CDFA is accepting applications for the beginning farmer and farmworker training and workforce development grant program. This program will provide support to organizations to enhance or expand beginning farmer and farmworker training / apprenticeship programs.
Donor Name: California Department of Food and Agriculture
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $1,000,000
Details:
The Beginning Farmer and Farm-worker Training and Workforce Development Grant Program (BFFTP) seeks to support organizations in the development, enhancement and/or expansion of beginning farmer apprenticeship programs and farm worker training and workforce development programs. The overall goal of the BFFTP program is to ensure that resources are dedicated to strengthening support for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in the first ten years of business (beginning farmers), and up scaling or advancement of agricultural skills for farmworkers to provide job sustainability. A secondary goal of the program is to build and grow regional networks to ensure organizations can provide adequate support and training opportunities for those most underserved in the agriculture industry.
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for two types of awards in this program: program planning and curriculum development grants of up to $100,000; or program implementation grants up to $1,000,000 for beginning farmer training and farmworker training and workforce development programs.
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply for this program:
- Non-profit organizations,
- Tribal governments, and
- Community colleges.
Community colleges are eligible as co-applicants with local partner organizations. Entities applying must have demonstrated expertise in assisting socially disadvantaged, small-scale farmers, farmworkers and in workforce development programs.
For more information, visit CDFA.
