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                USDA.gov SCALE and PLANTS Data Request for School Food Authorities
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  Comment Period End Date
              Wednesday, April 3, 2024
    SummaryThe Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) is a cooperative argreement recipient from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). CAF plans to collect additional information from sub-grantees, based on an assessment and data report, which is beyond the information already approved under OMB Control Number: 0584–0512 (expiration date: July 31, 2025). FNS already has OMB approval for collection of information associated with these grants under the Uniform Grant Application for Non-Entitlement Discretionary Grants, as approved under OMB Control Number: 0584–0512. This notice solicits public comment on the additional information proposed for collection.Request for CommentsWritten comments must be received on or before April 3, 2024.Comments may be sent to: Brittany Gorman, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, via email to brittany.gorman@usda.gov.Comments will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.All comments will be a matter of public record.BackgroundIn 2023, CAF was selected as one of four cooperative agreement holders for the USDA FNS Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative School Food System Transformation Challenge. As part of this initiative, CAF created the sub-grant program, Partnerships for Local Agriculture and Nutrition Transformation in Schools (PLANTS), and will award eight proposals for projects working to build more resilient local food supply chains and expand scratch cooking in schools. PLANTS is already approved under Uniform Grant Application for Non-Entitlement Discretionary Grants, OMB Control Number 0584–0512 with an expiration of July 31, 2025. Eligible applications must be collaboratively administered by at least three partners and no more than five partners. An eligible application must include at least one school food authority (SFA) and is permitted to include up to four SFAs. SFAs that are awarded a PLANTS grant will be required to complete the SCALE assessment and the PLANTS Data Request annually, for a total of three times, throughout the grant period (April 2024–June 2027).Page updated: March 04, 2024 Return to top

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