Opportunity ID: 348880

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-FNS-OPS-SFWS-23
Funding Opportunity Title: FY23 School Foodservice Workforce
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Food and Nutrition
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 10.579 — Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: Jun 22, 2023
Last Updated Date: Jun 22, 2023
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 21, 2023
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 21, 2023
Archive Date: Sep 20, 2023
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
Award Ceiling: $1,500,000
Award Floor: $1,500,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This Request for Applications (RFA) is open to all accredited institutions of higher education (colleges/universities), nonprofit research entities and other nonprofit organizations with documented experience in public health research and communications. Nonprofit organizations must have documented 501(c)(3) status.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Food and Nutrition Service
Description:

This Request for Applications (RFA) announces the availability of funds for a cooperative agreement. This funding opportunity will support research projects to better understand and generate information related to the school foodservice workforce focused on dimensions such as worker satisfaction, workforce experience, and training and development. Relevant research activities may include, but are not limited to providing information on career pathways for the school foodservice workforce, including training and skill-building opportunities, promotion potential, and tenure/retention within individual employers and the industry as a whole; identifying skills used on the job by role, including analysis of transferability of skills to other industries; identifying level of worker satisfaction and describe workplace conditions (perception and objective measures); and examining how any of the above vary across roles, demographics, school/school food authority (SFA) characteristics, and geography. 

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Benjamin F Snyder

Grantor
Email:benjamin.snyder@usda.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
Jun 22, 2023

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-FNS-OPS-SFWS-23
Funding Opportunity Title: FY23 School Foodservice Workforce
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Food and Nutrition
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 10.579 — Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: Jun 22, 2023
Last Updated Date: Jun 22, 2023
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 21, 2023
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 21, 2023
Archive Date: Sep 20, 2023
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
Award Ceiling: $1,500,000
Award Floor: $1,500,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This Request for Applications (RFA) is open to all accredited institutions of higher education (colleges/universities), nonprofit research entities and other nonprofit organizations with documented experience in public health research and communications. Nonprofit organizations must have documented 501(c)(3) status.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Food and Nutrition Service
Description:

This Request for Applications (RFA) announces the availability of funds for a cooperative agreement. This funding opportunity will support research projects to better understand and generate information related to the school foodservice workforce focused on dimensions such as worker satisfaction, workforce experience, and training and development. Relevant research activities may include, but are not limited to providing information on career pathways for the school foodservice workforce, including training and skill-building opportunities, promotion potential, and tenure/retention within individual employers and the industry as a whole; identifying skills used on the job by role, including analysis of transferability of skills to other industries; identifying level of worker satisfaction and describe workplace conditions (perception and objective measures); and examining how any of the above vary across roles, demographics, school/school food authority (SFA) characteristics, and geography. 

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Benjamin F Snyder

Grantor
Email:benjamin.snyder@usda.gov

Folder 348880 Full Announcement-RFA PDF -> RFA CN Workforce FINAL.pdf

Folder 348880 Full Announcement-RFA Word -> RFA CN Workforce FINAL.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Benjamin F Snyder
Grantor
Email: benjamin.snyder@usda.gov
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
10.579 PKG00282281 Jun 22, 2023 Aug 21, 2023 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

348880 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf

348880 SF424A-1.0.pdf

348880 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf

348880 SF424B-1.1.pdf

Optional forms

348880 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf

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