Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FSA SND NOCCSP 22 NOFO0001215
The Organic Cost Share Programs opportunity is a USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) grant announcement for fiscal year 2022 that funds two related programs: the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP) and the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Organic Certification Cost Share Program. Together, these are referred to as the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP). The overall goal is straightforward: reduce the financial burden on organic producers and handlers by helping cover part of the costs required to obtain and keep organic certification.
Funding is awarded by FSA to eligible State Agencies, which act as the administering entities in their states or territories. Rather than paying individual farms and businesses directly at the federal level, USDA provides grant funds to these State Agencies, and the states then run the reimbursement process for organic operations within their jurisdictions. For FY 2022, the announcement lists approximately $7 million available under NOCCSP and about $943,000 available under AMA, for a combined total just under $8 million. The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant in the agriculture funding area (CFDA 10.171), and the eligible applicants for this federal grant are state governments.
The funds are used specifically to reimburse organic operations for allowable organic certification expenses. Under the FY 2022 terms described, a certified organic operator can typically be reimbursed for 50 percent of total allowable certification costs, up to a maximum of $500 per certification scope. The announcement identifies the scopes as crops, livestock, wild crops, and handling (which generally means processing/handling activities under organic certification). It also notes State Organic Program fees as an eligible category, reflecting that some states operate their own organic program requirements and associated fees. The practical effect is that an operation with multiple certification scopes may be eligible for multiple capped reimbursements, depending on how their certification is structured and what the state program allows within the federal guidelines.
The time window for eligible certification costs in this FY 2022 cycle is October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. Organic operations seeking reimbursement for costs incurred during that period generally may submit requests through November 1, 2022, unless a State Agency requests and receives approval to use a different deadline. This matters because the federal award is to states, and states administer the workflow and paperwork, so states can have slightly different implementation timelines if formally approved.
From a grant administration standpoint, this announcement is described as the initial request for applications from State Agencies. It lays out the eligibility and performance criteria states must meet to receive NOCCSP and/or AMA funds and then distribute reimbursements to eligible certified operations. The notice also signals that if Congress or USDA authorizes additional funding during FY 2022, FSA and participating State Agencies may amend their grant agreements. Those amendments could add funds and potentially increase the reimbursement amounts available to certified operations beyond what is initially provided.
Key logistics from the opportunity listing include the funding opportunity number (USDA FSA SND NOCCSP 22 NOFO0001215), an original application closing date for state applicants of July 15, 2022, and an award ceiling listed at $1,437,800 (typically reflecting a maximum award size for an applicant or a program component, depending on how USDA structured the notice). Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a pass-through reimbursement program: USDA funds states, states reimburse organic businesses, and the reimbursements are tied to documented organic certification expenses incurred during the defined fiscal-year period.Apply for USDA FSA SND NOCCSP 22 NOFO0001215
- The Farm Service Agency in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Organic Cost Share Programs" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.171.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-05-16.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-07-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,437,800.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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