Closed · USDA-AMS-TM-FFWR-G-21-0013 · CFDA 10.181 · Discretionary
Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Agricultural Marketing Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $5M-$50M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 10, 2022
- Close date
- 40
- Expected awards
The verdict
Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from Agricultural Marketing Service that offered $5,000,000 -- $50,000,000 across 40 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 123 other opportunities from Agricultural Marketing Service.
- $5M-$50M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 40
- expected awards
- 10.181
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program is closed (last close March 10, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Agricultural Marketing Service still indexes 123 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed March 10, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$665,000,000
Expected Awards
40
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Farm and Food Workers Relief grant program provides financial support to eligible entities (i.e., State agencies, Tribal entities, and non-profit organizations) to deliver relief in the form of $600 flat-rate payments to eligible farmworkers, meatpacking workers, and grocery store workers who incurred expenses preparing for preventing exposure to, and responding to, the COVID-19 pandemic. This relief is intended to defray costs for reasonable and necessary personal, family, or living expenses such as, but not limited to: costs for personal protective equipment (PPE), expenses associated with quarantines and testing, and dependent care.
Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors
Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program combines government/tribal and nonprofit applicant types (4 doors). The listing is a civic funding corridor spanning public and nonprofit operators. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). Inside Agricultural Marketing Service's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Matt Russell USDA AMS Grants Division
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What to do next
Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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