Regional Conservation Partnership Program
The summary for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program grant is detailed below.
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Regional Conservation Partnership Program: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:NRCS is the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) conservation agency working with farmers,ranchers, and private forest landowners nationwide to identify and address natural resource objectives in balance with operational goals in order to benefit soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources locally, regionally, and nationally. NRCS works in partnership with other entities to accelerate getting conservation on the ground. Through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), NRCS seeks to co-invest with partners in innovative, workable and cost-effective approaches to benefit farming, ranching, and forest operations, local economies, and the communities and resources in a watershed or othergeographic area.RCPP partners develop project applications, as described in this notice, to address specificnatural resource objectives in a proposed area or region. Partnering organizations design,promote, implement, and evaluate the project outcomes.NRCS will select final RCPP projects following a two-phase application process that includes:(1) a pre-proposal application; and (2) a full proposal application. NRCS will assess andevaluate RCPP project applications against four criteria—solutions, contributions, innovation,and participation. The full proposal process is only open to applicants whose pre-proposalapplications are selected by the agency to go forward from the pre-proposal stage. All RCPPapplications become the property of NRCS for use in the administration of the program and willnot be returned to the applicant.RCPP federal assistance is delivered in accordance with the authorities of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), and Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP), and in certain geographic areas, the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program. NRCS and partners implement RCPP projects by working with agricultural producers and owners of agricultural and forestland.The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of CCC funding for RCPP and to solicit applications from potential partners. Subject to fiscal year (FY) 2016 appropriations, NRCS anticipates the availability of about $225 million in funding for RCPP. If the Sequester were not in effect in FY 2016, as proposed in the President’s FY 2016 Budget, available funding would be about $235 million. The FY 2015 proposal process offered up to $394 million in funding,reflecting two years of funding (FY2014 and FY2015), not a higher level of annual funding.Applications will be accepted from all 50 States, the Caribbean Area (Puerto Rico and U.S.Virgin Islands), and U.S. territories in the Pacific Island Areas (Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
Federal Grant Title: | Regional Conservation Partnership Program |
Federal Agency Name: | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
Grant Categories: | Agriculture Environment Natural Resources |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-NRCS-NHQ-RCPP-15-01 |
Type of Funding: | Other |
CFDA Numbers: | 10.932 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Regional Conservation Partnership Program |
Current Application Deadline: | Jul 8, 2015 CLOSING DATE: FOR SUBMISSION OF PRE-P |
Original Application Deadline: | Jul 8, 2015 CLOSING DATE: FOR SUBMISSION OF PRE-P |
Posted Date: | May 4, 2015 |
Creation Date: | May 4, 2015 |
Archive Date: | Jul 29, 2015 |
Total Program Funding: | $225,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $10,000,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Expected Number of Awards: | |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Category Explanation
- Other will be defined as "Partnership Agreements"
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
City or township governments
Special district governments
County governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
State governments
Private institutions of higher education - Additional Information on Eligibility
- Please see announcement for additional eligible entities not listed.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- NRCS RCPP Homepage
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Frankie Comfort
Grants & Agreements Specialist
Phone 202-690-0164
Administrative issues
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