USDA Agricultural Marketing Service will competitively award Cold Chain Grant funds to one or more recipients to offer subawards for cold storage and distribution equipment to food banks, food pantries, and other emergency food assistance operations to improve their ability to provide high quality meats, eggs, seafood, dairy, and fresh and minimally processed fruits and vegetables to vulnerable Americans. Funded nonprofit organizations will administer a subaward program to support cold storage within the middle of the supply chain, including providing consultation and subject matter expertise to sub-awardees in support of cold storage in consumer-facing food assistance operations. CCG recipients will issue subawards to fund cold chain equipment purchases, with the amount awarded being equal to the cost of the equipment and documented delivery, installation, and necessary ancillary equipment/supplies, up to $200,000. Sub-awardees will be required to provide a 10% cash cost share contribution.
