Emergency Conservation Program
Department Of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) helps farmers and ranchers recover from natural disasters by sharing the cost of emergency work. The program provides assistance to, repair farmland damaged by floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, or other disasters, stop soil erosion due to a natural disaster event and improve water conservation during severe drought. Funding depends on availability.
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Helps farmers recover from natural disasters by covering costs to fix land damaged by unusual events. Assistance is for new conservation problems that threaten crop production.
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- costs associated with conservation practices
- costs for technical assistance
- costs for materials and supplies
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- costs for activities not related to conservation
- costs incurred prior to application approval
- 📏Expense Caps
- Administrative costs capped at 15%
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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