CFDA#
10.580
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
A - Primarily intended to fund technology
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Authority
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
Summary
The purpose of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Process and Technology Improvement Grants (PTIGs) is to support efforts by State agencies and their community-based and faith-based partners to develop and implement projects that use technology to improve the quality and efficiency of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) application and eligibility determination systems.
Objective Areas -Application proposals must include at least one of the three objectives identified below. Proposals may contain more than one objective.
- Modernize SNAP customer service and client communication to improve efficiency, transparency, and accuracy in application processing and eligibility determinations.
- Improve administrative infrastructure and day-to-day SNAP operations in processing applications and determining eligibility
- Invest in technology and systems to coordinate application and eligibility determination processes, including verification practices, between SNAP and other Federal, State, and local assistance programs.
Bonus Points
Applications may receive up to nine total bonus points based on the following criteria:
- Up to three bonus points may be awarded to proposals that are particularly data driven;
- Up to three bonus points may be awarded to proposals that have never received a PTIG;
- Up to three bonus points may be awarded to proposals that approach solutions from a human-centered design (HCD) perspective.
History of Funding
FY2020 PTIG Award summaries are available to be viewed: https://www.fns.usda.gov/grant/fy-2020-snap-process-and-technology-improvement-grants
FY2023 PTIG Award summaries are available to be viewed: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fy-2023-ptig-award-summaries
FY2024 Awardees can be viewed here: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ptig/fy24awards
Additional Information
Allowable Costs
· Funds from this RFA are for new projects only. New projects may be an enhancement upon an existing PTIG project but must contain new project activities and outcomes.
· Equipment and Supplies: Expenditures for equipment (i.e., items of personal property having a useful life of more than one year and a cost of $10,000 or more) are allowable expenses with prior approval by FNS. FNS reserves the right to approve/disapprove these expenditures based on needs as expressed by the proposed project. Supplies do not require a separate specific prior approval outside of the budget/proposal approval process.
· If the activities funded under this grant are part of a larger eligibility system project with total projected costs exceeding $6 million, the applicant must submit, and FNS must approve, an Advance Planning Document (APD) prior to the expenditure of these grant funds. Guidance on the APD process is available at www.fns.usda.gov/apd/.
· PTIG-funded projects may benefit other governmental programs; however, grant funds must only support SNAP's share of the project costs and must be properly allocated.
Funding Restrictions
· PTIG funds cannot fund the ongoing cost of carrying out an existing project.
- · Applicants may not budget more than 25% of grant funds towards SNAP outreach activities. PTIGs cannot fund the drafting or printing of informational materials, pure application assistance, screening/pre-qualifying applicants, or other similar activities.
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants are:
- The 53 State agencies that administer SNAP:
- State or local governments;
- Agencies providing health or welfare services;
- Public health or educational entities; and
- Private nonprofit entities such as community-based or faith-based organizations, food banks, or other emergency feeding organizations.
Any entity that received a Process and Technology Improvement Grant award in either of the last two fiscal years (FY 2022 or FY 2023) is ineligible to apply this fiscal year (FY 2024). This restriction only applies to the lead entity on the award (i.e., the recipient whose name appears in block 9 of the awarded project's FNS-529) and not to partner organizations or government agencies on a particular project.
Deadline Details
Applications were to be submitted by August 6, 2025. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
Award Details
FNS intends to award up to $5 million in SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grants once each fiscal year. Grantees are allowed to use the grant funds for the duration of the three-year project period. FNS anticipates awarding between12 Process and Technology Improvement Grants. Maximum awards are $2,000,000 and minimum awards are $20,000. Anticipated period of performance: September 2025 through September 2028.
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