Texas Agriculture Code

§ 25.002 — ELIGIBILITY

AG § 25.002Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · Ch. 25. CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD PROGRAM

Statute text

A nonprofit organization is eligible to receive a grant under this chapter if the organization:

(1)has at least five years of experience coordinating a statewide network of food banks and charitable organizations that serves each county of this state;

(2)operates a program through a statewide network of food banks that provides children at risk of hunger or obesity with access to nutritious food outside the school day; and

(3)submits to the department, in the manner and time prescribed by the department, a detailed proposal for a program to purchase and distribute food using grant money to food banks or other charitable organizations that includes:

(A)a schedule of projected costs for the program;

(B)measurable goals for the program; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 107 (H.B. 1622), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.