National Organic Certification Cost Share Program

Funding Opportunity Number: AMS-NOCCSP-2015 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: AgricultureCFDA Number: 10.171Eligible Applicants State governmentsAgency Name: USDA-AMSClosing Date: Apr 06, 2015Award Ceiling: $3,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 56Creation Date: Mar 03, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The National Organic Certification Cost Share program (NOCCSP) is authorized under section 10606(d)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901 note), as amended by section 10004(c) of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill; Pub. L. 113–79). Under this authority, Congress authorizes the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide organic certification cost share assistance to organic operations (producers and handlers) located within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. Territories including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (subsequently, referred to as states or state agencies). The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) administers the NOCCSP using relevant sections of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and the Uniform Grant Guidance, 2 CFR 200. AMS awards NOCCSP funds to eligible state agencies, which operate as a pass-through system, by accepting and approving thei...
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