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(B) not later than 5 years after the date of
submission of the report under subparagraph
(A), an update of the report.
(c) HUNGER-FREE
COMMUNITIES
COLLABORATIVE
GRANTS.—
(1) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this
subsection, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a public
food program service provider or a nonprofit organi-
zation, including but not limited to an emergency
feeding organization, that demonstrates the organiza-
tion has collaborated, or will collaborate, with 1 or
more local partner organizations to achieve at least 1
hunger-free communities goal.
(2) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use
not more than 55 percent of any funds made
available under subsection (f) to make grants to
eligible entities to pay the Federal share of the
costs of an activity described in paragraph (4).
(B) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share
of the cost of carrying out an activity under this
subsection shall not exceed 80 percent.
(C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
(i) CALCULATION.—The non-Federal
share of the cost of an activity under this
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subsection may be provided in cash or in
kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities,
equipment, or services.
(ii) SOURCES.—Any entity may pro-
vide the non-Federal share of the cost of an
activity under this subsection through a
State government, a local government, or a
private source.
(3) APPLICATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under
this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an
application to the Secretary at the time and in
the manner and accompanied by any informa-
tion the Secretary may require.
(B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A) shall—
(i) identify any activity described in
paragraph (4) that the grant will be used to
fund;
(ii) describe the means by which an ac-
tivity identified under clause (i) will reduce
hunger in the community of the eligible en-
tity;
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(iii) list any partner organizations of
the eligible entity that will participate in
an activity funded by the grant;
(iv) describe any agreement between a
partner organization and the eligible entity
necessary to carry out an activity funded
by the grant; and
(v) if an assessment described in para-
graph (4)(A) has been performed, include—
(I) a summary of that assessment;
and
(II) information regarding the
means by which the grant will help re-
duce hunger in the community of the
eligible entity.
(C) PRIORITY.—In making grants under
this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority
to eligible entities that—
(i) demonstrate in the application of
the eligible entity that the eligible entity
makes collaborative efforts to reduce hunger
in the community of the eligible entity; and
(ii)(I) serve communities in which the
rates of food insecurity, hunger, poverty, or
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unemployment are demonstrably higher
than national average rates;
(II) provide evidence of long-term ef-
forts to reduce hunger in the community;
(III) provide evidence of public sup-
port for the efforts of the eligible entity; or
(IV) demonstrate in the application of
the eligible entity a commitment to achiev-
ing more than 1 hunger-free communities
goal.
(4) USE OF FUNDS.—
(A) ASSESSMENT OF HUNGER IN THE COM-
MUNITY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity in
a community that has not performed an as-
sessment described in clause (ii) may use a
grant received under this subsection to per-
form the assessment for the community.
(ii) ASSESSMENT.—The assessment re-
ferred to in clause (ii) shall include—
(I) an analysis of the problem of
hunger in the community served by the
eligible entity;
(II) an evaluation of any facility
and any equipment used to achieve a
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hunger-free communities goal in the
community;
(III) an analysis of the effective-
ness and extent of service of existing
nutrition programs and emergency
feeding organizations; and
(IV) a plan to achieve any other
hunger-free communities goal in the
community.
(B) ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity in a
community that has submitted an assessment to
the Secretary shall use a grant received under
this subsection for any fiscal year for activities
of the eligible entity, including—
(i) meeting the immediate needs of peo-
ple in the community served by the eligible
entity who experience hunger by—
(I) distributing food;
(II) providing community out-
reach; or
(III) improving access to food as
part of a comprehensive service;
(ii) developing new resources and
strategies to help reduce hunger in the com-
munity;
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(iii) establishing a program to achieve
a hunger-free communities goal in the com-
munity, including—
(I) a program to prevent, mon-
itor, and treat children in the commu-
nity experiencing hunger or poor nu-
trition; or
(II) a program to provide infor-
mation to people in the community on
hunger, domestic hunger goals, and
hunger-free communities goals; and
(iv) establishing a program to provide
food and nutrition services as part of a co-
ordinated community-based comprehensive
service.
(d) HUNGER-FREE COMMUNITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANTS.—
(1) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this
subsection, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means an emer-
gency feeding organization (as defined in section
201A(4) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of
1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501(4))).
(2) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use
not more than 45 percent of any funds made