Upcoming Grant Opportunity
Share Our Strength and HealthBegins are launching the second cohort of grant funding for the Medicaid Food Security Partners Program. Share Our Strength will be funding four state-based organizations or coalitions to pursue the creation or implementation of state Medicaid regulatory or administrative changes that promote promising food and nutrition security policy initiative(s), with a special focus on strategies that promote SNAP and WIC enrollment among children and families. Grantees will receive $75,000 for an 18-month period as well as full cohort learning opportunities and individualized technical assistance. Preference will be given to candidates with the necessary relationships, strategy, and positioning to reasonably achieve success.
- Submit your application here.
- To view a Word document of full RFP (Request for Proposals): Download here
- We recommend you download and use this Word document to draft your responses, then copy them into the application form.
RFP Timeline
- RFP Release – 1/6/2025
- Informational Webinar – Register Here – the webinar will be recorded and published on our website 1/9/25
- Proposal Submission Deadline – 2/14/2025
- Review Period – 2/17/2025-3/14/2025
- Award Notifications – 3/17/2025
- Grant Start – 5/1/2025
- Grant End – 12/1/2026
The grantee organizations for 2024-2025 are:
- Federation of Virginia Food Banks
- Food Bank Council of Michigan
- Voices for Georgia’s Children
- Oklahoma Policy Institute