Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FSA SND NOCCSP 2019
The Organic Certification Cost Share Programs opportunity (specifically the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program, or NOCCSP) is a USDA grant program designed to help cover the cost of organic certification for already-certified organic producers and handlers. The program is authorized in federal farm legislation, originally through the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and later updated by the Agriculture Act of 2014 (the 2014 Farm Bill). Its practical purpose is straightforward: reduce the financial burden of maintaining organic certification by reimbursing eligible operations for certain certification-related expenses.
For FY 2019, the program made about $17.4 million available nationwide. USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the program under the framework of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and the federal grants management rules in 2 CFR 200. Rather than sending reimbursement money directly to individual farms or businesses, FSA awards funds to eligible state agencies, and those state agencies then act as pass-through entities. In other words, state departments of agriculture (or equivalent state agencies) apply to USDA for funding, and once approved, they use that funding to issue reimbursements to certified organic operations within their jurisdictions.
Geographically, the program covers certified organic operations located in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The eligible applicants for the federal grant itself are state governments (state agencies). The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding, and it uses a grant funding instrument. The CFDA number associated with the program is 10.171. For FY 2019, the notice anticipated up to 56 awards, and the listed award ceiling was $3,000,000 (reflecting the maximum award amount per applicant/award under this opportunity rather than the total national funding pool).
The FY 2019 application announcement (Request for Applications) focused on the eligibility and performance criteria that state agencies must meet to receive NOCCSP funds from USDA. Once a state agency receives an award, it can reimburse certified organic producers and handlers for eligible certification costs incurred during the covered period, which for this cycle was October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. This date window matters because the reimbursement is tied to certification expenses incurred within that timeframe.
For individual certified organic operations that want to benefit from the program, the key takeaway is that they do not apply to USDA directly under this funding notice. Instead, they must contact their respective State Department of Agriculture (or the relevant state administering agency) to request reimbursement and follow that state's process and documentation requirements. Additional program guidance and general instructions are provided through USDA's Organic Certification Cost Share Program webpage: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/occsp/.
Administrative details from the notice include the funding opportunity number (USDA FSA SND NOCCSP 2019), an original closing date of May 29, 2019 for state agency applications, and a creation/posting date of April 29, 2019. The listing identifies the agency name as the Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency, while the narrative description emphasizes that FSA administers NOCCSP, reflecting how USDA components and listings can appear across related systems while program administration rests with FSA.Apply for USDA FSA SND NOCCSP 2019
- The Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Organic Certification 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 Apr 29, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 29, 2019. (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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 56 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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