Dear Colleagues,
CalFire is soliciting proposals for their Urban and Community Forestry Grants program. The mission of this program is to advance the development of sustainable and accessible urban and community forests in California. CAL FIRE envisions urban and community forests that are healthy, extensive, and well-managed, providing a wide array of optimal benefits to all Californians. Grant Types include 1) Urban Forest Expansion and Improvement; 2) Urban forest Management Activities; 3) Urban Forestry and Education Workforce Development; 4) Urban Forestry Regional or Statewide Impact; 5) Urban Forest Equity Capacity Building. Note: applications are closed for the Green Schoolyards grants per sponsor's website.
Visit the program web page at https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/grants/urban-and-community-forestry-grants for more information on this funding opportunity.
Applications Due: May 30, 2024
Maximum Grant Amount: $1,500,000.
The Native American Agriculture Funds is soliciting proposals thatsupport planning activities to regionalize/localize food systems supporting Native communities; economic analysis to determine impacts to and solutions for the food system as a result of national disruptions; resiliency and contingency planning for emergency/disaster situations; response plans for coordinated food production and distribution; intertribal agriculture infrastructure planning projects; and other projects aiming to boost Native food systems. NAAF strongly believes in the importance of Tribal food sovereignty which increases and improves Tribal authority over its food system, from farm to fork.
Programs Open to Educational Institutions*
- Special Focus Areas: Climate and Regenerative Agricultural Practices provides support for climate and regenerative agricultural practices and disaster mitigation. Funding in this area will be allocated towards re-grants, direct support, technical assistance, and education. Additionally, this funding can be used to assist producers or communities affected by climate-related disasters, both natural and manmade, that impact their engagement in agricultural or community food system work.
- General Focus: Business Assistance, Agricultural Education, Technical Support and/or Advocacy Services provides support for food and agriculture-related classroom training, classroom education programs, agriculture programs and/or professional or certificate programs in ag law, veterinary, engineering, or related areas; scholarships; curriculum development; and applied research in topics important to the success of Native farmers and ranchers, including career technical training.
- Youth Programming: provides support for youth engagement in agriculture through activities including, but not limited to, classroom activities, community youth gardens, 4-H, youth food summits, participation in training programs.
*Educational organizations that are not recognized as Native-serving institutions must provide clear evidence as to their history of serving Native farmers and ranchers by discussing their experience in providing business assistance, agricultural education, technical support, or advocacy services to and for Native farmers and ranchers.
Visit the program web page at https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/2024-rfa/ for more information on this funding opportunity.
Applications Due: May 1, 2024
Grant Amount: request capped at $150,000 or $200,000 dependent upon program.
Match: encouraged but not required
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)