FY 2025 SNAP Process and Technology Improvement | USDA FNS SNAP PTIG 2025

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FNS SNAP PTIG 2025

The FY 2025 SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grant (PTIG) opportunity is a discretionary grant program run by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to fund projects that make SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) easier to access and administer. The central idea is to support practical improvements to the way SNAP agencies and partners handle customer service, eligibility work, and the technology that connects SNAP to other benefit programs. Projects are expected to lead to measurable gains such as faster and more accurate processing, better communication with applicants and participants, and smoother coordination across systems and programs.

A key application requirement is State SNAP agency involvement. If the applicant is not itself the State agency submitting on its own, the application must include either a letter of commitment or a letter of endorsement from the relevant State SNAP agency; without that documentation, the application will not be considered for funding. For Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs), the program makes the partnership expectation explicit: an ITO must apply in partnership with its SNAP State agency and include a State SNAP agency endorsement letter. Alternatively, a State SNAP agency can apply for a project that includes an ITO partner, in which case the ITO must provide a letter of commitment. In addition, State agencies, and also State and local government applicants, are expected to secure any required approvals from State officials (for example, councils or legislatures) before applying, and they must state in the application that all necessary approvals have been obtained.

The grant requires that each proposal clearly align with at least one of three objective areas, and applicants may choose to address more than one. The first objective focuses on modernizing SNAP customer service and client communications in ways that improve efficiency, transparency, and accuracy during application processing and eligibility determinations. The second objective is aimed at strengthening the administrative backbone of SNAP by improving infrastructure and day-to-day operational processes used to process applications and determine eligibility. The third objective supports investments in technology and systems that coordinate application and eligibility determination processes, including verification practices, across SNAP and other Federal, State, or local assistance programs. Applicants must connect their planned activities and how success will be measured to these objective areas using an "Activities/Indicators Tracker," and funded grantees will later report progress through the FNS-908 Performance Progress Report based on those mapped activities and indicators. In practical terms, the program is emphasizing not just good ideas, but also clear implementation steps and measurable outcomes.

Eligibility is broad, reflecting that SNAP modernization often requires collaboration among government agencies, service providers, and community organizations. Entities eligible to apply include the 53 State agencies that administer SNAP, State or local governments, public and private agencies providing health or welfare services, Indian Tribal Organizations, public health or educational entities, and private nonprofit entities such as community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, food banks, and other emergency feeding organizations. Nonprofit applicants have specific documentation requirements: they must submit proof of tax-exempt status (such as an IRS determination letter for 501(c)(3) status or proof that they have applied for that status), and if applicable, a list of their board of directors. If a different nonprofit classification applies (for example, another 501 category), the applicant should describe it in the application. In addition, all corporations, including nonprofit corporations, must complete USDA form AD-3030.

From the source details provided, this opportunity is titled "FY 2025 SNAP Process and Technology Improvement," with funding opportunity number USDA FNS SNAP PTIG 2025. It is a grant (funding instrument type: Grant) categorized under Food and Nutrition, with CFDA number 10.580. The original application closing date is 2025-08-06. The maximum award amount listed (award ceiling) is $2,000,000, and FNS expects to make about 12 awards. Overall, the competition is structured to fund a limited number of relatively substantial projects that are strongly tied to the program's operational and technology modernization objectives and that demonstrate clear State SNAP agency alignment and readiness to execute.

• The Food and Nutrition Service in the food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2025 SNAP Process and Technology Improvement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.580.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-07-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-06. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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