RMA Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program

The summary for the RMA Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, 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 in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	RMA Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program
	CFDA Number:	10.455
	CFDA Description:	Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Risk Management Agency
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	2009-01
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jan 07, 2009
	Creation Date:	Jan 08, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 13, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 13, 2009
	Archive Date:	Mar 15, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	50
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$3,400,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Educational institutions, community based organizations, associations of farmers and ranchers, state departments of agriculture, and other non profit organizations.
Grant Description: The program is to fund projects that provide limited resource, socially disadvantaged, and other traditionally underserved producers with training, informational opportunities and assistance necessary to understand the kinds and use of risk mangement tools, and how to make sound risk management decisions.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.rma.usda.gov/aboutrma/agreements
Grant Announcement Contact: David Wiggins Outreach Program Manager Phone (202)690-2686

david.wiggins@rma.usda.gov [david.wiggins@rma.usda.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • Risk Management Education and Outreach Partnerships Program; • Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program; • Opportunity USDA-RMA-OUTREACH-2008-01