Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center

University of Kentucky lead by Dr. Ann Vail was selected through a competitive process as the grantee that would establish the USDA Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center. The roles of this Center include: � developing and administering a series of sub-grants pertinent to the purposes of this grant � coordinating relevant grant-related activities among sub-grantees and researchers � conducting an evaluation of subgrantees� programs, and � widely disseminating information on communities� implementation strategies and evaluation findings. The goal of the Center is to reduce child food insecurity by improving Child Nutrition Assistance program coordination with other nutrition assistance programs or services in persistently poor rural counties.

Types of Assistance: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS