Department of Agriculture — Federal Assistance Programs

The Tribal College Extension Program supports the 1994 Land-Grants to create extension offices for their reservation communities. Each extension office works with reservation communities to build…

The USDA Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative promotes traditional food ways, Indian Country food and agriculture markets, and Indigenous health through foods tailored to American Indian/Alaska Native…

To increase the engagement of tribal members within the food and agricultural workforce and to foster and advance the professional achievement of tribal youth, by providing…

The goal of this listing is to support agreements with organizations, institutions, or individuals throughout the world to conduct activities related to the sanitary and phytosanitary…

The objective of the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Competitive Grants Program is to support a wide range of activities such as operating community gardens…

Assistance from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) to selected eligible applicants to conduct targeted outreach and technical assistance on FSA programs in urban areas, with an…

This program supports the health and expansion of urban and community forests to improve environmental quality, conserve energy, improve air quality, and enhance community well-being. It…

To make competitive grants in support of research, education, and extension activities for the purposes of facilitating the development of urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural…

Through the Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement (LRP) Program, FAS partners with private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, and the World Food Program to implement field-based projects…

To help agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and/or marketing of bio-based, value-added products. Generating new products, creating and expanding marketing opportunities,…

To assist very low, low-income, and moderate-income households to obtain modest, decent, safe, and sanitary housing for use as a permanent residence in rural areas.

Improve quality of life for very low-income owner-occupants in rural areas.

The program responds to the current shortage of large animal veterinarians in rural areas by encouraging veterinarians, through loan repayment, to provide veterinary service in designated…

To relieve shortages of large animal veterinarians in rural areas by entering into agreements with veterinarians under which specified amounts of the principal and interest of…

The purpose of the Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP) is to relieve veterinarian shortage situations and support veterinary services. The Secretary shall carry out a program…

1) Annually award competitive Education, Extension, and Training (EET) projects to relieve veterinary shortage situations and support veterinary services in rural areas, 2) Annually award Rural…

The primary objective of VPA-HIP is to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make that land available for access…

Provide loan and grant funds for water and waste projects serving the most financially needy communities. Financial assistance should result in reasonable user costs for rural…

This program helps get safe reliable drinking water and waste disposal services to low-income rural areas whose residents are experiencing a significant health risk due to…

Annual TAT - To identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems in rural areas; to assist applicants in preparing applications made in accordance…