Verified current; draft under September 17 shared Atlas healthcare/school-health publication scopeAtlas Opportunity Score 83/100
Wisconsin 2027 Food Security and Wisconsin Products Grant Program
Wisconsin DATCP is accepting applications through October 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. for $5 million in competitive food-security grants to eligible nonprofit food-assistance organizations. The entire grant budget must be spent on food purchasing, so N9+ and QC Healthcare costs are not eligible under the published program rules.
Funding$5,000,000 total competitive funding; no match required. DATCP states 100% of each project budget must be spent on food purchasing.
DeadlineOctober 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM; the current DATCP public page does not state a time zone.
Last verifiedSeptember 18, 2026
Required next actionPreserve as verified Wisconsin discovery intelligence in DRAFT. Do not publish or initiate Atlas outreach under the September 17, 2026 healthcare/school-health scope unless an authoritative source later documents a qualifying direct healthcare or school-health funded purpose or eligible-use pathway. Continue source monitoring only when materially changed.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants are Wisconsin nonprofit food-assistance organizations. Projects must collaborate to expand and strengthen Wisconsin's food-security network, purchase Wisconsin foods, support Wisconsin suppliers and distribute purchased food to Wisconsin communities at no cost. No funding match is required, and DATCP states that 100% of the grant budget must be spent on food purchasing.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 83/100 for food-security relevance, but PUBLICATION HOLD under the September 17, 2026 shared Atlas healthcare/school-health scope. The authoritative DATCP program is for nonprofit food-assistance organizations to purchase and distribute Wisconsin food at no cost, with 100% of grant funds spent on food purchasing. The controlling source does not document a direct healthcare, school-health, public-health clinical, behavioral-health, healthcare-workforce, telehealth, medical-equipment, reimbursement, EMS, maternal/pediatric-health, aging/disability-health, substance-use-treatment/prevention, or health-infrastructure funded purpose or eligible-use pathway. Food insecurity is a social determinant of health, but that contextual relationship alone does not satisfy the controlling publication gate. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 0/100 and QC Healthcare Fit 0/100. Preserve as verified discovery intelligence in draft; do not republish unless an authoritative source documents a qualifying healthcare/school-health use.
Opportunity Overview
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has opened the 2027 Food Security and Wisconsin Products Grant Program. A total of $5 million will be awarded through a competitive review process to strengthen Wisconsin’s food-security network and support Wisconsin food producers and processors.
Deadline
Completed applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The public DATCP page does not state a time zone, so applicants should confirm submission timing directly with DATCP rather than infer one.
Eligible Applicants and Use of Funds
The program is for Wisconsin nonprofit food-assistance organizations. Projects must collaborate to expand and strengthen the state’s food-security network, purchase Wisconsin foods, and distribute purchased food to Wisconsin communities at no cost. DATCP states that 100% of the grant budget must be spent on food purchasing. No funding match is required.
Atlas Strategic Analysis
This is a verified open Wisconsin nutrition and food-security opportunity, but it is not a Dr. Miltie N9+ or QC Healthcare funding pathway under the published rules because all grant dollars must be used for food purchasing. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit: 0/100. No applicant outreach should be generated for Dr. Miltie on this opportunity unless DATCP materially changes the allowable-cost rules.
Next Steps
Eligible nonprofit food-assistance organizations should review the current RFP and online application instructions, establish Wisconsin supplier partnerships, document their food-purchasing and distribution capacity, and submit before the October 1 deadline.
Verified source: Wisconsin DATCP Food Security and Wisconsin Products Grant Program.
Source verificationOfficial government source · datcp.wi.govAtlas last verified this record September 18, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
