Idaho Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
The 2024 Farm Bill applications are CLOSED
Specialty crop grant funding is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture and is allocated to the state to be awarded through a competitive grant process. Projects must enhance the competitiveness of U.S. grown specialty crops in either domestic or foreign markets and must provide a benefit to more than just the applicant. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture.
Funds are available to interested local, state, and federal government agencies, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and universities.
Projects may include, but are not limited to:
- Increasing child and adult nutrition knowledge and consumption of specialty crops
- Pest and disease control
- Sustainability
- Enhancing food safety
- Developing new and improved seed varieties and specialty crops
- Improving efficiency and reducing costs of distribution systems
- Improving the capacity of all entities in the specialty crop distribution chain to comply with the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (21 U.S.C. Chapter 27), for example, developing “Good Agricultural Practices,” “Good Handling Practices,” “Good Manufacturing Practices,” and in cost-share arrangements for funding audits of such systems (including USDA GroupGAP) for small farmers, packers and processors
- Investing in specialty crop research, including research to focus on conservation and environmental outcomes
2024 Specialty Crop Block Grant Timeline
Event | Date |
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Request for Proposals Released | November 2023 |
Application Webinar | November 28, 2PM MTN |
Applications Due to ISDA | February 1, 2024 |
Applications Reviewed, Scored, and Selected | February - March 2024 |
Idaho State Plan Submitted to USDA | May 2024 |
Anticipated USDA Approval | September 2024 |
Post-Award Webinar | November 2024 |
Disbursement Agreements to Grantees | October - November 2024 |
Anticipated Project Start Date | November - December 2024 |
Projects Conclude No Later Than | September 29, 2026 |
The links below provide detailed information on how to apply, as well as the complete set of application documents.
2024 Specialty Crop Grant Application Materials
- 2024 SCBG Application
- 2024 Specialty Crop Block Grant Application Guidelines
- 2024 Application Information Sheet (Exhibit A)
- 2024 Application Outcome Measures and Indicators
- Sales is a MANDATORY measure for all marketing and promotion projects. Any projects using Outcome 1, MUST include Indicator 1.5
- 2024 Application Checklist
- Register with SAM.gov
- 2024 SCBG Application Webinar Presentation
- 2024 SCBG Application Webinar Recording
- SCBG Application Example
Multi-State Specialty Crop Grants
Reporting Requirements, Forms and Resources
(you may need to Right-Click and select Save-As on some documents)
- 2023 Post Reward Webinar
- 2023 Post Reward Webinar Presentation
- Subrecipient Webinar Presentation – December 2021
- Subrecipient Webinar Video – December 2021
- Ledger Review Checklist
- Travel Guidelines and Policies
- Annual Performance Report Template (docx)(2017 Grants to Present)
- Annual Performance Report Example
- Final Performance Report Template (docx)(2017 Grants to Present)
- Final Performance Report Example (pdf)
- General Terms and Conditions (2021- Present) (pdf)
- 2020 General Terms and Conditions (pdf)
- 2019 General Terms and Conditions (pdf)
- 2017-2018 General Terms and Conditions (pdf)
- Guidelines to Request an Extension
- Guidelines to Request a Change of Scope
- SCBGP Performance Measures
Previously Funded Projects
- 2023 Projects
- 2022 Projects
- 2021 Projects
- 2020 Projects
- 2019 Projects
- 2018 Projects
- 2017 Projects
- 2016 Projects
- 2015 Projects
- 2014 Projects
- 2013 Projects
- 2012 Projects
- 2011 Projects
- 2010 Projects
- 2009 Projects
- SCBGP Fund Research & Technology Projects in Idaho (2009-2014)
Other Grant Opportunities:
Please save the files onto your hard drive before editing the documents. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the file.
For more information contact:
SCBG@isda.idaho.gov
or call 208-332-8533