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GusNIP
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The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) allows the Secretary to provide funding opportunities to conduct and evaluate projects providing incentives to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by low-income consumers. By bringing together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems, GusNIP grants help foster understanding to improve the health and nutrition status of participating households, facilitate growth in states with low participation, as well as collect and aggregate data to identify and improve best practices on a broad scale. OVERVIEW: The 2018 Farm Bill authorized the program for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and growth in program funding from $45 million to $56 million to be appropriated over 5 years. Across the GusNIP grant program there are three grant types and three project types available, which are described briefly below: GRANT TYPES: Nutrition Incentive – develop and evaluate projects 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, Produce Prescription – conduct projects that demonstrate and evaluate the impact of financial or non-financial incentive prescriptions of fresh fruits and vegetables in addition to nutrition educational opportunities to increase procurement and consumption of fruits and vegetables, reduce individual and household food insecurity, and reduce healthcare usage and associated costs, and; Cooperative Agreement - offer training, technical assistance, evaluation, and informational support services to the nutrition incentive projects, produce prescription projects and to the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program as a whole.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
For FY 2016: NIFA reviewed 77 proposals; and 27 projects were awarded for performance periods of up to four (4) years. Total awards were $16.8 million.
The success rate was 35%.
NIFA panel reviewed 77 proposals; and 27 projects were awarded for performance periods of up to four (4) years.
Total awards were $16,776,000.
The success rate was 35%.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:
NIFA panel reviewed 85 applications and 32 projects were awarded for performance periods of up to four (4) years.
Total awards were $16,758,000.
The success rate was 38%.
The Funding for GusNIP FY 2018 (formerly known as FINI) was $21,015,000 with a total of 24 awards, and 61 proposals submitted.
The Funding rate was 39%.
The FY 2019 Funding for totaled $41,400,000 and a total of 70 projects were submitted. The funding rate is 30%.
FY23 PPR: 11 awards made; 99 applications received;
FY23 NI: 19 awards made; 32 total applications
FY24 PPR: 11 awards made; 171 applications received;
FY24 NI: 14 awards made; 47 total applications
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
