Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

Outreach Education and Technical Assistance for Disaster Assistance Programs (10.983)

Also known as Disaster Assistance

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$3.8 million
• Grant awards5
• Typical award$726,638
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank1,677 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreement

Key findings

• It is the 1677th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 5 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 5 states and territories.

What the program funds

These cooperative agreements require recipients to work with producers to evaluate their operations and assist them in strengthening their business through USDA programs and resources, and activities such as farm registration, implementing conservation practices, transitioning to organic production, setting up a financial records system, loan application assistance, and developing a tax management and asset protection strategy.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

What the money can and cannot pay for

These cooperative agreements have the primary goal of connecting producers interested in program participation to targeted assistance. FSA is seeking cooperators who can quickly and effectively implement an effort to provide ongoing outreach, education, and technical assistance on FSA disaster assistance programs specific to the needs of their targeted groups. Applicants must focus on one or more of FSA’s disaster assistance programs, which are listed online: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/index to qualify for funding. Applicants may choose to additionally perform outreach and technical assistance activities on other FSA programs, farm records, and administrative activities. These program activities must support producers in working with FSA to manage their risk and build a more robust operation to make their farm businesses more resilient to weather and economic-related disasters. Funds may not be used to pay any of the following costs unless otherwise permitted by law and approved in writing by the agency in advance of incurring such costs: 1. Costs above the amount of funds authorized for the project. 2. Costs incurred prior to the effective date of the award, including time spent applying for this opportunity. 3. Costs which lie outside the scope of the approved project and amendments thereto. 4. Entertainment costs, regardless of their apparent relationship to project objectives. 5.

Continue reading on SAM.gov

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Awards will range from $50,000 to $1,000,000.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.

By state

2 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are New Mexico and Montana.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.