Healthy Habits: Food Loss and Waste Implementation Sub-grants – Cohort 3- Applications due by July 1, 2026

National 4-H Council (Council) is proud to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) on the project Increasing Food Production & Combating Food Waste and Loss through 4-H (FASLP FLW) to prepare youth with going Beyond Ready; helping kids find their spark, build real-world skills and become resilient, adaptable, lifelong learners. In the United States, over one-third of all available food goes uneaten through loss or waste. Through implementation subgrants, land-grant universities (LGUs) will utilize 4-H’s significant reach and research-backed programmatic experience to increase waste reduction efforts in schools and reduce plate waste in school feeding programs; and improve food, garden and nutrition education.There are up to ten (10) awards of up to $120,000 each available in Cohort 3 implementation subgrants. The grant period will run from August 1, 2026-March 31, 2027.

NOTE: This is a pre-award RFA. The award of these subgrants is contingent on the scope of work modification for the current Grant from USDA/NIFA to Council. Council will communicate any updates in the RFA within 24 hours of receiving the official notification of approval from USDA/NIFA and subgrantees may submit their applications or change what has already been submitted through WebGrants by Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 4:59 PM Eastern.

For more information, there will be a conference call/office hours on Wednesday, June 17^th at 4pm Eastern. Register here, and please plan for one hour. Call will be recorded.

Please note that registration approval is not an immediate process, and only takes place during normal business hours, Monday–Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-1:30pm (eastern standard time). 

Applications for funding are only accepted from 4-H/Extension professionals and state level Extension 4-H/Youth Development Program Leaders or LGU Administrators. Please only register for a WebGrants account if you are a 4-H/extension professional or with a LGU.

If you are a previous WebGrants user, please do not re-register. 
Please contact 4hgrants@fourhcouncil.edu for user information.

If you cannot remember your User ID and/or Password, click on the Forgot Password link above. 

New Users: click on the Register Here link above.

All applicants MUST inform their State Leader of an application submission prior to submitting an application for funding.

State Leader approval consists of forwarding an automatically generated email that is sent to the State Leader after an application is submitted.

Questions? Email us at 4HGrants@fourhcouncil.edu