The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP-NI) funds and evaluates projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables among USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands; and the USDA Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) Block Grants for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands by providing a financial incentive at the point of purchase. Governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Examples of GusNIP-NI projects include, but are not limited to, innovative strategies to provide fruit and vegetable incentives and increase the redemption rate at the point of purchase at SNAP/NAP authorized retailers, including food stores, market stands, farmers markets, direct-marketing farmers (e.g., Community Supported Agriculture programs (CSAs)), marketing and consumer cooperatives, and other SNAP/NAP authorized retail firms.
