Deadline: 16-May-22
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced the availability of funding for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources to encourage collaboration with partners in providing farm bill program outreach and education to historically underserved groups.
Purposes
The purpose of these Conservation Outreach and Education Agreements is to accomplish the following:
- Increase the delivery of conservation assistance to historically underserved farmers and ranchers through a combination of program outreach and education.
- Ensure equity in the delivery and implementation of all NRCS programs and services.
- Educate and inform NRCS employees regarding the unique nature of working with Historically Underserved and tribal audiences.
- Educate and inform existing NRCS customers and potential new NRCS customers on NRCS conservation programs available to them through the 2018 Farm Bill using plain, understandable language.
- Tailor Farm Bill outreach messages and products to specific audience needs, for example providing translated materials, graphically enhanced materials, and readable, common-sense messaging.
- Build the capacity of local partners to develop and implement effective outreach projects to continue increasing participation and equity among historically underserved farmers and ranchers.
- Increase by 10 percent the number of eligible program applications received from historically underserved populations using FY 2021 application data as the baseline.
- Value of Conservation: Highlight the value of private lands conservation and the important role agricultural producers play in voluntarily conserving the nation’s resources.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $300,000.00 through this opportunity.
- Projects may be between one (1) and three (3) years in duration.
- The agency expects to make four (4) award(s).
Eligibility Criteria
- County governments
- State governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
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For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339109