2014 AGENCY CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT APPLICATION

General Guidelines: The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas has received grant funds to purchase equipment for capacity building to re-grant to our partner agencies. The purpose of the equipment is to enable programs to better serve clients and to enable programs to serve more clients.

Agencies may apply for the following items:

· Household combination refrigerator/freezer

· Upright freezer

· Upright refrigerator

· Covered trailer for transporting food

· Laptop Computer with Microsoft word

· Shelving Unit to hold food products

· Digital Scale

According to the Guidelines of this grant, preference will be given to food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters. However, all agencies serving low-income families are encouraged to apply. Agencies must be in good standing and current on the past 12 months reporting to qualify for grants. Applications must be completed and returned to the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas by August 25, 2014. Applications received after August 25, 2014 will not be considered. An electronic version of this application is available at www.foodbankofnea.org

The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas will purchase all equipment items on behalf of the recipient agencies. Recipient Agencies must transport the granted equipment from the store or other designated location to the Partner Agency location. A follow up report must be completed 1 year after receiving the grant.

Grants will be announced at the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas’ Annual Agency Networking Conference on September 23, 2014. The Conference and Awards Ceremony will be held at the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas. A representative from your agency must be present at the Agency Networking Conference to be eligible for equipment grants. Grant Agreements will be issued to the Agency Representative at the time of the announcement, and this Agreement must be signed and submitted to the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas before the equipment will be released to the agency.


Agency:

Contact Person: Title:

Church Affiliation, if any:

Address: City:

Zip Code: County:

Telephone: Fax:

Date Proposal Submitted:

1. Please describe your agency and program, including the geographic area served. How many clients does your program serve each month? Provide duplicated and unduplicated numbers if available.

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2. Choose the top 3 items that your agency needs. Please rank them in the order of importance with 1 being the most important and 3 being the least important.


_____Household combination refrigerator/freezer

_____Upright freezer

_____Covered trailer for transporting food

_____Digital Scale

_____ Laptop Computer

_____ Shelving Unit

_____ Upright Refrigerator


3. For each of the items chosen, how will they be used? Be specific.

Item #1:___________

Item #2:___________

Item #3:___________


4. Will this equipment allow you to serve more people? If so, how? Be specific.

5. How will this equipment allow you to better serve your clients? Be specific.

Applications must be received by August 25, 2014.

Grant Applications may be submitted by email to or by mail to:

Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

Attn: Scarlett Mullins

PO Box 2097

Jonesboro, AR 72402

For electronic applications, please visit our website at www.foodbankofnea.org and look under the news and events tab.