FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michelle Golden
518-436-8757 x 114
Hunger
Solutions New York Announces Request For Proposals for the Nutrition Outreach
and Education Program
Albany,
New York—July 12, 2013—Hunger Solutions New York is soliciting proposals for
the Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP). Community Based Organizations will have the
opportunity to apply for a grant to provide free and confidential services that
connect hungry New Yorkers to nutrition assistance programs.
New
York State has long recognized that the use of federal nutrition assistance
programs is critical to addressing the problem of hunger and that many of these
programs are underutilized. As a result,
NOEP has operated in New York State since 1987. Through NOEP, 501(c)(3)
community-based organizations are funded to:
promote
the benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly
known as the Food Stamp Program) to the local community; provide outreach to eligible, non-participants of SNAP; assist
households through the SNAP application process; and help resolve barriers to
participation in SNAP. In addition,
NOEP projects promote awareness of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and
the School Breakfast Program (SBP).
To be eligible to
participate in the process, an agency must be a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt
organization incorporated for a purpose sufficiently broad enough to include
providing services or other assistance to economically or socially
disadvantaged persons.
A Letter of intent to submit a proposal in response
to this RFP should be e-mailed, to the attention of Paige Cerulli, and received
by Hunger Solutions New York no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, August 9,
2013.
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Hunger
Solutions New York is a statewide organization dedicated to alleviating hunger
for all New Yorkers. For more information visit www.HungerSolutionsNY.org.
To find a
local NOEP provider or to learn more about SNAP and other nutrition assistance
programs, visit www.FoodHelpNY.org.
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