Assistance program
Child Nutrition-Technology Innovation Grant
$191.2 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Food and Nutrition Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 10.541
- What it does
- The purpose of the Child Nutrition Non-Competitive Technology Innovation Grants (nTIG) is to allow State agencies that administer the Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs) to apply for grant funding for the purposes of developing, improving, and maintaining automated information technology systems used to operate and manage Child Nutrition (CN) Programs (i.e., National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)). The FY 2024 Summer EBT Technology Grants are awarded non-competitively through an equitable allocation to all Summer EBT coordinating agencies, Summer EBT agencies that implemented Summer-EBT in Summer 2024 and plan to continue the program in Summer 2025 as well as those who plan to newly implement in Summer 2025.
- Who benefits
- State agencies (and the local organizations that have agreements with the State agencies) administering the Child Nutrition Programs benefit from funded technology solutions.
- Who applies
- Grants are only available to State agencies administering the Child Nutrition Programs. The grants must relate to technology solutions for planning, implementation, or maintenance and enhancements.
- Authorized by
- December 18, 2015
- March 23, 2018
- Public Law 116-94
- Public Law 116-260
- Public Law 117-103
- Public Law 117-328
- Public Law 118-122
- 42 U.S.C. § 1751 et seq.
- 42 U.S.C. § 1771 et seq.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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