The Livestock Operator Fire and Flood Assistance Program aims to provide a source of funding for landowners and lessees of a livestock operation who require reconstruction assistance as a result of infrastructure damage caused by a single wildfire or that wildfire’s associated flooding.
Donor Name: Arizona Department of Agriculture
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/27/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
The legislature has appropriated $10,000,000.00 to the Fund, of which an amount of $9,500,000.00 will be available for grant awards.
Sources of other funding include but are not limited to:
- Insurance
- Charitable Organizations
- FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program Grants
- USDA Forest Service
- Burned Area Emergency Response
- Burned Area Rehabilitation
- USDA Farm Service Agency
- Livestock Indemnity Program
- Livestock Forage Disaster Program
- Emergency Conservation Program
- Emergency Relief Program
- Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- USDA NRCS
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program
- Emergency Watershed Protection Program
- Under a federal disaster declaration, the following could be sources of financial assistance:
- Individual Assistance
- Small Business Administration
A grant cannot exceed an aggregate of $250,000 for damage caused to a livestock operation as a result of a single wildfire and that wildfire’s associated flooding.
Eligibility Criteria
Only one application per applicant will be accepted per grant cycle. Eligible applicants are livestock-operation landowners and lessees:
- Who own over forty animals, as defined by this Manual, as part of a livestock operation;
- Whose livestock-operation infrastructure was damaged as a result of a single wildfire or that wildfire’s associated flooding;
- Who needs assistance for infrastructure repair to continue the livestock operation; and
- Who are ineligible for funding from, or are only partially funded by, another federal or state program, to repair their damaged infrastructure.
For more information, visit AZDA.
