[Faculty] Fwd: USDA-NRCS Conservation Outreach: Racial Equity and Justice Conservation Cooperative Agreements ($100, 000 - $1, 000, 000)

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From: Gonzalez Jr., Roberto - OPPE, Calexico, CA <roberto.gonzalez at usda.gov>
Date: Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 11:55 AM
Subject: USDA-NRCS Conservation Outreach: Racial Equity and Justice
Conservation Cooperative Agreements ($100,000 - $1,000,000)
To: Gonzalez Jr., Roberto - OPPE, Calexico, CA <roberto.gonzalez at usda.gov>


U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) is investing up to $50 million in cooperative agreements to support
historically underserved farmers and ranchers with climate-smart
agriculture and forestry. The Racial Justice and Equity Conservation
Cooperative Agreements are available to entities for two year projects that
expand the delivery of conservation assistance to farmers who are
beginning, limited resource, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers.



Projects should remove barriers to access and reach historically
underserved groups through a combination of program outreach and technical
assistance in managing natural resources that address one or more of the
following four NRCS priority areas:

   1. Addressing local natural resource issues;
   2. Using climate-smart agriculture practices and principles;
   3. Encouraging existing and new partnerships; and
   4. Developing state and community-led conservation leadership for
   historically underserved agricultural producers, including educating and
   training students for careers in natural resources management.



The projects should help historically underserved farmers and ranchers in
implementing natural resources conservation practices that:

   - Improve soil health;
   - Improve water quality;
   - Provide habitat for local wildlife species of concern;
   - Improve the environmental and economic performance of working
   agricultural land;
   - Build and strengthen local food projects that provide healthy food and
   economic opportunities; and
   - Provide conservation planning that develops solutions to frequent and
   changing weather patterns.



Historically underserved producers include those who are considered
beginning, limited resource, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers
and ranchers.



*Who Is Eligible*
Entities who provide outreach assistance to historically underserved groups
are eligible, including:

   - Private and Public institutions of higher education;
   - Nonprofit organizations;
   - Native American tribal governments and organizations.

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*Closing Date for Applications:* Oct 25, 2021



*There is no specified cost sharing or matching requirement for this
opportunity. There is no competitive advantage to applicants who
voluntarily provide a match.*



The funding floor for this opportunity is $100,000, and the funding ceiling
is $1,000,000. The funding floor means the minimum agreement funding amount
for the Federal share per agreement awarded. The ceiling means the maximum
agreement funding amount for the Federal share per agreement awarded. These
numbers refer to the total agreement amount and not any specific budget
period.  Projects may be up to one to two years in duration.



*VIEW GRANT OPPORTUNITY:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335400
<https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335400>*




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