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Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
Service
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Final Application Due Date |
Funding Available
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Match Required
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| Food, Agriculture & Nutrition |
Federal
USDA |
05-21-2024 | $5.0 M | No Match Required |
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Service
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Source
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Final Application Due Date
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Funding Available
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Match Required
Status
- Expected Number of Awards 10
- Opportunity Type Mandatory
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CFDA
10.179 -- Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
Description
MGFSP assists agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food insecure communities through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations by competitively distributing subawards to eligible entities.USDA promotes climate-resilient landscapes and rural economic systems, including tools to support agriculture, forests, grazing lands, and rural communities. AMS encourages applicants to consider including goals and activities related to reducing and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or adapting to the already occurring climate change in their project’s design and implementation.
Eligibility
- IHE
- Local Government
- Non-Profit
- Other
- State Government
- Tribal Government
Additional Eligibility Information
Eligible applicants are agricultural agencies or departments in Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands. A State department of agriculture is the agency, commission, or department of the government responsible for agriculture within the State, Territory, or Insular area.
Key Date(s)
- March 21, 2024: Last Updated Date
- March 21, 2024: Posted Date
- May 21, 2024: Current Closing Date for Applications
- May 21, 2024: Application Due Date
- June 20, 2024: Application Archive Date
Contact Information
Grant Program Questions: IPPGrants@usda.gov; Grants.gov Questions: support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726.
IPPGrants@usda.gov