Nutrition Assistance Partnerships
About the Nutrition Assistance Community Organization Partnership
ACAA and the Arizona Department of Economic Security are pleased to invite non-profits and community- and faith-based agencies to apply to become a Community Organization Partner through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Services.
Partners will work with ACAA to conduct outreach, education, and application assistance within your own communities. Partners are required to spend their own non-federal funds on activities, and may submit a draw-down request monthly to receive a reimbursement of 40 cents for each dollar spent on allowable activities.
A complete listing of our partners for October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012 can be found here.
For more information about Community Organization Partners (COP) and the USDA draw-down model, please review the following USDA documents:
About Nutrition Assistance Partnerships
USDA Manual: Outreach Plan Guidance
USDA Information on Allowable Activities
Applications for the 2011-2012 year have been closed. We are thrilled to have 15 partners working with us this year, and encourage agencies that may be interested in applying for the 2012-2013 Partnership year to review the documents below for more information about the application process.
*All documents below are specific to the 2011-2012 application, and ACAA reserves the right to alter, add, or discontinue the use of any documents found herein for future partnership years. These items are provided at this time for infomration purposes only, to allow agencies that may be interested in partnering in future years to get an idea of the process involved in applying. Please do not submit these documents to ACAA until an official request for applications is noted on this site. Thank you!
Applicant Instructions and Checklist
Partnership Agreement and Payee Form
PowerPoint: Helpful Guidance for Preparing Your Budget
If you have questions about the application process or any of the documents required, please contact Katie Kahle by email only at kkahle@azcaa.org.