Agricultural Management Assistance Cost Share Program

Post Date

March 3rd 2015

Application Due Date

April 6th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

AMS-OCCSP-AMA-2015

CFDA Number(s)

10.171

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture

Number of Awards

16

Eligibility Categories

State Governments

The following sixteen (16) States: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, may participate in the AMA, through their Departments of Agriculture, by completing an Application for Financial Assistance (SF-424) and entering into a cooperative agreement with USDA AMS.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $900000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $500000

Grant Description

The Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost Share (AMA) is authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (FCIA), as amended, (7 U.S.C. 1524). Under this authority, Congress authorizes the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide organic certification cost share assistance to certified organic operations (only producers) located in the following sixteen (16) States: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) administers the AMA using relevant sections of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and the Uniform Grant Guidance, 2 CFR 200. AMS awards AMA funds to eligible State Agencies, which operate as a pass-through system, by accepting and approving their applications so they can issue reimbursements to certified organic operations for specific certification costs. In federal fiscal year 2015, the available funding for the AMA is approximately $900,000. This is the initial request for applications from sixteen State Agencies, in accordance with the issuance of the AMS ЯOrganic Certification Cost Share Programs Fiscal Year 2015 Terms and ConditionsН, which outlines the eligibility and performance criteria for State Agencies seeking annual AMA funds. Certified organic producers may request reimbursement for specific certification costs incurred from October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. To receive AMA cost share assistance, certified organic producers must contact their respective State Department of Agriculture. Additional procedures for applying are outlined in the AMS ЯOrganic Certification Cost Share Programs Fiscal Year 2015 Terms and ConditionsН document at http://bit.ly/CostShareGen

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Agriculture

• Office:

  Agricultural Marketing Service

• Agency Contact:

  Kristen Nelson
  Chief of Staff
  Phone 202-690-3962

• Agency Mailing Address:

  agency

• Agency Email Address:

  kristen.nelson@ams.usda.gov