Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill
Posted by Agricultural Marketing Service
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill — is cataloged under number USDA-AMS-TM-SCBGP-G-21-0003 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 10.170, posted by Agricultural Marketing Service. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on April 13, 2021. The funding category is Mandatory, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is Varies by applicant. It expects to issue 112 awards. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on June 11, 2021. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
Varies by applicant
Close Date
June 11, 2021
No Explanation
Posted
April 13, 2021
Expected Awards
112
Instrument
Grant
Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to award grants to eligible State departments of agriculture to carry out projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Not including AMS administrative costs, approximately $72.9 million in annual Farm Bill funding is available for applications under this solicitation. An additional $97 million (without AMS administrative costs) is also available for applications under this solicitation. Congress has provided this funding due to COVID-19 impacts to the food system. These additional funds are referred to as H.R. 133 Stimulus Funding throughout this Request for Applications (RFA).This announcement identifies the eligibility criteria for SCBGP projects and applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for a SCBGP award.AMS encourages applications that benefit smaller farms and ranches, new and beginning farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged producers, veteran producers, and/or underserved communities. For grants intending to serve these entities, applicants should engage and involve those beneficiaries when developing projects and applications.
Eligibility
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Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agency Contact
Grants.gov Contact Center <br/>Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726 <br/> <br/>Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays. <br/>support@grants.gov
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