Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FAS 0700 10608 D
The FY 2021 McGovern-Dole Limited Merit Based Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Guatemala and Honduras is a discretionary USDA program action administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) under CFDA 10.608. It offers funding through cooperative agreements to support and expand ongoing McGovern-Dole Food for Education activities in Guatemala and Honduras. Rather than launching an open, global competition, this NOFO uses a limited competitive process and relies on prior-year McGovern-Dole funds, with the intent of strengthening existing work where implementation structures and partnerships are already in place.
At its core, the McGovern-Dole program is designed to feed school children and improve literacy outcomes in low-income, food-deficit countries, with a particular emphasis on improving educational access and performance for girls. The program typically does this by combining the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities with financial and technical assistance, allowing implementers to run school feeding programs and related education-support interventions. The program also supports maternal and child health and nutrition activities, specifically targeting pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children under five, recognizing that early-life nutrition has long-term effects on learning, health, and community resilience. A key structural requirement of McGovern-Dole projects is the inclusion of a "graduation" strategy, meaning projects must plan for sustainability and transition over time so that communities and governments can maintain benefits after USDA support ends.
The NOFO lays out two principal program objectives. First, it supports preschool and school-based food for education programs intended to improve food security, reduce hunger, and strengthen literacy and primary education, especially for girls. Second, it supports maternal, infant, and young child nutrition programs for vulnerable groups, including pregnant and lactating women and children five and under. In practice, these objectives are often addressed through integrated programming: school meals can boost attendance and concentration, literacy activities can improve reading outcomes, and complementary health and nutrition components can reduce illness-related absenteeism and support children before they enter school.
For this specific FY 2021 limited merit-based opportunity, the stated priority is to provide additional resources to active McGovern-Dole cooperative agreements operating in Guatemala and Honduras. The additional funding is meant to expand and reinforce existing food for education programming, reduce hunger, and improve literacy and educational outcomes in those two countries. The NOFO also frames these improvements as contributing indirectly to reduced irregular migration to the United States, reflecting a policy rationale that improved local opportunity, food security, and education can reduce some of the pressures that drive migration. The announcement indicates that more detailed, country-specific expectations and guidance are provided in Appendix B, which would typically address geographic targeting, implementation considerations, and context-specific needs in Guatemala and Honduras.
Because the funding comes from prior-year McGovern-Dole resources, the NOFO includes an important spending restriction: these funds cannot be used for local and regional procurement of agricultural commodities. That restriction matters operationally, since it limits commodity sourcing options and keeps the focus on the program's commodity donation framework rather than purchasing food locally or regionally with grant funds. In addition to the main expansion objective, USDA sets aside at least $150,000 of prior-year funding to support an activity that incorporates recently developed potable water technologies within a school feeding project. This signals an emphasis on safe water access as a multiplier for nutrition and education outcomes, since clean water is closely linked to reduced waterborne disease, improved attendance, and safer meal preparation and consumption in schools.
Administratively, the opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number USDA FAS 0700 10608 D, with an original posting date of May 28, 2021 and an original closing date of July 9, 2021. The award ceiling is listed at $10,000,000, and USDA anticipated making up to four awards. Eligible applicants are described as "Others" with clarification referenced in an additional eligibility section, which commonly indicates a defined set of eligible organization types (often including experienced nonprofits, NGOs, and other qualified entities) and, in this case, may also reflect the limited-competition nature tied to active agreements in Guatemala and Honduras. Overall, the NOFO is best understood as a targeted augmentation of ongoing McGovern-Dole work in two priority countries, using cooperative agreements to broaden school feeding and literacy supports, strengthen sustainability through required graduation planning, and add a focused water-technology component to improve the effectiveness and safety of school feeding delivery.Apply for USDA FAS 0700 10608 D
- The Department of Agriculture, McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2021 McGovern-Dole Limited Merit Based NOFO for Guatemala and Honduras" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.608.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 28, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 09, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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