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Organic and Transitional Education and Certification Program

Program Information

Popular name

OTECP

Program Number

10.139

Program objective

OTECP provides direct financial assistance to certified organic and transitional operations that incurred costs related to USDA organic certification or renewal, soil testing, or educational event registration in fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2023

    By 2023, OTECP had provided assistance to certified operations, as well as crop and livestock operations that are transitioning to organic production methods in anticipation of obtaining USDA organic certification. Organic certification is obtained through certifying agents accredited by the USDA NOP. To date, OTECP has paid out $3,335,740 to 11,247 applications for operations in program years 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

The program will be administered as provided in the Notice of Funds Availability published in the Federal Register. The procedural handbook is available from county FSA offices.