220 Block Grants
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.967
- Agency
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Farm Service Agency
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Treasury account
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- 12-9913-0-1-999
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency awards block grants under CFDA 10.967 to eight eligible states to compensate producers for crop, timber, and livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure damage, sustained during weather events in 2023 and 2024. The program structure is noncompetitive: USDA negotiates terms directly with designated states, which then accept and process producer applications. Each state award carries a performance period of up to five years. Eligible producers must reside in states meeting specific criteria: net farm income for 2023 below $250 million (per USDA Economic Research Service data as of December 3, 2024), fewer than eight thousand farms, and average farm size under one thousand acres per farm (per USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service 2023 data, February 2024 publication).
Compensation flows to producers as direct assistance for verified losses; states may also draw administrative cost reimbursement from their awards. Award terms and conditions will specify any restrictions on producer fund use. Grant records must be retained for three years from final expenditure report submission, or longer if litigation, audit, or claim resolution extends the retention period.
The source does not specify total federal dollars obligated, individual state award amounts, or recent disbursement activity. No current grant opportunities are listed; the program structure precludes typical open solicitation since awards are negotiated directly with pre-identified states. The source does not identify which eight states were selected.
Objective and description
- Objective
The 220 Block Grants Program's purpose is to provide assistance to producers who have suffered certain losses as a consequence of weather events in 2023 and 2024.
- Description
The 220 Block Grants Program provides compensation to producers for necessary expenses related to crop, timber, and livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure, as a consequence of any weather event in 2023 or 2024.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
States with a net farm income for 2023 of less than $250,000,000, as recorded in the data in the Economic Research Service publication "Farm Income and Wealth Statistics" as of December 3, 2024, and fewer than eight thousand farms and an average farm size of fewer than one thousand acres per farm, as recorded in the National Agricultural Statistics Service publication "Farms and Land in Farms 2023 Summary" (February 2024).
- Beneficiary eligibility
Eligible producers in the 8 eligible states that suffered crop, timber, and livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure, as a consequence of any weather event in 2023 or 2024.
- Uses of assistance
Certain administrative costs may be allowable, in addition to the direct assistance to eligible producers. Funds provided to eligible producers are compensation for losses and any restrictions for the use of such funds will be stipulated under each award's terms and conditions.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Each award may have a period of performance of up to five years, as identified in the each award's terms and conditions.
How to apply
- Award procedure
USDA will enter into eight noncompetitive block grants with specific States, following negotiation and establishment of certain terms and conditions as required by the program's authorizing statute. Following award execution and pursuant to the terms and conditions of each award, the States will accept applications from and issue payments to eligible producers.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.967?
Assistance Listing 10.967 is 220 Block Grants, a federal grant program run by Farm Service Agency (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for 220 Block Grants?
Its CFDA number is 10.967: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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