Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program FY 2004

The summary for the Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program FY 2004 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Agency for International Development, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program FY 2004: The Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program (OFR) allows USAID to reimburse registered PVOs for their ocean freight transportation costs. Recipients ship a variety of goods overseas for use in privately funded development and humanitarian assistance programs. Additional background information on the OFR Program can be found on the PVC-ASHA homepage at www.usaid.gov keyword: Ocean Freight. The OFR Program reimburses PVOs for freight charges incurred and pays for transporting donated or purchased supplies from U.S. ports or from foreign ports (in the case of excess or surplus property supplied by the United States) to ports of entry in the recipient country. In the case of landlocked countries, OFR funds will pay for inland transportation, such as transport from point of entry to final destination, where a consignee receives the goods. Recipients are required to absorb all the ancillary costs for shipping the freight overseas, such as packing, crating, warehousing, insurance, and inland transportation in the United States and recipient countries that are not landlocked. In these ways, this program leverages many times the value of commodities shipped to USAID dollars spent. The OFR Program objective is to pay transportation charges on shipments by private voluntary organizations registered with USAID to further the efficient use of U.S. voluntary contributions for development, relief, and reconstruction.