FOA-Food
Safety Outreach Competitive Grants Program (USDA-NIFA-FSMA-
008138); April 1, 2021
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Description
The
Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP) will complement and expand the national
infrastructure of the National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension,
Outreach, and Technical Assistance Competitive Grants Program. The Food
Safety Outreach Program will focus on delivery of customized training to members
of the target audiences.
In
FY20, FSOP will maintain and continue to grow the training, education, outreach
and coordination across FSOP by soliciting new Community Outreach Projects and
Collaborative Education and Training Projects. This request for Applications
(RFA) will solicit proposals for two project types:
·
Community
Outreach Projects will
support the development of new food safety education and outreach programs in
local communities (previously known as Pilot Projects) and expand upon existing
food safety education and outreach programs that address the needs of small,
specialized audiences whose education needs have not previously been adequately
addressed. Projects will focus on building the capacity of local groups to
identify very specific needs within their communities, and to implement
appropriately customized food safety education and outreach programs to meet
those specific needs.
·
Collaborative
Education and Training Projects will
support the development of multi-county, state-wide or multi-state programs.
For example, these projects will support collaborations among states not
necessarily located within the same regions, but having common food safety
concerns, or addressing common commodities. Potential applicants must have an
established track record of working with target audiences, and must be capable
of developing and modifying food safety training curricula to meet new FSMA
rules for a variety of agricultural production and processing
systems.
·
Regional
Center Projects
will maintain the infrastructure of the program by coordinating across their
region and expand upon the implementation of FSMA-related training, education,
and Technical Assistance to the intended audience. Education and training for a
cadre of regional FSMA trainers must be developed, with a focus on an
implementation plan for extending technical assistance to the targeted
audiences of farmers, processors and vendors in the respective regions.
Regional Centers are expected to continue to provide trainings for both growers
and processors.
Announcement
Number:
USDA-NIFA-FSMA-
008138
Closing
Date:
April
1, 2021
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=331020
Contact
Information
Jodi
P. Williams
(202)
692 0132