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California Drought Contingency PlanProteus, Inc.Provides career counseling, training, education, and English as a SecondLanguage (ESL) programs in Kern, Kings, Fresno and Tulare countiesUnited WayMobilizes staff, volunteer leaders, and resources for disaster response48
California Drought Contingency PlanATTACHMENT 2: Key Federal drought relief programsSupplemental Revenue Assistance Payment Program (SURE): SURE providesassistance to farmers who have suffered crop losses due to natural disasters includingdrought.Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP): LFP provides assistance to livestockproducers during droughts.Tree Assistance Program (TAP): USDA intends to implement TAP in California to assistfarmers and orchardists who have lost vines or trees to drought in reestablishing theirorchards and vines.Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm Raise Fish Program(ELAP): Livestock producers, beekeepers and fish producers who suffer a loss notcovered under SURE, TAP, and LFP should be able to receive assistance from thisprogram.Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP): NAP provides coverage tofarmers who grow non-insurable crops and suffer natural disasters.Emergency Conservation Program (ECP): The ECP provides emergency funding andtechnical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damages bynatural disasters and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures in periodof severe drought.Emergency Farm Loans (EFL): EFL funding is contingent upon Secretarial disasterdesignations. Emergency loans help producers recover from production and physicallosses due to drought and other natural disasters.Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP): USDA launched a special EQIPdrought initiative in 2009 that provided financial assistance to drought strickenproducers. The assistance allowed producers to provide temporary coverage in fallowedfields subject to severe wind erosion, to rehabilitate springs for stock water, and toundertake critical water conservation measures. The USDA is ready to develop andlaunch a successor EQIP program if drought persist in 2010.49
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