Fiscal Year 2018 Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP) Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition Division of Food Safety
Introduction • In 2011, FSMA was signed into legislation. NIFA and FDA - National Food Safety Training, Education, • Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance: Regional Centers to Enhance Food Safety program was established in FY 2015.
Introduction USDA NIFA will compliment and expand the existing NCC and Regional Center structure with the Food Safety Outreach Program
Federal Partnership • FY 2015- USDA-NIFA FA and FDA-CFSAN partnership • Established a national coordination center (NCC) and USDA FDA 4 regional centers (RC’s) to extend Food Safety NIFA CFSAN Education to targeted communities FSMA Implementation Partnership Small and medium sized farms, beginning farmers, • socially disadvantaged farmers, small processors, or small fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers .
• International Food National Protection Training Coordination Center Institute National Infrastructure Western and • Oregon State University Southern Regional • University of Florida Centers Northcentral • Iowa State University and • University of Vermont & Northeastern Regional State Agricultural College Centers
Purpose • Provide customized food safety education to specific audiences affected by the guidelines established under FSMA, specifically • Small and mid-sized farms • Beginning farmers • Socially disadvantaged farmers • Small processors • Small fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers
Program Highlights • Application Deadline – June 7, 2018 @ 5pm ET • All applications must be submitted in grants.gov • Eligible Applicants • The Cooperative Extension Service for a U.S. state or territory • Non-government organizations and or community based organizations • Federal, State, local, or tribal agencies • An institution of higher education • A collaboration of two or more eligible entities
Pilot Projects at $25,000-$75,000 each 2018 Plan USDA NIFA has proposed a Community Outreach budget of $6.6 million dollars to Projects at create; $80,000-$150,000 each • Pilot Projects • Community Outreach Regional Center Projects Projects at $800,000 each, eligible • Regional Center Projects for $200K Supplemental
Pilot Projects $25,000-$50,000 each (Project Narrative – 10 pages) Project Timeline – 1 Year • Build the capacity of local groups to identify very specific needs (language or cultural barriers) within their communities; • Implement appropriately-customized food safety education and outreach programs; and • Target groups must be non-traditional niche or hard-to-reach audiences.
Community Outreach Projects $80,000-$150,000 each (Project Narrative – 10 pages) Project Timeline – 2 years • Expand existing food safety education and outreach programs currently offered in local communities. • Enable existing programs to reach a broader target audience or to target new local groups.
Regional Center Projects Projects at $800,000 each; an additional $200,000 is available to award one Lead Regional Center project (Project Narrative – 20 pages) Project Timeline – 3 Years Maintain the infrastructure of the program by coordinating across their region • Expand upon the implementation of FSMA-related training, education, and technical assistance • to the target audience. Encourage education and training for a cadre of regional FSMA trainers • Focus on an implementation plan for extending technical assistance to farmers, processors and • vendors in the respective regions Provide ongoing trainings for both growers and processors •
Evaluation Criterion Pilot Projects Key Personnel and Objectives Methods Budget and Budget Project Management Justification Justify specific FS Developing or modifying • • Roles and responsibilities Ed needs w/i local FS curricula consistent Adequately supports project • • of key staff communities w/ FSMA activities consistent with Well developed timeline proposed objectives • FS Ed for small, Identifying, developing • • Reporting and project Innovative approaches for non-traditional, and modifying FS Ed and • • outcomes staff utilizing currently available niche, or hard-to- training for targeted resources w/i local Local community reach audiences - audiences • coordination and communities cultural or language Developing a collaboration • barriers Allocate and justify resources to • communications plan for key personnel for managing and communicating w/ conducting project activities. Regional Centers
Evaluation Criterion Community Outreach Projects Key Personnel and Objectives Methods Budget and Budget Project Management Justification High impact FS Ed Developing and • • consistent w/ FSMA Roles and responsibilities expanding FS curricula Adequately supports project • • of key staff consistent w/ FSMA to activities consistent with Growth and • Well developed timeline reach new audiences or proposed objectives • expansion of already expand current audience existing FS Ed. Reporting and project Innovative approaches for • • outcomes staff Programs utilizing currently available Developing a • resources w/i local communities Local community communications plan for Leverage • • coordination and communicating partnerships with Allocate and justify resources to collaboration • CBOs and NGOs. outcomes and impacts w/ key personnel for managing and Regional Centers conducting project activities.
Evaluation Criterion Regional Center Projects Key Personnel and Methods Budget and Budget Objectives Project Management Justification Development of regional FS • Building and maintaining • Ed and outreach programs collaborations between states Roles and responsibilities Adequately supports project • consistent w/ FSMA • of key staff wihin the same regions. activities consistent with Implement a plan to proposed objectives • Well developed timeline communicate, coordinate and Developing a • • Innovative approaches for assess projects within their • communications plan for Reporting and project utilizing currently available regions • communicating outcomes resources w/i local outcomes staff Collaborations among states communities and impacts and interacting • sharing common FS concerns, Local community w/ Pilot, Community • Allocate and justify resources commodities, and/or • coordination and Outreach and Regional to key personnel for production/processing collaboration managing and conducting Centers practices project activities. Leverage partnerships with • Lead RCC will collate • CBOs and NGOs. outcomes from all RCC’s
How will we coordinate our ongoing efforts? INTER-AGENCY COLLABORATION Between FY2015-FY2018 - Federal teams will monitor ongoing engagement among the FSOP projects • and Regional Centers on: Curricula Implementation- FSMA compliant curricula Teaching Approaches -Compile teaching methods/approaches Assessments -Capture sustainable impacts and/or outcomes
• Land-grant Institutions • HSACU Matching Requirement • NLGCA Exemptions • Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions • Exempted entities are not required to submit a request for exemption ********More exhaustive list can be found in the RFA***************
Matching Requirement • Justification for waiver must be submitted If you meet the in the “Budget Narrative” of the justification for a proposal. waiver…….. ……..you must apply for a waiver
Panel Selection and Panel Review Process
Competitive Peer Review Process Designed to be scholarly & fair: • Review by peers & other experts Provide written & verbal evaluations Understand the review process for your specific program to prepare a • competitive proposal Program-dependent evaluation factors are critical to the success of an application 19
Panel Member Selection • Active in Food Safety Research, Education or Extension • Balanced to represent breadth of proposals and applicants: Discipline • Geography • Institution Size and Type • Professional Rank • Gender & Ethnicity • 20
Role of Panelists • Review up to 10 proposals; # depends on program • Provide constructive & fair evaluation • Protect confidentiality • Avoid Conflict of Interest 21
Reviewer Evaluation of Proposals Before Panel Meeting Use evaluation criteria – to independently assess proposals • Address strengths and weaknesses • Make suggestions for improvement • 22
Review Panel Meeting During panel meeting • Primary reviewer summarizes proposal and provides critique • Secondary and tertiary reviewers provide evaluation and critique in order • Ratings available to all panelists (except those with COI) 23
Review Panel Meeting • Interactive Panel discussion • Panel consensus and ranking Outstanding • High Priority • Medium Priority • Low Priority • Do Not Fund • Triage • • Prepare panel summary 24
Preparation of the Panel Summary • POSITIVE Aspects • NEGATIVE Aspects • SYNTHESIS 25
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