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WIC
Special Project Grants
Fiscal Year
2009
The funding amount
for the 2009 WIC Special Project Grants
has increased. FNS initially expected to
set aside $500,000 for funding of
Special Project Grants. Currently FNS
plans to set aside up to $2 million for
the funding of WIC special projects
conducted by WIC State agencies. FNS
anticipates making up to five (5) Full
Grant ranging from $200,000 to $400,000
each. Up to five (5) concept papers of
$20,000 each will be awarded to State
agencies. The actual number of concept
paper and full grant awards will depend
on the quality of the application(s),
the availability of funds. Background
FNS awards WIC Special Project Grants to be used for
"special State projects of regional or national significance to
improve the services of the program." In order to meet the statutory
objectives, Special Projects need to address issues of critical and timely
importance to the WIC program. Furthermore, it is important that projects
do not operate in isolation and that the results of the projects are
widely disseminated to other State Agencies.
Full Grants
FY 2009 WIC Special Project Full
Grants are open for consideration from
all WIC related program areas and may
cover the general WIC population or
specific segments of the WIC population.
The grants will be awarded as
cooperative agreements. Extensive
dissemination of the results of
successful projects is expected so that
other State agencies will have the
opportunity to replicate projects and/or
learn from the results. The most
appropriate grant proposals will be
those that: (1) can be replicated in a
variety of WIC settings (without changes
or with minor changes for the purpose of
regional preferences and cultural
needs); (2) include a clear
implementation plan and appropriate
procedures for assessing and describing
the "lessons learned" during
implementation; and (3) have a rigorous
evaluation component. Proposals
developed from funding under the FY 2008
WIC Special Project Grant Concept Paper
awards automatically meet the focus area
criterion for submission.
Concept Paper Grants
In addition to the full grant awards
for FY 2009, concept paper funding, also
begun in FY 1999, will continue to be
available in FY 2009. Concept paper
funding for FY 2009 will be used to
develop a concept paper into a full
grant proposal for the FY 2010
solicitation cycle. Concept paper
development grants for FY 2009 are to
focus on Native Americans who are
participants in WIC through Indian
Tribal Organizations (ITOs) or
geographic WIC State Agencies. Concept
papers will be accepted for
consideration on all WIC related program
areas as they relate to Native Americans
currently participating in WIC or
potentially eligible to apply for and
receive WIC benefits.
Timeline
Critical dates for the FY 2009 WIC Special Project Grants
are as follows:
| February
27, 2009 |
Intent-to-Submit
Form for Full Grants due to FNS
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| March
5, 2009 |
Intent-to-Submit
Form for Concept Paper Development Grants due to FNS
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| April
13, 2009 |
Applications for full grant
and concept paper grants due to FNS
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| September 30,
2009 |
Funds available to awardees |
FY 2009 WIC Special Project Grant
Application Package
Application For Federal
Assistance Forms:
Certification Forms:
WIC Special Project Grant
Evaluation Resources
The following guides are provided to assist WIC State
Agencies in developing the evaluation component of their proposals:
WIC
Special Project Grants Evaluation Technical Assistance Guide: This
guide was developed by KRA corporation in 1996 to assist WIC develop
evaluation plans for their WIC Special Project Grant applications. The
guide was designed to supplement the WIC Evaluation Resource Guide.
WIC
Evaluation Resource Guide: This guide was developed by FNS staff in
1991 and is a more general WIC evaluation guide.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
Veronica Ferrell, Grants Management Division, via email at veronica.ferrell@fns.usda.gov.
Last modified:
11/30/2011
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