The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) is pleased to present the Livestock Operator Fire and Flood Assistance Program (LOFFAP) Grant.
Donor Name: Arizona Department of Agriculture
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/26/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The primary purpose of LOFFAP is 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.
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. The maximum grant request shall not exceed $250,000.00
Project Period
Project duration shall not exceed 2 years (24 months).
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.
- LOFFAP funds are available for funding private, non-governmental infrastructure projects that take place on private lands or lands leased from the State or federal government by private individuals.
- Grant of LOFFAP funds is limited as follows:
- No more than 50% of the monies in the Fund may be awarded with respect to infrastructure projects in any one county in one fiscal year.
- A grant cannot exceed 50% of the total cost of the grantee’s infrastructure project cost as a result of a single wildfire or that wildfire’s associated flooding, including all amounts received from other sources, whether from the grantee or from other state and federal programs. Grantees will be required to sign a consent to allow sharing of information between AZDA and other state and federal programs.
- A grant cannot exceed an aggregate of $250,000 for damage caused to a livestock operation as a result of a single wildfire or that wildfire’s associated flooding.
- State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) clearance is required for all ground disturbing infrastructure projects funded by the State of Arizona.
For more information, visit AZDA.
