Grant funding is also available for nutrition education.
They encourage organizations to provide needed outreach to make sure eligible families know about the food stamp program and get enrolled. Priority will be given to organizations with well-developed innovative ideas for enrolling needy children, the working poor, elderly people and immigrants in the food stamp program. In 1999 over 6 million adults and 3 million children were hungry by USDA's definition, meaning they missed meals or did not eat for a day or more. Participation in the federal food stamp program has declined by over one-third since 1996. These FORK grants are a new tool for community organizations to obtain funds to expand enrollment in food stamps and save families from going hungry.