CDFA is now accepting proposals for the 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program’s (SCBGP) Additional Assistance for Historically Underrepresented Organizations (Additional Assistance) Program. This program is offered in conjunction with the conventional SCBGP. 

The intent of this program is to provide a process for participation for organizations that have been historically underrepresented in the Block Grant process. 

Eligibility for the Additional Assistance Program includes non-profit organizations, Tribal governments and K-12 school districts that have not previously received SCBGP funding, do not have expertise with grant writing, and that work directly in either supporting underserved and beginning farmers or providing access to specialty crops in underserved communities.

Please note that organizations that have submitted Concept Proposals for the 2025 SCBGP through the Financial Assistance Application Submittal Tool are not eligible to apply. 

Awards will range from $100,000 to $250,000, and projects may last up to two years and eight months. 

CDFA will conduct a webinar on the Additional Assistance Program, and more detailed information can be found in the 2025 SCBGP Additional Assistance Program Request for Concept Proposals

Applicants interested in the Additional Assistance Program should contact grants@cdfa.ca.gov as soon as possible to express interest and begin receiving individual technical assistance via email, phone call, or video call. 

Applications are due via email to grants@cdfa.ca.gov by Friday, September 27, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. PT and can be obtained by visiting CDFA’s SCBGP website or by emailing grants@cdfa.ca.gov.