U.S. Agency for International Development/Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance/Office of Food for Peace Annual Program Statement for Multi-Year International Emergency Food Assistance | 72DFFP19APS00002

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This opportunity is a USAID Office of Food for Peace (FFP) Annual Program Statement (APS) focused on multi-year international emergency food assistance. FFP, housed within USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, serves as the U.S. Government lead for international food assistance. The APS is essentially a standing notice meant to lay out the information organizations need in order to submit applications for multi-year emergency awards. These awards can draw on Title II resources (under the Food for Peace Act) and/or Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP) resources (authorized under the Food for Peace Act and/or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended). The overall emphasis is on emergency contexts, including both sudden-onset crises and long-running, protracted emergencies, where food insecurity and malnutrition are immediate threats to lives and well-being.

The stated mission behind the funding is broad but clear: reduce hunger and malnutrition and help ensure that adequate, safe, and nutritious food is consistently available, accessible, and properly utilized so people can maintain healthy and productive lives. In practical terms, USAID FFP positions these emergency awards to do three connected things: save lives during acute shocks, reduce human suffering as crises unfold, and support early recovery so affected populations can begin stabilizing and rebuilding. The APS signals that proposed activities should be aligned with emergency food assistance outcomes, meaning interventions are expected to address urgent food needs while also supporting pathways toward recovery when conditions allow.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary federal assistance opportunity with awards anticipated to be made as cooperative agreements. A cooperative agreement typically implies substantial involvement by the funding agency during implementation compared to a standard grant, so applicants generally should expect closer coordination with USAID on program design details, reporting, and key implementation decisions. The funding activity category is listed as Food and Nutrition, and the CFDA (assistance listing) numbers associated with the opportunity are 98.001 and 98.008, which correspond to USAID foreign assistance programming areas tied to food and related emergency support.

Eligibility is listed as "unrestricted," which indicates that the APS does not, at least in the summary provided, limit applicants to a narrow class of organizations. In many USAID contexts, that can include U.S. and non-U.S. non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and other qualified entities, though the definitive eligibility rules and any registration requirements would be spelled out in the full APS. The opportunity number is 72DFFP19APS00002, which is the identifier applicants would use to locate the full announcement and ensure proposals are linked to the correct solicitation.

The financial scale indicated in the public listing is very large, with an award ceiling shown as $1,000,000,000. That figure usually reflects the maximum potential amount available under the APS or a top-end cap rather than a guaranteed single award size, and actual awards under an APS can vary widely depending on crisis needs, geographic focus, and the mix of approved activities and commodities. The listing does not specify an expected number of awards, which is common for emergency and APS-based mechanisms where awards depend on evolving humanitarian requirements, available appropriations, and USAID programming decisions over time.

Timing-wise, the announcement provided here is explicitly described as a Draft APS released for public comment. Interested parties were invited to submit comments by October 25, 2019, with the final APS expected to be posted on October 30, 2019. That detail is important because it means the draft version was not the final application instructions; applicants would need to rely on the final APS for binding requirements, including submission procedures, evaluation criteria, and any standard provisions that apply to USAID emergency food assistance awards.

In short, this APS is a framework USAID FFP uses to solicit and manage multi-year emergency food assistance programs worldwide, funded through Title II and/or EFSP authorities. It is aimed at organizations capable of delivering life-saving food assistance and related emergency food security interventions in crisis environments, while coordinating closely with USAID under a cooperative agreement structure and aligning proposed work with FFP's objectives of reducing hunger, preventing malnutrition, and supporting early recovery in both acute and protracted emergencies.

• The Agency for International Development in the food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "U.S. Agency for International Development/Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance/Office of Food for Peace Annual Program Statement for Multi-Year International Emergency Food Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001, 98.008.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2019-09-24.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-10-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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