Pandemic Relief Activities: Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity - Technical Assistance Grants

Department Of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service

This program establishes technical assistance to support the applicants and awardees of USDA grant programs which focus on expanding domestic meat and poultry processing capacity, as part of a strategy to build a fairer, more competitive, and more resilient U.S. food supply chain.

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Helps meat and poultry processors get support for their projects. Provides technical assistance before and after they receive grants.

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Funding
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Deadline
Rolling
Status
Rolling Intake
Category
Business Financing & Capital
Organization
Department Of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service

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What Is This Program?

This program establishes will make available a broad range of pre-award and post-award technical assistance to grant applicants and grant-funded projects under U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Supply Chain initiatives, including the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Grants and the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant Program.

What Benefits Are Offered?

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Comprehensive technical assistance (TA) for meat and poultry processors. This includes support for federal grant application management (pre-award through post-award compliance), business development and financial planning, meat and poultry processing technical and operational support (including workforce development), and supply chain development. Benefits include access to technical experts, one-on-one advising, project/proposal reviews, and educational resources/events/webinars. The program does not offer financial capital or direct grant writing/project management services.

Who Is Eligible?

Business Size: small, medium, startup

Industries: meat processing, poultry processing, meat and poultry supply chain

Region: US

Demographics: family-owned, rural, minority-owned, Native American and Tribal-owned, underserved entities

Other Criteria: participants in USDA Meat and Poultry Supply Chain initiatives, seeking to build or expand meat and poultry processing and supply chain capacity, USDA grant applicants, grant-funded project managers, new enterprise startups, organizations developing regional concepts

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🏆 Detailed Application Guide

📋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
  • indirect cost rate agreement
📎Optional Documents
  • IRB approval letter
  • environmental review
📐Format Requirements
PDF only, max 10MB
📥Templates Available
✉️Supporting Letters
Letters of support/reference are required.

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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?

🤝Is Matching Funding Required?

📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?

How Do I Apply?

Erin.Morris@usda.gov
202-720-5115

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FAQFrequently Asked Questions

This program is available to small, medium, startup businesses in meat processing, poultry processing, meat and poultry supply chain industries located in US.

Contact the program administrator for funding details.

This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.

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