Subrecipient FAQs

The Map to Healthy Living search functions allow anyone to search for programming by organization, region, or intervention. To begin your search:

• Select: 1 What to Look For, on the right of the screen
• Select: Snap-Ed Programs
• Select the search category you’d like to explore. For a specific intervention you would select Intervention, then select the intervention you are interested in.
• Select: 3 Go

The map will then generate a list of all the locations using that intervention. Program lead contact information is listed there.

At minimum, include key SNAP-Ed staff: Local Program Lead, PSE Lead, and Finance Lead in your organization. If your proposed program includes a Lead Nutrition educator, they should be included as well.

The LOIs are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline on Monday, March 20 at 4:30 p.m. EST. Feedback will be provided within three (3) working days of your LOI submission.

The LOI should provide a snapshot of anticipated programming, including high level information about the communities you will serve.

All LOI components from the provided template must be on your organization letterhead. You will submit one file for the LOI.

Much of the information captured in the Anticipated Programming Form aligns with content included in a program summary, which is developed after notification of provisional funding and is included with your contract.

There is no save button; however, the form will ‘remember’ your progress as long as you use the same computer browser and do not clear your cookies. You do not have to keep the browser open.

You want to include all of your PSE strategies.

Include any assessments/tools/approaches you plan to newly complete as well as existing assessments/tools/approaches you will reference for information.

Include all core direct education interventions regardless of whether they are offered on a limited basis (e.g., small number of series or only to a specific population).

In your response, lift up any policies/procedures your organization has about equitable pay.

SNAP-Ed U is the annual compliance training that typically does not have a registration cost. You should build in travel costs for SNAP-Ed U into your proposed budget. Hotel rooms are master billed to Michigan Fitness Foundation with no cost to you.

Typically, the third (3rd) or fourth (4th) week in August. Official dates will be communicated soon.

Yes, the cost is $150 per person delivering lessons. There will be additional guidance on print permissions, etc.

There is guidance in the budget instructions related to Choices and what costs to plan for.

Build your budget to align with the programming you are proposing. This includes staff time and effort, supplies, etc. You should also consider efficiency with administrative costs.

No. DE and PSE should work in tandem, but you do not need to have both approaches at all the same sites. For example, if you are providing DE in a school, you can advance PSE in places where families access food.

The program you are proposing needs to align with community need. The split between DE and PSE (you should be doing both) should reflect the programming selected to address community needs.

Yes, this is publicly available data that MFF packaged for specific use for the RFP process.

When you get the questions, have a conversation about who makes the most sense to be a part of your community team.

There is not a specific type of community partner that needs to participate in the conversation. Questions will be provided in advance. When you get the questions, have a conversation about who makes the most sense to be a part of your community conversation team.

We block certain days and time windows and offer you and your community teams options.

Yes, the information session will be recorded. The recording will be posted on the technical assistance tab within 48 hours of the live session.

For proposal purposes, include sites that are currently eligible and that you want to deliver programming in FY 2024. If funded, all sites will need to be confirmed as eligible before programming begins.

See the response below under General Questions, “My organization is currently funded by SNAP-Ed at MFF in FY23. Which funding option (to be a subrecipient or a community impact project in FY24) should I consider?”

No, contracting staff whose work or deliverables you will oversee, such as Nutrition Educators, is allowable; however, outsourcing or subcontracting to entities or individuals to administer and/or manage a part or the entirety of your SNAP-Ed program is not permitted.

Federal regulations outline criteria to delineate between subrecipient grantees and service providers as contractors. All currently funded organizations in FY23 (subrecipient and community impact project) and new organizations that meet the eligibility criteria to be a subrecipient and can demonstrate capacity to independently design, deliver, and monitor a federal grant, like SNAP-Ed, need to submit to be a subrecipient in FY24. Furthermore, a currently funded organization’s record of program performance and grant compliance will be considered; those with a successful record need to pursue being a subrecipient in FY24.

If you are unsure whether your organization should submit a proposal package to be a subrecipient in FY24, we recommend you submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the RFP. When MFF reviews your LOI, we will look to ensure you meet adequate standards to be a subrecipient and provide feedback on whether you should continue with the RFP process or consider other potential funding opportunities.

If you plan to apply as a Community Impact Project in FY24, the Request for Application process will open April 24, 2023.

Questions about the FY 2024 RFP must come in through the FAQs or in the technical assistance session to be answered and posted so that everyone can benefit from the information. While there is not an opportunity to talk to MFF staff about proposed programming details before submitting a proposal package, keep in mind that what you anticipate and include in a proposal can evolve over time. If funded, there will be opportunity for conversations with an MFF Program Manager to finalize your programming for the upcoming year.

Currently, funding is for one program year.

No, there is no word or page limit; however, we encourage you to be thoughtful and intentional about what and how much information is included to clearly describe your programming.