2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory
2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory
2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory
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FEDERAL PROGRAMS<br />
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF agriculture<br />
www.usda.gov<br />
GRANT/PROGRAM<br />
AMS <strong>Grant</strong> Programs – Federal State Marketing Improvement<br />
Program, Specialty Crop Block <strong>Grant</strong> Program, The Farmers<br />
Market Promotion Program, and Organic Cost Share Program.<br />
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers – USDA, through the<br />
Farm Service Agency, provides direct and guaranteed loans<br />
to beginning farmers and ranchers who are unable to obtain<br />
financing from commercial credit sources. Each fiscal year,<br />
the Agency targets a portion of its direct and guaranteed farm<br />
ownership (FO) and operating loan (OL) funds to beginning<br />
farmers and ranchers.<br />
CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE<br />
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.<br />
fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateA<br />
&navID=AMS<strong>Grant</strong>s&leftNav=AMS<strong>Grant</strong>s<br />
&page=AMS<strong>Grant</strong>s&acct=AMSPW<br />
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=<br />
home&subject=fmlp&topic=bfl<br />
Broadband Program – This program is designed to provide<br />
loans for funding, on a technology neutral basis, for the costs<br />
of construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities<br />
and equipment to provide broadband service to eligible rural<br />
communities.<br />
Business Development – USDA provides technical assistance<br />
to businesses and cooperatives located in rural communities,<br />
and establishes strategic alliances and partnerships that<br />
leverage public, private, and cooperative resources to create<br />
jobs and stimulate rural economic activity by promoting<br />
business development.<br />
Community Facilities – Community Programs provide loans,<br />
grants and loan guarantees for projects to develop essential<br />
community facilities for public use in rural areas. This may<br />
include hospitals, fire protection, public safety, libraries,<br />
schools, day care centers as well as many other communitybased<br />
initiatives. USDA also works to develop the capacity<br />
and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing<br />
and community development organizations, and low income<br />
rural communities to improve housing, community facilities,<br />
community and economic development projects in rural areas.<br />
Crop and Livestock Insurance – USDA helps producers<br />
manage their business risks. The mission of USDA’s Risk<br />
Management Agency (RMA) is to promote, support, and<br />
regulate sound risk management solutions to preserve and<br />
strengthen the economic stability of America’s agricultural<br />
producers. As part of this mission, RMA operates and manages<br />
the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC).<br />
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/utp_farmbill.<br />
html<br />
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/<br />
usda/usdahome?navid=BUSINESS_<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/<br />
usda/usdahome?navid=BUSINESS_<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/<br />
usdahome?navid=CROP_LIVESTOCK_<br />
INSUR<br />
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PA <strong>Grant</strong> & <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Directory</strong>
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