dietary intake can affect health, cognitive development, and readiness for school.
This specific NOFO is a “standing supplemental” opportunity, meaning it is not primarily aimed at launching entirely new projects. Instead, it is focused on providing additional freight, commodity, and/or administrative funds to organizations that already have active McGovern-Dole cooperative agreements. The funding priority is essentially to stabilize and protect ongoing program delivery when unforeseen conditions create budget gaps or operational disruptions. Examples highlighted in the notice include shortfalls caused by natural disasters, COVID-19 related complications, unexpectedly high commodity and freight rates, political instability that delays implementation milestones, pipeline breaks that interrupt school feeding services, or losses of commodities. In practical terms, the supplemental awards are meant to prevent interruptions in feeding and associated education and nutrition services by covering increased costs or replacing resources that were lost or delayed.
From the funding details provided, the opportunity number is USDA FAS 0700 10608 22 S, with cooperative agreements as the funding instrument type and an agriculture activity focus. The opportunity was created on February 7, 2022, and had an original closing date of August 1, 2022. The award ceiling is listed at $3,000,000, and USDA anticipated making about 15 awards. Eligibility is broadly listed as “Others,” with the note that applicants should consult the additional eligibility guidance in the full notice; however, the emphasis on supplementing “active McGovern-Dole cooperative agreements” indicates that the primary intended applicants are current program awardees seeking incremental support to address documented shortfalls within existing, approved projects.Apply for USDA FAS 0700 10608 22 S
- The Department of Agriculture, McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2022 McGovern-Dole Standing Supplemental NOFO" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.608.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 07, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 01, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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