Cooperative Agreement AM22RFBCMS0005

The Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Workers Opportunities, Inc. was awarded a $1,096,219.60 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Regional Food System Partnerships program (CFDA 10.177) to support the Delta Food System Partnership. The Partnership will build on prior organizing, recruitment, training and capacity building efforts to establish an equitable, sustainable and resilient regional trade network for food producers and...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $613,510 Project Grant to Mississippi Delta Council For Farm Workers Opportunities Inc. under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP, CFDA #10.311). The grant will support the DELTA FARM START program, which aims to help beginning farmers and ranchers in Clarksdale, Mississippi enter and improve their successes in farming and ranching through Sep 14, 2025. As the primary goal of the BFRDP is...

This $2,926,890 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the National Farmworker Jobs Program (CFDA 17.264), will enable the Mississippi Delta Council For Farm Workers Opportunities Inc. (MDC) to deliver comprehensive workforce development and housing assistance services to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents. Key services include basic and individualized career services, training, youth...

The Delta Health Inclusion Program, a $450,000.00 project grant awarded by the Delta Regional Authority (CFDA 90.201 Delta Area Economic Development) on April 18, 2024, aims to build navigable pipelines for skill seekers to enter and exit the healthcare industry in the Greenville, MS region. The program, administered by the Economic Development Center of Washington County Inc., will focus on workforce development initiatives that support economic growth and improved quality of life in the...

The Mississippi Delta Community College received a $346,351 Project Grant from the Delta Regional Authority's Delta Area Economic Development program (CFDA 90.201) to implement Project New CREST. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will enable MDCC to deliver educational services and infrastructure improvements in the Mississippi Delta region over a two-year period ending on October 1, 2025. As an institution of higher learning, MDCC likely leverages this federal funding to support academic...

The Delta Regional Authority awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Binghampton Development Corporation dba Urban Farms through the Delta Area Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 90.201). The two-year grant running from March 1, 2022 to March 1, 2024 will support activities focused on developing transportation infrastructure and job training/employment programs to strengthen local economies in severely distressed areas lacking financial resources for basic public services and...

The Delta Regional Authority awarded a $442,980 Project Grant to Gradus Project, a woman-owned, Black American-owned non-profit organization, to implement the "PROJECT EAT EARN ASSIST TRAIN FOOD AS AN ECONOMIC MOBILITY TOOL" program in Memphis, TN. The grant, funded under the Delta Area Economic Development program (CFDA 90.201), aims to enhance economic mobility by using food-related initiatives as a tool. The two-year project, with an end date of October 1, 2025, will likely focus on...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $384,053.75 Project Grant under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) to In Her Shoes, Inc. in collaboration with the University of Georgia, Delta Cooperative Alliance of Minority Farmers, American Heart Association Foundation, and Coleman Farms, LLC. The grant aims to address small farm business sustainability and fresh produce access in rural, low-income, low-access areas of the...

The City of Clarksdale, Mississippi was awarded a $560,914 Project Grant from the Delta Regional Authority to support economic development activities under the Delta Area Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 90.201). The grant will fund services and infrastructure improvements focused on job training, employment-related education, business development including entrepreneurship support, and improving basic public services. As the Delta Regional Authority's mission is to partner...

The federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the Delta Regional Authority (CFDA 90.201 - Delta Area Economic Development) will fund the rehabilitation of approximately 2 miles of Leflore County Road 523 in Greenwood, Mississippi. This access road primarily serves Tackett Farms. The award has an effective date of November 28, 2023 and is scheduled for completion by November 28, 2025. As the prime awardee, the Leflore County Board of Supervisors will oversee the infrastructure improvement...