Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
The summary for the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program 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.
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Micro-Grants for Food Security Program: MGFSP assists agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food insecure communities through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations by competitively distributing subawards to eligible entities.USDA promotes climate-resilient landscapes and rural economic systems, including tools to support agriculture, forests, grazing lands, and rural communities. AMS encourages applicants to consider including goals and activities related to reducing and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or adapting to the already occurring climate change in their project’s design and implementation.
| Federal Grant Title: | Micro-Grants for Food Security Program |
| Federal Agency Name: | Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) |
| Grant Categories: | Agriculture |
| Type of Opportunity: | Mandatory |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-AMS-TM-MGFSP-G-24-0028 |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 10.179 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | May 21st, 2024 |
| Original Application Deadline: | May 21st, 2024 |
| Posted Date: | March 21st, 2024 |
| Creation Date: | March 21st, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | June 20th, 2024 |
| Total Program Funding: | $5,000,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $2,000,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $125,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
| Last Updated: | March 21st, 2024 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Eligible applicants are agricultural agencies or departments in Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands. A State department of agriculture is the agency, commission, or department of the government responsible for agriculture within the State, Territory, or Insular area.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- https://www.ams.usda.gov/mgfsp
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Grant Program Questions: [email protected]; Grants.gov Questions: [email protected] or 1-800-518-4726.
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