Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FSA PECD NOCCSP 2017
The National Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP) is a USDA grant program designed to reduce the out-of-pocket cost of becoming or staying certified organic. It is authorized by federal farm bill legislation (originally the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and later amended by the Agriculture Act of 2014) and is administered by the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). The core purpose is straightforward: help certified organic producers and handlers recover a portion of the fees they pay to obtain and maintain organic certification under the National Organic Program.
A key point about how this funding works is that the direct applicants to USDA are not individual farms or organic businesses. Eligible applicants are state governments and similar state-level agencies (typically State Departments of Agriculture) across the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. FSA awards funds to these state agencies, and the state agencies then operate a pass-through reimbursement system. In practice, that means the state agency accepts applications from certified organic operations within its jurisdiction, reviews and approves those requests, and then reimburses eligible certification expenses according to program rules.
For the FY 2017 cycle described in the notice, USDA made approximately $10.7 million available nationwide. The opportunity is listed as a discretionary grant under CFDA 10.171, with an expected 56 awards (reflecting broad participation across states and territories) and an award ceiling of $3,000,000. The official funding opportunity number is USDA FSA PECD NOCCSP 2017. The request for applications for state agencies was posted January 3, 2017, with an original closing date of February 17, 2017, and it included the eligibility requirements and performance expectations that states had to meet in order to receive and manage the funds.
The reimbursement window for organic operations under this FY 2017 funding covered certain certification costs incurred between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017. While the announcement does not list every reimbursable line item, it emphasizes that reimbursement is limited to specific certification costs associated with organic certification (the kinds of expenses typically charged by accredited certifiers for application, inspection, and certification services). Because the program is administered through state agencies, certified organic producers and handlers seeking reimbursement are directed to contact their own State Department of Agriculture (or the comparable state administering agency) to learn the exact application process, required documentation, reimbursement rates and caps used by that state, and deadlines for submitting claims.
Program administration follows relevant sections of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 as well as federal grant management rules under 2 CFR 200, which governs how federal funds must be managed, documented, and reported. For applicants and participants looking for the current program overview and state contact pathways, USDA provides additional guidance through FSA at: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/occsp/.Apply for USDA FSA PECD NOCCSP 2017
- The Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Organic Certification Cost Share Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.171.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 03, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 17, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 56 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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