The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded $200,000 under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) to the Delaware Department of Agriculture on January 24, 2022. The funding will reimburse seafood processors and dealers in Delaware for expenses incurred in preparing for, preventing exposure to, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through January 24, 2024. Specifically, the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and...
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) received a $200,000 block grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA #10.181). The award enables MDARD to reimburse Michigan-based seafood processors, at-sea processors, and seafood dealers for expenditures incurred between January 27, 2020 and December 31, 2021 to respond to the coronavirus pandemic....
The $850,184 block grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service's Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program will establish a grant program administered by the Maine Department of Marine Resources to provide reimbursement to licensed Maine seafood wholesale dealers and processors for eligible expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible applicants may apply for individual grants ranging from $1,000 to $200,000 to recover...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded $826,807 under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish & Wildlife on January 24, 2022. The funding will support reimbursements to New Jersey seafood processors, dealers, and processing vessels for eligible COVID-19 related expenses incurred between January 27, 2020 and December 31, 2021. Eligible...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $1.6 million block grant to the State of Mississippi under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). The grant funds will be administered by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources to provide relief to seafood processing facilities, processing vessels, and dealers in Mississippi impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible reimbursement activities include workplace...
The $2.4 million Block Grant from the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) will fund safety protocols and COVID-19 response costs for seafood processing facilities and vessels in Washington state through January 2024. The grant will provide direct payments to seafood processors and processing vessels for eligible expenses incurred between January 2020 and December 2021, including...
The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Division of Marine Fisheries (MA DMF) received a $1,104,725 block grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). MA DMF will use the funding to provide $1,091,614 in payments to Massachusetts seafood processors and wholesale dealers to cover COVID-19 response and safety expenses incurred between 2020 and 2024. Eligible...
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will receive $279,234 through the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. This two-year block grant will support North Carolina seafood processors and distributors in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the Department will reimburse eligible seafood businesses for qualifying pandemic-related expenses incurred between January 2022...
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) received a $1.85 million block grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). The award will fund the 2021 Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program to provide relief to approximately 208 licensed seafood processors and dealers in Virginia for costs incurred between January 27, 2020 and...
This $510,912 block grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) will fund the California Salmon Council's efforts to disburse relief funds to eligible California seafood processors. The Council will collaborate with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct outreach to commercially permitted seafood processors informing them about the grant program and...