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    Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP)SharePrint Friendly Email Twitter Facebook
    
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                              GusNIP – Training, Technical, Assistance, Evaluation, and Information CentersThe Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) brings together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems. The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program competitive grant programs are authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7517, for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 with mandatory growth in annual funding from $45 million to $56 million to be appropriated over 5 years.

  The 2018 Farm Bill allows the Secretary to provide funding opportunities to conduct and evaluate projects providing incentives to income-eligible consumers to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables and prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables. By bringing together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems, GusNIP projects help foster understanding to improve the health and nutrition status of participating households, facilitate growth in underrepresented communities and geographies, as well as collect and aggregate data to identify and improve best practices on a broad scale.GusNIP builds on the foundation of the Healthy Incentive Pilot (HIP) and the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentives (FINI) grant program.  Since it was established in 2019, GusNIP has provided over $270M in funding to 197 projects throughout the U.S.GusNIP is one of NIFA’s key grant portfolios prioritizing nutrition security.  USDA’s four pillar approach to nutrition security includes Pillar 1: Meaningful Support, Pillar 2: Healthy Food, Pillar 3: Collaborative Action, and Pillar 4: Equitable Systems.  GusNIP contributes to all four pillars.  USDA’s nutrition security efforts contribute to the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health through Integrating Nutrition and Health.

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  Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program - Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP-NI)
  
  The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems to foster understanding of how they might improve the health and nutrition status of participating households.
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  Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program - Produce Prescription (GusNIP-PPR)
  
  The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) - Produce Prescription Program supports projects that demonstrate and evaluate the impact of fresh fruit and vegetable prescriptions to increase procurement and consumption of fruits and vegetables, reduce individual and household
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  The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program – National Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Centers Program (GusNIP-NTAE)
  
  The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems to foster understanding of how they might improve the health and nutrition status of participating households.
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          ResourcesGusNIP Listening SessionGusNIP RFA WebinarsGusNIP FAQsCore Metrics for Nutrition Incentive ProjectsCore Metrics for Produce Prescription ProjectsNTAE Technical Assistance ResourcesNTAE Reporting and Evaluation ResourcesFood and Nutrition Service SNAP State Directory of ResourcesNutrition Security Team PageNutrition Security Webinar PageUSDA Nutrition Security PageUSDA Meaningful SupportUSDA Healthy FoodUSDA Collaborative ActionUSDA Equitable SystemsNational Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and HealthNewsUSDA Invests More Than $59M to Improve Dietary Health and Nutrition SecurityUSDA Invests Nearly $8M to Improve Dietary Health and Nutrition SecurityNIFA Invests $5.7M in American Rescue Plan Act GusNIP FY22 Produce Prescription Project EnhancementUSDA NIFA Invests $40M to Improve Dietary Health and Reduce Food InsecurityUSDA Announces Framework for Shoring Up the Food Supply Chain and Transforming the Food System to be Fairer, More Competitive, More ResilientGusNIP Projects Help Families Purchase Fresh Fruits and VegetablesNutrition Security Webinar - GusNIP: Overview, Impacts & OpportunitiesFarmers Markets: Local Partners in the Nutrition Incentive FieldUSDA Invests $69 Million to Support Critical Food and Nutrition Security NeedsUSDA Invests More Than $330 Million in Specialty Crops Grants, Incentives to Purchase Fruits and Vegetables, and Help for Cotton ProducersPreviously Funded ProjectsFY2019, FY2020, FY2021 & FY2022 GusNIP Nutrition Incentive ProjectsFY2019, FY2020, FY2021 & FY2022 GusNIP Produce Prescription ProjectsFY 2021 Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program COVID Relief and Response (GusCRR) Nutrition Incentive ProjectsFY 2021 Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program COVID Relief and Response (GusCRR) Produce Prescription ProjectsFY 2019 Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation and Information Center (NTAE)

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              National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
              Food and Nutrition Service SNAP State Directory of Resources

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