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USDA’s Food Aid Programs and the Faith-Based & Community Initiative (FBCI)
USDA’s Food Aid Programs and the Faith-Based & Community Initiative (FBCI)
Office of Capacity Building and Development
Foreign Agricultural ServiceU.S. Department of Agriculture
The FBC Initiative
Initiative was established by Executive Order on Dec. 12, 2002.
Focus of the Initiative, in relation to USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), is to identify and eliminate barriers that impede the full participation of faith based and community organizations in the Federal grants process.
Under the initiative, FAS is focusing on Providing training and technical assistance for all grant
applicants and participants Making information more accessible for all grant
applicants and participants Ensuring equal opportunity for all interested applicants
USDA Food Aid Programs
Food for Progress
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education & Child Nutrition Program (Food for Education)
Most agreements are implemented with PVOs and foreign governments
Commodities are usually monetized Commodities are also used for:
Barter Food for work Direct distribution
Food for Progress
Food for Progress ProjectsAgricultural Development
Soil and water conservation Improved farming methods Agricultural extension Animal and plant health Processing, storage and
marketing Roads and other
infrastructure Cooperative development Micro-credit and business
training
Best Practices / SuccessesTechnoServe, Food for Progress, Tanzania
Farmer Cooperative Captures Price Premiums for Tanzanian Coffee
Mary Msafiri (right) and other Mlimani Ng’arashi famers dry coffee processed at their Central Pulpery.
Supports education, child development, and food security
Targets low-income and food-deficit countries
Encourages health and nutrition compliments
Strives for sustainability
Food for Education
Best Practices / SuccessesFood for the Poor, School Feeding,
Guatemala
Alicia, 4, and Leidy, 3, were nursed back to health at a children’s home in Guatemala with nutritious foods provided by Food For The Poor Inc. under the FFE program.
USDA/FAS Grant Recipients
FY2002 - FY2007 USDA/FAS awarded grants to 78 cooperating sponsors
50 Private Voluntary Organizations 27 Foreign Governments WFP
PVO Partnerships
50 PVO grant recipients (FY2002-FY2007) About one quarter of PVO grant
recipients worked with more than 2 sub-grantees or implementing partners.
Over half of PVO grant recipients had at least one sub-grantee.
Less than one quarter of PVO grant recipients implemented programs solo.
Activities under FBCI
Participation: 40 percent of food aid grant recipients are faith based
or community organizationsOutreach: Major training session with annual food aid conference Special, intense proposal-writing sessions Individual mentoring with 15 organizations annually Actively linking large and/or experience with smaller
groupsLooking for Feedback: Identification of community or faith-based organizations Success stories
Getting the Message Out
Success Stories from Faith-based and Community Organizations are used for:
The FBCI Program Guide The FBCI website FBCI White House briefings Speeches
Please include any personal stories and photos!http://www.fas.usda.gov/FoodAidStories/
http://www.fas.usda.gov/FoodAidStories/
Success Story Website
Thank You & Enjoy the Conference
"As part of the President's Faith Based and Community Initiative, USDA is partnering with faith-based and community organizations to alleviate hunger and build strong communities. These efforts to equip and empower faith-based groups are strengthening services to communities in need through our child and adult food programs, rural development assistance opportunities and international hunger prevention programs.“
Former Secretary Mike Johanns U.S. Department of Agriculture