FY 2022 SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grants
Purpose
The Process and Technology Improvement Grant (PTIG) program supports efforts by state agencies and their community-based and faith-based partners to develop and implement projects that used technology to improve the quality and efficiency of SNAP operations and process. The FY 2022 Request for Applications (RFA) is available on Grants.gov.
Please visit the PTIG webpage for more information on the program.
Critical Dates for FY 2022 Process and Technology Improvement Grants (PTIG)
| April 26, 2022 | Request for applications (RFA) posted on Grants.gov |
| May 3, 2022, 3pm EST | Click here to view the webinar #1 recording and PowerPoint (General RFA webinar) |
| May 5, 2022, 2pm EST | Click here to view the webinar #2 recording and PowerPoint (RFA webinar with focus for first-time applicants. Please note that the slides and content were the same as in the General RFA webinar. This webinar was targeted at first-time applicants to best address attendee questions.) |
| June 27, 2022 | Applications due to Grants.gov |
| September 2022 | PTIGs awarded |
Who May Apply
- The 53 state agencies that administer the 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.
An eligible entity that received a Process and Technology Improvement Grant award last fiscal year (FY 2021) is ineligible to apply this fiscal year (FY 2022). This 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.
Funding and Duration
Contingent on the availability of funds, FNS plans to award up to $5 million in SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grants once each fiscal year. FNS awards these grants through a competitive process. Grantees are allowed to use the grant funds for the duration of the three-year project period. FNS anticipates awarding between 6 and 11 Process and Technology Improvement Grants.
FNS reminds applicants that the submission of a proposal does not guarantee funding. Funding for approved grants will be provided through the Grant Award/Letter of Credit process, in the same manner as other funds, upon receipt of a properly executed Grant Agreement and subject to the availability of funding. All SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grant funds must be obligated and all activities under the Grant must be completed by end of the project period, Sept. 30, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2025.
If the activities funded under this grant are part of a larger eligibility system project with total projected costs exceeding $6 million, an Advance Planning Document (APD) must be submitted and approved prior to the expenditure of these grant funds.
If the proposed project funded with this grant benefits other programs in addition to SNAP, then the costs must be allocated appropriately between all of the benefiting programs. This grant funding can only be used for SNAP’s share of the costs.