The purpose of this competitive program is to deliver crop insurance education and risk management training to U.S. agricultural producers to assist them in identifying and managing production, marketing, legal, financial, and human risk. The program gives priority to: (1) educating producers of crops currently not insured under Federal crop insurance, specialty crops, and underserved commodities, including livestock and forage; and (2) providing collaborative partnerships to develop and deliver crop insurance education and other risk management training. Education activities developed under the Risk Management Education Partnership Program will provide U.S. farmers and ranchers, including limited resource and other traditionally under-served farmers and ranchers with training and information opportunities to be able to understand: i. The kinds of risks addressed by existing and emerging risk management tools; ii. The features and appropriate use of existing and emerging risk management tools; and iii. How to make sound risk management decisions.
Deadline: April 24, 2023
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types: a. City or township governments b. County governments c. For profit organizations other than small businesses d. Independent school districts e. Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) f. Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) g. Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education) h. Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education) i. Nonprofits registered as 501(c)4 or 501(c)5 j. Private institutions of higher education k. Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education l. Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities m. Small businesses n. Special district governments o. State governments
An applicant organization may submit more than one application for different projects or proposing different approaches. In the case of applications submitted as revisions or corrections to a previously submitted application under this NFO, the agency will consider the last application submitted prior to the established deadline.
The estimated funding floor for this opportunity is $5,000, and the estimated funding ceiling is $300,000. The funding floor means the minimum agreement funding amount for the Federal share per agreement awarded. The ceiling is the maximum agreement funding amount for the Federal share per agreement awarded. These numbers refer to the total agreement amount, not any specific budget period.
