1. 2017

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 – ACTIVE Programs:

   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, the amount available for awards was $455,489,177, after legislatively mandated set-asides.

   (A), (B) and (CC) - Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-grant Institutions (LGIs) and District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Program (aka DCPPERA)

   (A) Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-grant Institutions

   For Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, approximately $300 million was appropriated for the Smith-Lever 3(b) & (c) Programs.

   Per the Budget Office, $289,045,417 was available for awards for this Program.

   Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-Grant Institutions were allocated funds to support Extension activities.

   Awards ranged from $1,133,542 to $13,255,226.

   (B) Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-grant Institutions (Smith-Lever Special Needs)

   FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2017:

   Special Needs program was allocated $1,029,979 to support individual projects that may be initiated under this program.

   Awards ranged from $11,347 to 111,504.

   (CC) University of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Program (DCPPERA)

   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, $1,204,360 (representing the Appropriation, less the legislatively mandated set-asides), was available to fund this program allocated solely to the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).

   There is no matching requirement for this program.

   Administrative costs are taken from Smith-Lever funds.

   (C ) Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program [Section 3 (b) & (c )]

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) funded Smith Lever Special Needs projects to implement applied scientific programs that serve public needs in preparation for, during and after local or regional emergency situations or disasters.

   The program received eight (8) applications and awarded six (6) projects, totaling $461,619.

   (D) Agricultural Extension at 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, Including Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University – (aka 1890 LGIs)

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   Approximately $45.5 million was appropriated for this program to support the Extension programs at the 19 1890 Land-Grant Universities, in 18 states. After legislatively authorized set-asides, approximately $43.7 million was available for awards.

   Funds are distributed on a formula basis. This program requires a dollar for dollar match. However, NIFA may consider and approve matching waiver requests above the 50 percent level.

   (E) & (EE) - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (aka EFNEP) [Smith-Lever - Section 3 (d)] and EFNEP WebNEERS (Competitive)

   FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2017:

   The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) brings together federal, state, and local resources to target two (2) primary audiences: low-income families with young children and low-income youth. The program is delivered by the 1862 and the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions. Since 1969, EFNEP has reached more than 33 million low-incomes families and youth, improving their diets and food-related behaviors. Each year EFNEP enrolls nearly half a million new program participants.

   In FY 2017, EFNEP received $67,417,320 in federal funding. EFNEP reached 108,216 adults and 366,327 youth directly; and more than 300,000 family members indirectly (source: EFNEP’s evaluation and reporting system, WebNEERS; see https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/EFNEP-2017-Annual-Report.pdf). 82% of EFNEP participants who reported income were at or below 100% of poverty, earning $24,600 a year or less for a family of four (4). At least 71% of all EFNEP adults identify as minorities. This is significant because poor health disproportionately affects minority and low-income populations.

   EFNEP consistently demonstrates strong results. FY 2017 data confirms adult graduates:
   • Improve their diets: 94% report more closely following dietary recommendations, including consuming an extra 1/2 cup of fruits and vegetables • Improve their nutrition practices: 89% improve nutrition practices, such as making healthier food choices and reading nutrition labels • Stretch their food dollars farther: 84% improve food resource management practices, such as planning meals and shopping with a grocery list • Handle food more safely: 65% improve food safety practices, such as storing and thawing food properly • Increase their physical activity rates: 40% increase their physical activity level by 30 minutes or more

   (G), (H) & (W) – Farm Safety, Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification, and Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities (AgrAbility Project)

   NOTE: Programs were combined in FY 2012.

   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Congress consolidated Extension 3(d) line items Farm Safety (AgrAbility) and Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification into a single line item.

   In FY 2017, after legislatively mandated set asides, approximately $4,423,770 was available to support Farm Safety (i.e., AgrAbility) and Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification (YFSEC) programs.

   Of the above amount, $4,123,770 was made available to support AgrAbility projects: 17 continuation awards, all State/Regional AgrAbility Projects (SRAPs); one (1) continuation National AgrAbility Project (NAP); and three (3) new SRAPs.

   All AgrAbility projects are partnerships between Cooperative Extension at 1862 and 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities and private non-profit organizations that provide direct service to individuals with disabilities. SRAPs and NAP focus on increasing the likelihood that individuals with disabilities and their families engaged in production agriculture (AgrAbility’s customers) will become more successful.

   NIFA received ten (10) new SRAP proposals in FY 2017 and competitively funded three (3). Funding ratio was 30%.

   In FY 2017, NIFA had $300,000 available for YFSEC projects. Applications were solicited for three (3) different types of projects:
   (1) Safety in Agriculture for Youth (SAY) National Clearinghouse Project – to continue efforts made to date with SAY Clearinghouse, curricula submission and review, marketing of the Clearinghouse, and SAY National Steering Committee. (2) YFSEC Instructor Training Project – to support recruitment and training of youth farm safety instructors in currently available youth farm safety curricula.
   (3) YFSEC Youth Training Project – to continue with development of new/enhancement of current youth farm safety curricula, implementation/piloting of those curricula with youth, and evaluation of youth training.

   NIFA received six (6) YFSEC proposals and competitively awarded funding to three (3). Funding ratio was 50%. Each of the projects was approved funding for four (4) years, at $100,000 per year.

   (I) New Technologies at Ag Extension (aka NTAE)

   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, NIFA awarded a continuation grant in the amount of $1,488,000 to the New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE) program, and eXtension continued to work from its FY 2015-2018 strategic plan which charged eXtension to apply its technology expertise and broad national network to become a major catalyst for increasing innovation and the impact of Cooperative Extension Service (CES) professionals’ work throughout the entire CES.

   (J), (U) & (V) - Children, Youth, and Families At- Risk (aka CYFAR), Sustainable Community Projects (aka CYFAR-SCP) and Professional Development and Technical Assistance (aka CYFAR-PDTA)

   FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2017:

   Total CYFAR funding was $8,054,025. Sustainable Community Project funding represented 45 successful applicants (new and continued awards) and successful applicants will receive $7,040,000 for Fiscal Year 2017.

   The funding ratio for new projects was 10%.

   The CYFAR Professional and Development and Technical Assistance (PDTA) funding was $563,340.

   The CYFAR Military PDTA funding was $450,000.

   (L) Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program
   (aka FRTEP)

   In Fiscal Year 2017, the FRTEP program began a new four-year continuation. NIFA awarded $2,912,490 to 36 extension offices through its 1862 Land Grant Universities. Awards will range from $68,580 to $123,000. $35,000 from the $123,000 award was used to support all 36 Extension offices along with attendance at the 2017 Extension Professional Development conference in Polson, Montana.

   (M) & (BB) - Extension Services at the 1994 Institutions Program (aka Tribal Colleges Extension Program and TCEP) and Tribal Colleges Extension - Special Emphasis (aka TCEP-SE)

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   The program awarded $ 4,262,160 to states to support informal community education at the 1994 Land Grant institutions. As in 2016, roughly $3.2 million was funded in capacity to support Extension offices at 32 institutions. In addition, $1.1 million went to 14 special emphasis awards, given to 13 institutions. One school received two special emphasis projects. As in 2016, two schools decided not to participate in the program in 2017.

   Tribal Colleges Extension (TCEP) funds community based, informal learning on rural reservations. Programs mainly involve youth development and may also include the promotion of rural entrepreneurship, healthy lifestyles and production agriculture. Every other year eligible institutions can complete for Tribal Colleges Extension - Special Emphasis (TCEP-SE) which funds pilot projects for informal, community focused learning.

   In FY 2017, both TECP capacity and special emphasis were in a continuation cycle. Capacity grants were in their fourth year of a four year cycle.

   (N) & (O) - Renewable Resources Extension Act Program – (aka RREA) and - National Focus Fund (Competitive) Projects (aka RREA-NFF)

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   Capacity program impacts resulted in: • Number of educational events – 5,888 • Number of landowners adopting at least one new management practice – 321,028 • Number of forest and rangeland acres impacted – 36,350,661 • Number of management plans developed – 2,088 • Number of forest, range, fish and wildlife income-generating businesses created or expanded –2,431 • Number of new jobs created – 379

   (P) Rural Health and Safety (aka Rural Health & Safety Education)

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   The total amount available for awards was $2,877,637. 18 proposals received 9 proposals funded Represents 50 percent acceptance rate

   (Q) 1890 Facilities Grant Program (aka Section 1447 Grants)

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   The appropriated amount was $19,730,000. The amount available to support 19 facilities projects (one per 1890 land-grant university) was $18,940,800.

   Funding levels ranged from $701,302 to $1,510,956.

   (R) Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program (aka FARAD)

   For the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 award cycle, Congress appropriated $1,200,000 to support FARAD, which was funded under its own line item authority.

   Four (4) applications were received and evaluated under competition waiver administrative processes. FARAD applications were merit reviewed internally by National Program Staff and all four (4) entities were funded.

   This 31-year-old high performing integrated consortium of collaborating institutions currently includes at each Land Grant campus a lead Project Director (PD), and his/her respective scientific staff.

   The funding ratio for this program in FY 2017 was 100% due to the competition waiver process.

   FARAD is a university-based national program that serves as the nation’s primary source for scientifically-based recommendations regarding safe withdrawal intervals of drugs (used off label) and chemicals in food-producing animals. As such, FARAD is a key resource for protection of our nation’s food supply, including meat, milk and eggs, against accidental contamination of animal-derived foods with residues of drugs, pesticides or other agents that could compromise food safety.

   (T) Agriculture Risk Management Education Program (aka RME Program);

   NOTE: Mandatory program delegated to another USDA agency (Risk Management Agency) but administered by NIFA.

   The amount available for support of this last year continuation grant in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 was: $4,468,800.

   Five (5) proposals were submitted, accepted and underwent a Noncompetitive Review NIFA National Program Leader. All five (5) were recommended to receive funding for “Agriculture Risk Management Education” grant.

   The following amounts were awarded to the five (5) institutions throughout the United States are: • North Central RME Center: $ 1,087,536 • Digital Center for RME: $ 360,768 • Western RME Center: $ 1,087,536 • Northeastern Center for RME: $ 850,224 • Southern RME Center: $ 1,082,736

   (DD) Healthy Homes Partnership

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   One (1) award for $225,000 was provided to a Coordinating Institution that administered sub awards to 10 state level participating land-grant universities. The purpose of the Healthy Homes Partnership is to link the resources of the USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculture Land Grant Universities with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes for a public outreach program that reduces housing deficiencies and risks associated with childhood diseases and injuries. The project reduced hazards in the home related to air quality (carbon monoxide, radon, and mold), drinking water, pests, and pesticides to improve families’ health resulting in decrease in asthma & allergies and improved home safety.

   (GG) Agriculture in the Classroom

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   NIFA provided $529,920 to support Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC). AITC programs were implemented by state-operated programs to improve agricultural literacy, awareness, knowledge, and appreciation among pre-K through 12th-grade teachers and their students.

   In FY 2017, AITC’s curriculum website had over 111,000 visitors who accessed 397 standards-based lesson plans and 722 companion resources.

   Over 1 million teachers and 7 million students were reached through direct contact through AITC staff and volunteers in FY 2017.

   (HH) Air Force Personal Financial Readiness Program Evaluation Development

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2017:

   Program not established until Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.

   (II) Substance Abuse Program at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

   The actual funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 was $383,254.

   (JJ) Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program

   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 the Teaching Awards (TA) program had $100,000 available to support grants.

   There was no competition in FY 2017. The grantee was awarded a no-cost extension.

   The listing below represents Programs which have not been recently funded. Hence, no further action is required (N/A/N) for the following Programs:

   (F) Pest Management;

   NOTE: Program was subsequently, consolidated under CFDA # 10.329, Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM).

   (K) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - Professional Development (aka SARE-PD)

   NOTE: SARE Chapters 1 & 3 were combined in FY 2014. See CFDA # 10.215.

   (S) Grants to Youth Serving Institutions (aka Rural Youth Development Grants Program and RYD);

   (X) Extension IPM Coordination and Support Program (IPM-CS);

   Program was subsequently, consolidated under CFDA # 10.329, Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM).

   (Y) Extension Outreach on the Marketplace Exchanges of the Affordable Care Act;

   (AA) Second Language & Culture Exposure for Children Project (aka SLCECY); and

   (FF) 4-H Military Partnership Professional Development and Technical Assistance Program (4HMP-PDTA).

2. 2018

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 – ACTIVE Programs:

   (A), (B) and (CC) - Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-grant Institutions (aka CES Smith-Lever Regular and CES Smith-Lever Special Needs), and District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Program (aka DCPPERA) [Section 3 (b) & (c )] - (Capacity previously known as Formula)

   (A) Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-grant Institutions (Regular)

   Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-Grant Institutions and University of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Program were allocated $288,538,091 to support Extension activities. Awards ranged from $1,137,893 to $13,313,464. The total amount of required matching funds in FY 2018 was $282,147,013. 1862 Land-Grant Institutions in the 50 States must match 100 percent of the Smith-Lever Special Needs (SLSN) funds they receive with funds from non-Federal sources such as State or county appropriations. There was no matching requirement for the University of the District of Columbia.

   (B) Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-Grant Institutions (Smith-Lever Special Needs) (Capacity Grant Program)

   Special Needs program was allocated $1,029,979 to support individual projects that may be initiated under this program.

   Awards ranged from $11,347 to $111,504.

   (C ) Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program [Section 3 (b) & (c )]

   The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) funded Smith Lever Special Needs projects to implement applied scientific programs that serve public needs in preparation for, during and after local or regional emergency situations or disasters.

   The program received 11 applications and awarded six projects, totaling $461,844

   (CC) - University of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Program (DCPPERA)

   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, $1,212,160 (representing the Appropriation, less the legislatively mandated set-asides), was available to fund this program allocated solely to the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).

   There is no matching requirement for this program.

   Administrative costs are taken from Smith-Lever funds.

   (D) Agricultural Extension at 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, Including Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University – (aka 1890 LGIs and Section 1444) -(Capacity, previously known as Formula)

   For Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, $45,620,000 was appropriated for this program to support the Extension programs at the 1890 Land-Grant Universities, 19 in 18 states.

   The amount available for awards, after the legislatively authorized/mandated set-asides was $43,795,200.

   Funds are distributed on a formula basis. This program requires a dollar for dollar match. However, NIFA may consider and approve matching waiver requests above the 50 percent level.

   NIFA approved 7 matching waiver requests for program supported with funds in FY 2018.

   (E) & (EE) - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (aka EFNEP) [Smith-Lever - Section 3 (d)] - (Capacity previously known as Formula) and EFNEP WebNEERS (Competitive) FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2018:

   The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) brings together federal, state, and local resources to target two (2) primary audiences: low-income families with young children and low-income youth. The program is delivered by the 1862 and the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions. Since 1969, EFNEP has reached more than 34 million low-incomes families and youth, improving their diets and food-related behaviors. Each year EFNEP enrolls nearly half a million new program participants.

   In FY 2018, EFNEP received $67,417,320 in federal funding. EFNEP reached 90,325 adults and 345,440 youth directly; and more than 250,000 family members indirectly (source: EFNEP’s evaluation and reporting system, WebNEERS; see 2018 Impacts on https:/2/nifa.usda.gov/program/expanded-food-and-nutrition-education-program-efnep). 81% of EFNEP participants who reported income were at or below 100% of poverty, earning $25,100 a year or less for a family of four (4). At least 72% of all EFNEP adults identify as minorities. This is significant because poor health disproportionately affects minority and low-income populations.

   EFNEP consistently demonstrates strong results. In FY 2018 a new research tested Adult Food and Physical Activity Questionnaire was used. Results show adult graduates:
   • Improve their diets: 91% improved their diet quality practices. • Stretch their food dollars farther: 80% improve food resource management practices, such as planning meals and shopping with a grocery list • Handle food more safely: 76% improve food safety practices, such as storing and thawing food properly • Active more often: 77% increase their physical activity practices

   (G), (H) & (W) – Farm Safety, Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification, and Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities (AgrAbility Project)

   NOTE: Programs were combined in FY 2012.

   In FY 2012 Congress consolidated Extension 3(d) line items Farm Safety (AgrAbility) and Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification (YFSEC) into a single line item.

   In FY 2018, after legislatively mandated set asides, approximately $4,417,289 was available to support AgrAbility and YFSEC competitive grant programs.

   Of the above amount, $4,117,289 was made available to support AgrAbility projects: 7 continuation awards, all State/Regional AgrAbility Projects (SRAPs); one (1) continuation National AgrAbility Project (NAP); and fourteen (14) new SRAPs.

   Of this amount, $300,000 was used to support three (3) YFSEC continuation awards.

   All AgrAbility projects are partnerships between Cooperative Extension at 1862 and 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities and private non-profit organizations that provide direct service to individuals with disabilities. SRAPs and NAP focus on increasing the likelihood that individuals with disabilities and their families engaged in production agriculture (AgrAbility’s customers) will become more successful.

   NIFA received nineteen (19) new SRAP proposals in FY 2018 and competitively funded fourteen (14). Funding ratio was 74%.

   (I) New Technologies at Ag Extension (aka NTAE)

   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, NIFA awarded a continuation grant in the amount of $1,488,000 to the New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE) program. In 2017, eXtension continued to work from its FY 2015-2018 strategic plan which charged eXtension to apply its technology expertise and broad national network to become a major catalyst for increasing innovation and the impact of Cooperative Extension Service (CES) professionals’ work throughout the entire CES.

   (J), (U), (V) & (FF) - Children, Youth, and Families At- Risk (aka CYFAR), Sustainable Community Projects (aka CYFAR-SCP); Professional Development and Technical Assistance (aka CYFAR-PDTA); and Military Partnership FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2018:

   Total CYFAR funding was $8,054,025. Sustainable Community Project funding represented 45 successful applicants (new and continued awards) and successful applicants will receive $7,040,000.00 for Fiscal Year 2018.

   The funding ratio for new projects was 17%.

   The CYFAR Professional and Development and Technical Assistance (PDTA) funding was $563,340.

   The CYFAR Military PDTA funding was $450,000.

   (L) Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program
   (aka FRTEP)

   In Fiscal Year 2018, the FRTEP program continued the second year into a new four-year continuation. NIFA awarded $2,912,490 to 36 extension offices through its 1862 Land Grant Universities. Awards ranged from $68,580 to $122,000. Funds were used to support all 36 Extension offices, including attendance at the 2018 Extension Professional Development Conference in Tulsa, OK.

   (M) & (BB) - Extension Services at the 1994 Institutions Program (aka Tribal Colleges Extension Program and TCEP) and
   Tribal Colleges Extension - Special Emphasis (aka TCEP-SE)

   Tribal Colleges Extension (TCEP) funds community based, informal learning on rural reservations. Programs mainly involve youth development and may also include the promotion of rural entrepreneurship, healthy lifestyles and production agriculture. Every other year eligible institutions can complete for Tribal Colleges Extension - Special Emphasis (TCEP-SE) which funds pilot projects for informal, community focused learning.

   Extension capacity and Extension Special Emphasis both fall under continuations which means applicants complete once and receive annual allotments of funding for multiple “out years” that conclude in a set timeframe. At the conclusion of a funding cycle a new grant competition is held. TCEP capacity grants provide a baseline of funding for extension operations over a four-year period. TCEP special emphasis provides funding for pilot projects over a two year cycle.

   In 2018 the TCEP capacity was paneled and TCEP Special Emphasis was paneled.

   The program awarded $6,171,488 to states to support informal community education at the 1994 Land Grant institutions. In 2018 33 proposals were accepted for review and for TCEP capacity 33 were awarded. The TCEP Special Emphasis is competitive and 23 proposals were submitted and 11 were awarded.

   (N) & (O) - Renewable Resources Extension Act Program – (aka RREA) (Capacity, previously known as Formula) and - National Focus Fund (Competitive) Projects (aka RREA-NFF)

   Capacity program impacts resulted in: • Number of educational events – 5,945 • Number of landowners adopting at least one new management practice – 134,892 • Number of forest and rangeland acres impacted – 19,915,053 • Number of management plans developed – 5,062 • Number of forest, range, fish and wildlife income-generating businesses created or expanded – 5,144 • Number of new jobs created – 558

   (P) Rural Health and Safety (aka Rural Health & Safety Education)

   $2,871,015.00 25 applications were reviewed 9 proposals funded Represents 36 percent acceptance rate

   (Q) 1890 Facilities Grant Program (aka Section 1447 Grants)

   The appropriated amount was $19,730,000. The amount available to support 19 facilities projects was $18,940,800, (one per 1890 land-grant university). Funding levels ranged from $701,302 to $1,510,956.

   (R) Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program (aka FARAD)

   For the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 award cycle, Congress appropriated $2.5 million. The amount available for awards was $2.4 million to support FARAD, which was funded under its own line item authority.

   Five (5) applications were received and evaluated under competition waiver administrative processes. FARAD applications were merit reviewed internally by National Program Staff and all five (5) entities were funded.

   This 32-year-old high performing integrated consortium of collaborating institutions currently includes at each Land Grant campus a lead Project Director (PD), and his/her respective scientific staff.

   The funding ratio for this program in FY 2018 was 100% due to the competition waiver process.

   FARAD is a university-based national program that serves as the nation’s primary source for scientifically-based recommendations regarding safe withdrawal intervals of drugs (used off label) and chemicals in food-producing animals. As such, FARAD is a key resource for protection of our nation’s food supply, including meat, milk and eggs, against accidental contamination of animal-derived foods with residues of drugs, pesticides or other agents that could compromise food safety.

   (T) Agriculture Risk Management Education Program (aka RME Program);

   NOTE: Mandatory program delegated to another USDA agency (Risk Management Agency) but administered by NIFA.

   In FY 2018, NIFA announced the Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships (RME) Program Centers as a Competitive Grant in the amount of $4,483,200 to be divided among the host centers as follows: • Digital Center for RME: $355,968 • Northeastern Center for RME: $879,024 • Southern Center for RME: $1,082,736 • North Central Center for RME: $ 1,082,736 • Western Center for RME: $1,082,736

   The grant deadline was April 27, 2018.

   Six (6) proposals were submitted and reviewed by a panel of four (4) reviewers.

   Five (5) proposals were recommended for funding.

   (DD) Healthy Homes Partnership

   One (1) award for $315,000 was provided to a Coordinating Institution that administered sub awards to 10 state-level participating land-grant universities. The purpose of the Healthy Homes Partnership is to link the resources of the USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculture Land Grant Universities with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes for a public outreach program that reduces housing deficiencies and risks associated with childhood diseases and injuries. The project reduced hazards in the home related to air quality (carbon monoxide, radon, and mold), drinking water, pests, and pesticides to improve families’ health resulting in decrease in asthma & allergies and improved home safety.

   (GG) Agriculture in the Classroom

   NIFA provided $529,920 to support Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC). AITC programs were implemented by state-operated programs to improve agricultural literacy, awareness, knowledge, and appreciation among pre-K through 12th-grade teachers and their students.

   In FY 2018, the National AITC curriculum website (agclassroom.org) had over 336,000 visitors (a 26% increase over the previous year) who accessed 405 standards-based lesson plans and 785 companion resources.

   Over 1 million teachers and 7 million students were reached through direct contact through AITC staff and volunteers in FY 2017.

   (HH) Air Force Personal Financial Readiness Program Evaluation Development

   Funding available was $454,545.

   (II) Substance Abuse Program at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

   The actual funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 was $296,933.

   (JJ) National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teaching, Extension, and Research Awards (aka Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program, TEACH, TERA and TA)

   For Fiscal Year 2018, no funds were appropriated to support the TEACH Program. The program ran on a no-cost extension.

   In FY 2017 the program was funded as a sole-source cooperative agreement.

   (KK) Youth Support and Internship Program No action is required for this Program, which was funded in Fiscal Year 2019. This program was not established in FY 18.

   (LL) Military REACH

   The actual funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 was $600,000.

   (MM) Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Curriculum Development & Metrics

   The actual funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 was $540,000.

   (NN) Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness

   The actual funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 was $2,395,456.

   The listing below represents Programs which have not been recently funded. Hence, no further action is required (N/A/N) for the following Programs:

   (F) Pest Management

   NOTE: Program was subsequently, consolidated under CFDA # 10.329, Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM).

   (K) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - Professional Development (aka SARE-PD and SARE Chapter 3 Program);

   NOTE: SARE Chapters 1 & 3 were combined in FY 2014. See CFDA # 10.215.

   (S) Grants to Youth Serving Institutions (aka Rural Youth Development Grants Program and RYD);

   (X) Extension IPM Coordination and Support Program (IPM-CS);

   Program was subsequently, consolidated under CFDA # 10.329, Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM).

   (Y) Extension Outreach on the Marketplace Exchanges of the Affordable Care Act; and

   (AA) Second Language & Culture Exposure for Children Project (aka SLCECY).

3. 2019

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 – ACTIVE Programs:

   (G), (H) & (W) – Farm Safety, Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification, and Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities (AgrAbility Project)

   NOTE: Programs were combined in FY 2012.

   In FY 2019, the AgrAbility and Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification (YFSEC) Programs received $4,424,475 combined to make awards. Of this amount, $300,000 was used to support three (3) YFSEC continuation awards. Reminder of the funding, was used to support AgrAbility projects.

   Of the funding available for the AgrAbility program in FY 2019 ($4,124,475), some $3,576,805 was used to meet funding obligations toward eighteen (18) continuation State and Regional AgrAbility (SRAPs) and one (1) continuation National AgrAbility (NAP). Remainder of the funding, $547,670, was made available for new awards.

   FY 2019 RFA for new SRAPs was released in March 2019. NIFA received eight (8) proposals of which six (6) were eligible for funding consideration. NIFA was able to fund top three (3) proposals. The funding ratio was 50%. The new awards are expected to be announced in August, 2019.

   (I) New Technologies at Ag Extension (aka NTAE)

   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, NIFA competed NTAE funding in the amount of $1,488,000 and will issue a single 4-year continuation award.

   (DD) Healthy Homes Partnership

   One (1) award for $450,000 is anticipated to be provided to a Coordinating Institution that will administer sub awards to at least 18 state-level participating land-grant universities. This project is a continuation of the work established in the prior fiscal year.

   (GG) Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC)

   In FY 2019, USDA-NIFA will provide $529,920 to support Agriculture in the Classroom.

   Anticipate increases to the number of free curriculum resources nationally available in FY 2019. Anticipate maintenance of number of students and teacher directly contacted through AITC with program to enhance capacity to teach agricultural literacy. Anticipate maintenance of the number of students directly contacted through AITC.

   (HH) Air Force Personal Financial Readiness Program Evaluation Development

   Program did not received funding in FY 19.

   (II) Substance Abuse Program at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

   The actual funding that will be awarded in FY 2019 is $302,793.

   (JJ) National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teaching, Extension, and Research Awards (aka Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program, TEACH, TERA and TA)

   For Fiscal Year 2019, $100,000 was available for the National Teaching Awards Program,

   The purpose of TERA award is to recognize and promote excellence in teaching in the food and agricultural sciences within U.S. colleges and universities. For the purposes of this RFA, teaching is defined to include all aspects of developing human capital in order to help meet current and future national food, agricultural, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) workplace needs.

   The project grantee supports the selection and recognition of award recipients at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Winter Meeting in consultation with NIFA.

   (KK) Youth Support and Internship Program

   Available funding was $900,000.

   (LL) Military REACH

   The actual funding that will be awarded in FY 2019 is $700,000.

   (MM) Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Curriculum Development & Metrics

   The actual funding that will be awarded in FY 2019 is $585,000.

   (NN) Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness

   The actual funding that will be awarded in FY 2019 is $5,357,583.

   The following list represents FY 2019 newly created CFDA numbers, which was part of an initiative to break out the separate programs formerly contained in CFDA # 10.500. Please see the FY 2019 Reference for pertinent details.

   FY ’18 Ref FY ’19 Ref Program Title 10.500 (A) 10.511 (A) (Joint) Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-grant Institutions (1862 LGIs) (Capacity Grant Program) 10.500 (B) 10.511 (B) Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-Grant Institutions (Smith-Lever Special Needs) (Capacity Grant Program) 10.500 (C) 10.511 (C) Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (aka SLSNCGP) 10.500 (CC) 10.511 (D) (Joint) University of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Program (DCPPERA) 10.500 (D) 10.512 Agriculture Extension at 1890 Land-grant Institutions (1890 LGIs-Section 1444)

   10.500 (Q) 10.513 1890 Facilities Grants Program (1890 FGP)

   10.500 (E) 10.514 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

   10.500 (N) and 10.500 (O) 10.515 Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA) and National Focus Fund Projects (RREA-NFF) 10.500 (P) 10.516 Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program (RHSE)

   10.500 (M) 10.517 (A) Extension Services at the 1994 Institutions Program (aka Tribal Colleges Extension Program and TCEP)
   10.500 (BB) 10.517 (B) Tribal Colleges Extension - Special Emphasis (aka TCEP-SE)

   10.500 (L) 10.517 (C) Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program
   (aka FRTEP)

   10.500 (R) 10.518 Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) 10.500 (T) 10.520 Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships Competitive Grants Program (ARME and RME)

   10.500 (J) 10.521 (A) Children, Youth, and Families At- Risk (aka CYFAR) 10.500 (U) 10.521 (B) Sustainable Community Projects (aka CYFAR-SCP); 10.500 (V) 10.521 (C) Professional and Development and Technical Assistance (aka CYFAR-PDTA) 10.500 (FF) 10.521 (D) Military Partnerships

   The listing below represents Programs which have not been recently funded. Hence, no further action is required (N/A/N) for the following Programs:

   (F) Pest Management

   NOTE: Program was subsequently, consolidated under CFDA # 10.329, Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM). (K) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - Professional Development (aka SARE-PD and SARE Chapter 3 Program);

   NOTE: SARE Chapters 1 & 3 were combined in FY 2014. See CFDA # 10.215.

   (S) Grants to Youth Serving Institutions (aka Rural Youth Development Grants Program and RYD);

   (X) Extension IPM Coordination and Support Program (IPM-CS);

   Program was subsequently, consolidated under CFDA # 10.329, Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM).

   (Y) Extension Outreach on the Marketplace Exchanges of the Affordable Care Act; and

   (AA) Second Language & Culture Exposure for Children Project (aka SLCECY).

4. 2020

   Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 – ACTIVE Programs:

   (G), (H) & (W) – Farm Safety, Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification, and Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities (AgrAbility Project)

   NOTE: Programs were combined in FY 2012.

   The FY 2020 funding levels have not yet been established by Congressional Appropriations.

   Pertinent details will be provided by Farm Safety Program at a future date.

   (I) New Technologies at Ag Extension (aka NTAE)

   This program is subject to congressional budget approval for FY 2020. Should funding provided and based upon successful project performance, it is anticipated that continuation funding in the amount of $1,488,000 will be awarded.

   (DD) Healthy Homes Partnership

   Continuation of this project will be contingent upon availability of funding through the Interagency Agreement of USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes or another source of funding. Pertinent details will be provided by Program at a future date.

   GG) Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC)

   The FY 2020 funding levels have not yet been established by Congressional Appropriations.

   If this Program is funded in FY 2020, it is anticipated that the funding level and types of projects will be similar.

   Anticipate increases to the number of free curriculum resources nationally available in FY 2020. Anticipate maintenance of number of students and teacher directly contacted through AITC with program to enhance capacity to teach agricultural literacy. Anticipate maintenance of the number of students directly contacted through AITC.

   Pertinent details will be provided by Program at a future date.

   (HH) Air Force Personal Financial Readiness Program Evaluation Development

   Program will not receive funding in FY 20.

   (II) Substance Abuse Program at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

   The FY 2020 funding levels have not yet been established by Congressional Appropriations.

   If this Program is funded in FY 2020, it is anticipated that the funding level and types of projects will be similar.

   Pertinent details will be provided by Program at a future date.

   (JJ) National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teaching, Extension, and Research Awards (aka Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program, TEACH, TERA and TA)

   The FY 2020 funding level is of $100,000. This will be year 2 of a four-year continuation award. However, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, it is projected that approximately $100,000 will be appropriated to support one project.
   A total of 40 award nominations are expected for the Regional and National Teaching Awards. There will be no new projects.

   (KK) Youth Support and Internship Program

   Anticipated funding is $900,000

   (LL) Military REACH

   The FY 2020 funding levels have not yet been established by Congressional Appropriations.

   If this Program is funded in FY 2020, it is anticipated that the funding level and types of projects will be similar.

   Pertinent details will be provided by Program at a future date.

   (MM) Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Curriculum Development & Metrics

   The FY 2020 funding levels have not yet been established by Congressional Appropriations.

   If this Program is funded in FY 2020, it is anticipated that the funding level and types of projects will be similar.

   Pertinent details will be provided by Program at a future date.

   (NN) Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness

   The FY 2020 funding levels have not yet been established by Congressional Appropriations.

   If this Program is funded in FY 2020, it is anticipated that the funding level and types of projects will be similar.

   Pertinent details will be provided by Program at a future date.

   The following list represents CFDA numbers created FY 2019, as part of the initiative to break out the separate programs formerly contained in CFDA # 10.500. Please see the FY 2020 Reference for pertinent details.

   FY ’20 Ref Program Title 10.511 (A) (Joint) Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-grant Institutions (1862 LGIs) (Capacity Grant Program) 10.511 (B) Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-Grant Institutions (Smith-Lever Special Needs) (Capacity Grant Program) 10.511 (C) Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (aka SLSNCGP) 10.511 (D) (Joint) University of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Program (DCPPERA) 10.512 Agriculture Extension at 1890 Land-grant Institutions (1890 LGIs-Section 1444)

   10.513 1890 Facilities Grants Program (1890 FGP)

   10.514 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

   10.515 Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA) and National Focus Fund Projects (RREA-NFF) 10.516 Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program (RHSE)

   10.517 (A) Extension Services at the 1994 Institutions Program (aka Tribal Colleges Extension Program and TCEP)
   10.517 (B) Tribal Colleges Extension - Special Emphasis (aka TCEP-SE)

   10.517 (C) Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program
   (aka FRTEP)

   10.518 Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) 10.520 Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships Competitive Grants Program (ARME and RME)

   10.521 (A) Children, Youth, and Families At- Risk (aka CYFAR) 10.521 (B) Sustainable Community Projects (aka CYFAR-SCP); 10.521 (C) Professional and Development and Technical Assistance (aka CYFAR-PDTA) 10.521 (D) Military Partnerships

   The listing below represents Programs which have not been recently funded. Hence, no further action is required (N/A/N) for the following Programs:

   (F) Pest Management

   NOTE: Program was subsequently, consolidated under CFDA # 10.329, Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM).

   (K) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - Professional Development (aka SARE-PD and SARE Chapter 3 Program)

   NOTE: SARE Chapters 1 & 3 were combined in FY 2014. See CFDA # 10.215.

   (S) Grants to Youth Serving Institutions (aka Rural Youth Development Grants Program and RYD)

   (X) Extension IPM Coordination and Support Program (IPM-CS)

   Program was subsequently, consolidated under CFDA # 10.329, Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM).

   (Y) Extension Outreach on the Marketplace Exchanges of the Affordable Care Act and

   (AA) Second Language & Culture Exposure for Children Project (aka SLCECY).

5. 2024

   Air Force 4-H Military Partnership Outreach Support Grant Program: 5 applications received, 2 awards made.

   Mentoring at Risk and Rural Youth program: 7 applications received 6 awards made.

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

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

As an administrator of U.S. government support, NIFA works in partnership with grantees to ensure responsible stewardship of federal funds. Our grantees and partners are required to comply with all relevant rules and regulations. The following resources are provided to NIFA’s partners and award recipients to support their adherence to federal regulations governing program performance: NIFA’s primary (main) website: https://nifa.usda.gov/regulations-and-guidelines The following represent specific documents and direct links: POLICY GUIDE NIFA’s Federal Assistance Policy Guide describes agency policies and procedures. https://nifa.usda.gov/policy-guide CERTIFICATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS Certifications and representations provided through the NIFA application process. https://nifa.usda.gov/certifications-and-representations ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF USDA SUPPORT BY NIFA When acknowledging USDA support in accordance with 2 CFR Part 415, grantees must use the following acknowledgement for all projects or initiatives supported by NIFA. https://nifa.usda.gov/acknowledgment-usda-support-nifa FEDERAL REGULATIONS The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) lists all regulations published in the Federal Register. https://nifa.usda.gov/federal-regulations FOIA The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides that any person has the right to request access to federal documents and information such as research data. https://nifa.usda.gov/foia NEPA POLICY AND GUIDANCE The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Policy and Guidance set the standard for identifying potential environmental impacts. https://nifa.usda.gov/nepa-policy-and-guidance OGFM ISSUED CORRESPONDENCE The Office of Grants and Financial Management occasionally issues correspondence to applicants, grantees, and/or the general public for informational or clarification purposes. https://nifa.usda.gov/ogfm-issued-correspondence RESEARCH MISCONDUCT NIFA requires that all its awardees adhere to the USDA Scientific Integrity Policy and the Federal Policy on Research Misconduct. https://nifa.usda.gov/research-misconduct NIFA’S GENERAL AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS Award terms and conditions are determined by statutory, regulatory, and agency requirements, as well as each grant’s circumstances. Terms and conditions dictate important items related to your grant, including method of payment, reporting frequency and content, and prior approval requirements. References to the terms and conditions of awards are located on the NIFA 2009 Award Fact Sheet. NIFA's general award terms and conditions (see link below) is applicable to this program, for awards with an award date on December 26, 2014 and thereafter. https://nifa.usda.gov/resource/nifa-general-terms-and-conditions-grants-and-cooperative-agreements-october-2016.

1. 7 U.S.C. § 341-349.