Agriculture and Youth Grant Program in the US
Deadline: 30-Sep-22
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has launched the applications for Agriculture & Youth Grant Program that provides direct grants and matching grants to help fund eligible projects, programs and equipment purchases conducted or made by an organization composed mainly of youth, or an organization with programs that benefit youth, and organized to promote development in the areas of agriculture, community leadership, vocational training and peer fellowship.
The program aims to address the looming workforce deficit the industry is expected to face in the next decade.
Funding Information
$500,000 is available for grants for two different grant types that can be awarded under the program:
Direct, non-matching reimbursement grants of up to $7,500 to defray costs of an eligible project, other than a capital project; and,
Matching reimbursement grants of up to $25,000 to defray the costs of an eligible capital project or equipment purchase, where the grant covers no more than 50% of the project cost.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects include one or more of the following:
Education or workforce development seminars or field trips;
Agricultural safety training programs;
Capital projects or equipment purchases.
Eligible Costs
A project addressing biosecurity and illness prevention and containment practices in agricultural and food production operations, food processing operations and charitable food distribution networks.
An educational or workforce development program.
Educational or workforce development seminars and field trips.
An agricultural safety training program.
A capital project or an equipment purchase for an agriculture and youth organization.
Eligibility Criteria
Agriculture and youth organizations
Any organization composed mainly of youth, or an organization with programs that benefit youth, and organized to promote development in the areas of agriculture, community leadership, vocational training and peer fellowship. The term includes a school district.
Ineligible Costs
Grant reimbursement money shall not be used to reimburse any portion of an in-kind contribution to an eligible project.
Grant money may not be used to pay or reimburse wages or salaries of grant recipient staff.
Grant money may not be used to reimburse any portion of the project costs which are being paid or reimbursed under another Federal or State grant program.
For more information, visit https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Funding/Farmbill/Pages/Ag-Youth-Grants.aspx