Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Debt deferral is the lesser of the remaining term of the existing loan or 20 years. A balloon payment of accrued principal and interest will be due at the end of the deferral period. A revitalization grant for non-profit applicants/borrowers only is limited to the cost of correcting health and safety violations as identified by a CNA. A revitalization zero percent loan will be amortized over 30 years. A soft-second loan with a one percent interest rate will have its interest and principal deferred, to a balloon payment, due at the time the latest maturing Section 514 or 515 loan becomes due. An additional 30-year Section 515 loan at an effective one percent interest rate amortized over a period not to exceed 50 years. An additional 33-year Section 514 loan at an effective one percent interest rate amortized over a period not to exceed 33 years. An additional Section 516 grant not to exceed the lesser of 90 percent of the total development cost, or that portion of the total development cost which exceeds the sum of any amount provided by the applicant from their own resources plus the amount of any Section 514 loans approved for the applicant. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Typically, participants compete for funding via the NOFA; a selection process ensues based upon set criteria; applications are ranked and scored nationally. Selections are made based on the project type, ranking and scoring. States are given limits on how many applications are selected with a contingency for fall out. Reports: Tracking and monitoring reports are required for Rural Rental and Farm Labor Housing. Since this is a Demonstration Program, procedures for tracking and monitoring expenditures are under development. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. Audits: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-133. Quarterly or annual financial statements completed using agreed-upon procedures and performance standards described in the RHS Multi-Family Housing Audit Program. Records: Business records must be retained. Account Identification: 12-2081-0-1-371. Obligations: (Project Grants) FY 11 $81,355,314; FY 12 est $2,000,000; and FY 13 Not Seperately Identifiable Range and Average of Financial Assistance: The underwriting guidelines include, but are not limited to, the following: The maximum soft-second loan wil be limited to no more than $5,000 per unit; revitalization grants limited to $5,000 per unit; total assistance provided from a revitalization grant, revitalization zero percent loan, and/or a soft-second loan is limited to $10,000 per unit; and the maximum Section 515 loan or Section 514/516 loan and grant is limited to no more than $20,000 per unit. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal Year 2011: 2,638 units were repaired and rehabed with the funds. Fiscal REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Refer to the NOFA which lists contacts at the National Office and consult your local telephone directory for Rural Development District or State Office numbers or visit the website http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app. Headquarters Office: USDA, Rural Development, Preservation and Direct Loan Division, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Mail Stop 0782, Washington, District of Columbia 20250-0781 Phone: (202) 720-1604. Website Address: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.415 Rural Rental Housing Loans EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Proposals will be selected based on eligibility and ranking and scoring criteria listed in the NOFA. 10.448 RURAL DEVELOPMENT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM Rural Development Voucher Demonstration Program Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55) for the Rural Development Voucher Program as authorized under Section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1471 et. seq. (without regard to Section 542(b)). OBJECTIVES: The Rural Housing Voucher Demonstration program is designed to provide rental housing assistance vouchers to tenants in properties that prepay their Rural Development mortgage. The amount of this subsidy is the difference between the comparable market rent and the amount of rent being paid by the tenant when prepayment occurs. Prepaying properties may be located anywhere in the 50 states, Purerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The monthly housing assistance payment for the Rural Development Voucher Program is the difference between the comparable market rent for the family's former Section 515 unit and the tenant's rent contributon on the date of the prepayment. The rental unit must pass a Rural Development health and safety inspection. The owner must be willing to accept a Rural Development voucher. Use at HUD Section 8 or other Federally-assisted public housing, is prohibited. Applicants must (a) be residing in the Section 515 project on the date of the prepayment of the Section 515 loan or upon foreclosure by Rural Development; (b) the date of the prepayment or foreclosure must be after September 30, 2005; (c) as required by 42 U.S.C. 1436a the tenant must be a citizen, U.S. non-citizen national or qualified alien and will so provide proof of citizenship. Beneficiary Eligibility: Applicants must be citizens, U.S. non-citizen nationals or qualified aliens and have an adjusted household income at or below 80 percent of area median income as determined annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be eligible for a rural housing voucher. Credentials/Documentation: The applicant must furnish factual evidence that their adjusted household's income is at or below 80 percent of area median income as determined annually by HUD and furnish proof of citizenship to be eligible, or to continue to be eligible, for a rural housing voucher. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Award Procedure: During the prepayment or foreclosure process, Rural Development will evaluate every tenant family to determine if it is low-income. If Rural Development determines a family is low-income, after the foreclosure or prepayment, Rural Development will send the primary tenant a letter offering the family a voucher. Deadlines: Not Applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not Applicable. Appeals: Not Applicable. Renewals: The voucher is renewable, annually, subject to the availability of appropriations to the USDA. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. This program has no matching requirements. This program does not have MOE requirements. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: On an annual basis. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Assistance is awarded/released on a monthly basis. Reports: No reports are required. Audits: No audits are required for this program. Records: No Data Available. Account Identification: 12-4141-4-0-000. Obligations: (Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 11 $12,000,000; FY 12 est $11,000,000; and FY 13 est $13,000,000 Range and Average of Financial Assistance: No Data Available. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Not Applicable. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Not Applicable. Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Headquarters Office: Director, Portfolio Management Division, USDA, Rural Development, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Stop 0782, Washington, District of Columbia 20250-0782 Email: stephanie.white@wdc.usda.gov Phone: (202) 720-1615. Website Address: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov RELATED PROGRAMS: Not Applicable. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not Applicable. 10.449 BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION LOAN PROGRAM FEDERAL AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture AUTHORIZATION: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Public Law 104-180, 7 U.S.C. 1989. OBJECTIVES: To assist producers and State governmental agencies to eradicate boll weevils from the United States. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: DIRECT LOANS USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used to purchase or lease supplies and equipment, to pay entity operating expenses and to pay salaries and benefits. Loan funds may not be used to pay for lobbying, public relations, or related activities. Applicant Eligibility: Applicants may be determined eligible if the organization: (a) Meets the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) cost-sharing requirements; (b) possesses a legal nonprofit corporate authority; (c) possesses the legal authority to enter into a contract; (d) operates in an area approved by a majority of cotton producers via referendum; (e) is unable to obtain funds elsewhere; and (f) may pledge producer assets as loan collateral. Beneficiary Eligibility: The beneficiaries of this program include the local boll weevil organization and agricultural community as well as local, State, and national governments. Credentials/Documentation: All applicants must be nonprofit entities, authorized to operate under the appropriate State law and for the specific purpose of eradicating boll weevils from the nation's agricultural community. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Complete applications will be accepted by the National Office accompanied by documentation showing the entity's authority to borrow and the operation's ability to make the scheduled loan payment(s). Award Procedure: Loans will be written within specific credit guidelines as well as within the borrowing entity's documented ability to repay the loan. Deadlines: Not Applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 30 to 60 days. Agency credit decisions will generally be issued within 60 days of the receipt of a complete loan package. Appeals: Not Applicable. Renewals: Boll weevil loans are term loans based upon certain procedural and program criteria. Although loans are not renewed, additional loan requests may be submitted by each entity for consideration. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this program. MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Loans can be applied for at anytime during the year. The loan term varies anywhere from 1 to 7 years. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum. Reports: Not Applicable. Audits: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-133. Audited financial statements and profit and loss statements will be annually submitted for review and analysis. Records: Detailed records will be maintained by each entity in the respective offices. These same records will be made available to the Agency for review upon demand. Account Identification: 12-1140-0-1-351; 12-4212-0-3-351 - Direct Loans Financing Account. Obligations: (Direct Loans) FY 11 $0; FY 12 est $100,000,000; and FY 13 est $60,000,000 FY 2012 Program Level funding at 100,000,000. No loans were made in FY 2011. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: No Data Available. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal Year 2011: No loans were made in FY 2011. Fiscal Year 2012: No Data Available. Fiscal Year 2013: No Current Data Available REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Not Applicable. Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Bob Bonnet USDA FSA DAFLP LMD 1400 Independence Avenue, SW , Washington, District of Columbia 20250-0522 Email: bob.bonnet@wdc.usda.gov Phone: (202) 720-3889 Fax: (202) 690-1117 Website Address: http://www.fsa.usda.gov. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.025 Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not Applicable. 10.450 CROP INSURANCE FEDERAL AGENCY: Risk Management Agency, Department of Agriculture Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1501-1520, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 7 (U.S.C. 1501; Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980, as amended, Public Law 101-624; Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994, Public Law 103-354; Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, Public Law 104-127; Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, Public Law 105-185. OBJECTIVES: The mission of the agency is to promote, support, and regulate sound risk management solutions to strengthen and preserve the economic stability of Americas agricultural producers. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is a wholly owned government corporation created February 16, 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1501.) The program was amended by Public Law (P.L.) 96-365, dated September 26, 1980, to provide for nationwide expansion of a comprehensive crop insurance plan. FCIC is administered by the Risk Management Agency (RMA), and promotes the national welfare by improving the economic stability of agriculture through a secure system of crop insurance. FCIC provides an actuarially sound risk management program that protects against agricultural production losses due to unavoidable causes such as drought, excessive moisture, hail, wind, hurricane, tornado, lightning, and insects. In addition to these causes, revenue insurance programs are available under which producers of certain crops are protected against loss of revenue stemming from low prices, poor yields, or a combination of both. Federal crop insurance is available to producers through private insurance companies that market and service policies and also share in the risk. Thus, the program delivery is a joint effort between the Federal government and the private insurance industry. Applicant Eligibility: Unless otherwise restricted by the insurance policy, owners or operators of farmland, who have an insurable interest in a crop in a county where insurance is offered on that crop, are eligible for insurance. Beneficiary Eligibility: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Application for crop insurance offered by a company reinsured by FCIC must be filed with a crop insurance sales agent. Both catastrophic and additional coverage are available only from private companies. In general, crops and acreage must be reported to establish insurance coverage for crop insurance and, if not eligible for crop insurance. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Award Procedure: The insurance contract becomes effective upon issuance of a Notice of Acceptance by the insurance company. Notices of Acceptance for insurance coverage are issued upon a determination that the applicant is eligible. Deadlines: Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 15 to 20 days. Appeals: Appeals should be addressed within 30 days to the National Appeals Division, Continuous insurance contract. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. This program has no matching requirements. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Not applicable. Reports: Private Industry Crop Insurance Acreage Report; Actual Production History Yield Report; and in the event of a loss, Notice of Damage, Production Worksheet, and proof of loss. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. Audits: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-133. Recipients are subject to audit by the RMA internal compliance function, private insurance company auditors, Office of the Inspector General, USDA, and the General Accounting Office. Records: Insured must keep for 3 years, after the end of the crop year, records of harvesting, shipments, sale or other disposition of all insured crops produced on each unit covered by the contract and separate records for any uninsured acreage of the insured crops. Account Identification: 12-4085-0-3-351. Obligations: (Insurance) FY 11 $6,045,508,000; FY 12 est $11,022,150,000; and FY 13 est $10,821,624,000 - These amounts represent total indemnities. (Insurance) FY 11 $4,600,900,000; FY 12 est $3,430,349,000; and FY 13 est $6,798,534,000 These amounts represent premium subsidy to farmers through reinsured companies. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Level of assistance varies according to policy, crop and indemnities paid. Fiscal Year 2011: Risk Management Education and Outreach Partnership 7 CFR Part 400 and a brochure "Introduction to Risk Management"- available at no charge. Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Interested producers should contact their Regional Office listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog, or a private industry crop insurance agent. Headquarters Office: Anne G. Newman Stop 0835, 1400 Independence Ave. , Washington, District of Columbia 20250 Email: anne.newman@rma.usda.gov Phone: 2027201416 Website Address: http://www.rma.usda.gov. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.404 Emergency Loans; 97.022 Flood Insurance EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not Applicable. 10.451 NONINSURED ASSISTANCE (NAP) FEDERAL AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture AUTHORIZATION: Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. To provide crop loss assistance comparable to the catastrophic risk protection level of crop insurance to producers of commercial crops or other agricultural commodities for which the catastrophic risk protection level of crop insurance is not available. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: DIRECT PAYMENTS WITH UNRESTRICTED USE USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: None. Applicant Eligibility: Eligible crops include each commercial crop or other agricultural commodities (except livestock and their by-products; tobacco; and trees grown for wood, paper, or pulp products) that is produced for food or fiber and specifically includes: Floricultural, ornamental nursery, and Christmas tree crops, turfgrass sod, seed crops, aquaculture (including ornamental fish), and industrial crops. An eligible producer is an owner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper: (1) Who shares in the risk of producing the crop; (2) who is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing or would have shared had the crop been produced; and (3) whose qualifying gross revenue is less than $2 million for the preceding tax year for which an application for coverage is filed. Beneficiary Eligibility: Applicant Eligibility: Eligible crops include each commercial crop or other agricultural commodities (except livestock and their by-products; tobacco; and trees grown for wood, paper, or pulp products) that is produced for food or fiber and specifically includes: floricultural, ornamental nursery, and Christmas tree crops, turfgrass sod, seed crops, aquaculture (including ornamental fish), and industrial crops. An eligible producer is an owner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper: (1) who shares in the risk of producing the crop; (2) who is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing or would have shared had the crop been produced; and (3) whose qualifying gross revenue is less than $2 million for the preceding tax year for which an application for coverage is filed. Credentials/Documentation: Applicants must provide to the local administrative FSA office, annual certifications of acreage, yield, and production. Randomly selected producers and producers requesting program payments must also provide acceptable records of production. Applicants must provide evidence as necessary for a proper determination of their eligibility. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Applicants must file an application for coverage in the local administrative FSA office. An applicable service fee must accompany the application. Coverage is effective the later of: (1) 30 days after the application for coverage is filed; (2) date the crop is planted for yield-based crops or the beginning of the crop year for all other eligible crops. Other documentation required to fulfill the application requirements include: (1) A report of acreage, facility, etc.; (2) a notice of loss when the eligible crop is prevented from being planted as a result of eligible natural disaster or the eligible planted crop or commodity suffers loss of yield due to eligible natural disaster; (3) if the crop is harvested, a certification of production, and in the crop year for which an application for payment is filed, acceptable evidence of production, (4) if the crop will not be harvested, a request to the local county FSA office for appraisal; and (5) a certification of gross revenue. Award Procedure: None. Deadlines: Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: The county committee will normally make a decision regarding the application for payment within 60 calendar days after all required information and documentation is received. Appeals: Applicants may request reconsideration of a decision by the decision authority or appeal such decisions to a higher authority including the county and State FSA committees and the National Appeals Division. Renewals: Not Applicable. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. This program has no matching requirements. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance is normally provided in a single payment following approval of the application for payment. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum. Reports: No reports are required. Audits: No audits are required for this program. Applicants must retain financial books and records that permit verification of all transactions for at least 3 years following the end of the calendar year in which an application for coverage is filed. Account Identification: 12-4336-0-3-351. Obligations: (Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use) FY 11 $71,071,000; FY 12 est $109,155,000; and FY 13 est $115,000,000 Range and Average of Financial Assistance: No Data Available. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Not Applicable. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Procedural handbooks and published regulations are available in county FSA offices. Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Consult the local telephone directory for location of the nearest county FSA office. If no listing, contact the appropriate State FSA office. Headquarters Office: Candace Thompson, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Stop 0517, Washington, District of Columbia 20250-0517 Email: candy.thompson@wdc.usda.gov Phone: (202) 720-7641 Fax: (202) 690-2130. Website Address: http://www.fsa.usda.gov. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.054 Emergency Conservation Program; 10.404 Emergency Loans; 10.450 Crop Insurance EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not Applicable. 10.456 PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS TO DEVELOP NON-INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR PRODUCERS (FARMERS) FEDERAL AGENCY: Risk Management Agency, Department of Agriculture AUTHORIZATION: Section 522(d) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000; 7 U.S.C. 1501 section 522(d), Public Law 106-224, 7 U.S.C 36 sec. 1522(d). OBJECTIVES: To develop risk management tools (risk management tools do not include insurance products, plans of insurances, policies, modifications thereof or any related material) for the U. S. agriculture producers with an emphasis on specialty crop(s) producers, livestock producers, rangeland producers and producers of underserved commodities currently covered by section 196 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 733). TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: PROJECT GRANTS USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The availability of research partnership monies (variable) is announced on a yearly basis. The partnership agreements are for the development of non-insurance risk management tools for use directly by agricultural producers. Each partnership agreement recipient must demonstrate non-financial benefits from the partnership agreement and the partner must agree to substantial involvement of RMA in the project. Indirect costs must be limited to ten percent of the total direct costs. Applicant Eligibility: Proposals are invited from all qualified public and private entities. Eligible applicants include all colleges and universities, Federal, State, local government agencies, Native American Tribal Organizations, nonprofit and for-profit private organizations or corporations, and other entities. Individuals are not eligible applicants. Beneficiary Eligibility: The research partnerships will result in the development of non-insurance risk management tools to be utilized by agricultural producers to assist them in mitigating the risks inherent in agricultural production. Credentials/Documentation: Although an applicant may be eligible to compete for an award based on its status as an eligible entity, other facts may exclude an applicant from receiving Federal assistance under this program (e.g., debarment and suspension; a determination of non-performance on a prior contract, cooperative agreement, grant or partnership; a determination of a violation of applicable ethical standards). OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. This program is subject (as applicable) to the provisions of OMB Circular Nos. A-21, A-87, A-102, A-110, A-122, A-133 and FAR, Part 31. Eligible applicants submit proposals according to published guidelines (generally in the Federal Register). Objectives will vary for the research proposals solicited and funded each year. Application procedures and guidelines may change each year. See the yearly Request for Applications (RFA) for specific guidelines. Award Procedure: Project funds for successful applicants are awarded to recipients based upon a merit review (panel) of all applications that meet the objectives outlined in the RFA announcement. The evaluation of each application will be conducted by a panel of not less than three independent reviewers. The panel will be comprised of representatives from USDA, other federal agencies, and others representing public and private organizations, as needed. The panel will examine and score applications based on the evaluation criteria and weights contained in the RFA. After assigning points based upon the evaluation criteria and weights, recommended applications will be listed in rank order and presented, along with funding level recommendations, to the Manager of FCIC, who will make the final selection and funding decisions. Deadlines: Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 30 180 days as specified in the RFA. |