Mobile Application Cooperative Agreement, SNAP Farmers and Markets

Agency: Food and Nutrition Service

10.545 -- Farmers�� Market Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Support Grants

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to enable SNAP-authorized DMFs (direct marketing farmers and FMs (farmer's markets), as necessary) to determine, at no or little cost to them, whether adding SNAP to their business model has a positive cost-benefit value, and to provide SNAP recipients with greater access to DMFs operating at physical FM locations and via other direct marketing avenues (e.g., roadside stands, pick-your-own). The cooperator will use resources from this cooperative agreement to assist DMFs and FMs in becoming SNAP authorized and support the processing of transactions by these DMFs and FMs through outreach, technical assistance, and a secure SNAP Mobile Transaction Processing Application (The App).

This cooperative agreement opportunity is not intended to support the development of an untested mobile application for SNAP. However, the grantee may collaborate or coordinate with The App provider to develop additional functionality for The App that would enable the processing of transactions for other Federal nutrition assistance programs.

FNS announces, through this Request for Applications (RFA), the availability of a maximum of $4 million to be used over a three (3) year period for a new award as a cooperative agreement. Only non-profit organizations and institutes of higher education are eligible to participate in this competition.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Education

Private institutions of higher education
Public and state institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Additional information

Eligible entities include: Nonprofit entities, which are any organization or institution with Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-designated 501(c)(3) status and accredited institutions of higher education, i.e., Eligible Educational Institutes via a list maintained by the IRS. All applicant organizations must be domestic entities and shall be owned, operated, and located within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands. Each eligible applicant may only submit one (1) application in response to this grant solicitation. Suspended or debarred organizations are ineligible to submit applications in response to this grant solicitation.

Grantor contact information

Description

Jeewon Chang Grantor

Email

Jeewon Chang

jeewon.chang@usda.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
RFA_SNAP_Moblie_APP_FM_Cooperative_Agreement.pdf	Request for Applications (RFA)	Jul 6, 2023 11:09 AM UTC
FNS-906.pdf	FNS-906 Grant Program Accounting System and Financial Capability Questionnaire	Jul 5, 2023 05:40 PM UTC

Link to additional information

FNS SNAP Website

Archived: October 5, 2023

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$4,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$4,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

USDA-FNS-SNAP-SFMMA-2023

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Food and nutrition

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

July 6, 2023

Archive date:

October 5, 2023