06924P0006-CFC Grants Program

12/24/2025 4:00:00 PM (Your Local Time)

New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) Community Food Connection (CFC; formerly Emergency Food Assistance Program or EFAP) is seeking a vendor to manage a new CFC Grant Program. This grant program will replace the EFAP Administrative Expense Reimbursement Grant program, providing more timely support through upfront grants. It will also support activities to strengthen, expand, and improve the emergency food network. Grants will target program needs and strengthen and improve the New York City emergency food network.

Anticipated # of Contracts: 1

Antiticpated Contract Term: Three (3) years from the Notice to Proceed

Antiticpated Procurement Value:

• The anticipated total funding for this contract (administrative services) will be approximately $6,000,000 (six million dollars) throughout the contract term, or $2,000,000 (two million dollars) per year.
• The annual program budget is anticipated to be $2,000,000, from which the proposer will be responsible for awarding approximately $1,800,000 (one million eight hundred thousand dollars) to approximately 300 to 350 grantees.
• The proposer will receive a total award of $600,000 (six hundred thousand dollars) throughout the contract term, or $200,000 (two hundred thousand dollars) per annum.

To respond to this Human/Client Services Request for Proposals (RFP)/RFx, organizations must have an account and an approved HHS Prequalification Application in PASSPort. Proposals and Prequalification applications will ONLY be accepted through PASSPort. If you do not have a PASSPort account or an approved HHS Prequalification Application in PASSPort, please visit www.nyc.gov/passport . Please submit your proposals by both acknowledging the receipt of the RFx in the Acknowledgement tab and completing your response in the Manage Responses tab of PASSPort. Vendor resources can found here Resources Library | MOCS . If you need additional technical assistance with PASSPort, please contact the MOCS Service Desk at www.nyc.gov/mocshelp .