Idaho Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
The 2024 Farm Bill applications are CLOSED
Specialty crop grant funding is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture and is allocated to the state to be awarded through a competitive grant process. The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) conducts an annual competitive solicitation process to award Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) funds to projects that enhance the competitiveness of Idaho specialty crops.
Eligibility Criteria
Projects must enhance the competitiveness of Idaho grown specialty crops in either domestic or foreign markets and must provide a benefit to more than a single organization, institution, or individual. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture. For a list of eligible and ineligible specialty crops, see Specialty Crop Definition.
Funds are available to interested local, state, and federal government agencies, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and universities.
Projects may include, but are not limited to:
- Increasing child and adult nutrition knowledge and consumption of specialty crops
- Pest and disease control
- Sustainability
- Enhancing food safety
- Developing new and improved seed varieties and specialty crops
- Improving efficiency and reducing costs of distribution systems
- Improving the capacity of all entities in the specialty crop distribution chain in developing good agricultural, handling, or manufacturing practices.
- Investing in specialty crop research, including research to focus on conservation and environmental outcomes
2024 Specialty Crop Block Grant Timeline
November 2023 – Request for Proposals Released
November 28, 2PM MST – Application Webinar
February 1, 2024 – Applications Due to ISDA
February – March 2024 – Applications Reviewed, Scored, and Selected
May 2024 – Idaho State Plan Submitted to USDA
September 2024 – Post-Award Webinar – November 2024
October – November 2024 – Disbursement Agreements to Grantees
November – December 2024 – Anticipated Project Start Date
September 29, 2026 – Projects Conclude No Later Than
The links below provide detailed information on how to apply, as well as the complete set of application documents.
- 2024 SCBG Application
- 2024 Specialty Crop Block Grant Application Guidelines
- 2024 Application Information Sheet (Exhibit A)
- 2024 Application Outcome Measures and Indicators
- Sales is a MANDATORY measure for all marketing and promotion projects. Any projects using Outcome 1, MUST include Indicator 1.5
- 2024 Application Checklist
- Register with SAM.gov
- 2024 SCBG Application Webinar Presentation
- 2024 SCBG Application Webinar Recording
- SCBG Application Example
Multi-State Specialty Crop Grants
- 2024 Post Award Webinar
- 2024 Post Award Webinar Presentation
- Subrecipient Webinar Presentation – December 2021
- Subrecipient Webinar Video – December 2021
- Ledger Review Checklist
- Travel Guidelines and Policies
- Performance Report Template (2021 and HR133 Grants)
- Performance Report Template (2022 Grants to Present)
- Annual Performance Report Example
- Final Performance Report Example (pdf)
- General Terms and Conditions (2021- Present) (pdf)
- 2020 General Terms and Conditions (pdf)
- 2019 General Terms and Conditions (pdf)
- 2017-2018 General Terms and Conditions (pdf)
- Guidelines to Request an Extension
- Guidelines to Request a Change of Scope
- SCBGP Performance Measures
Please save the files onto your hard drive before editing the documents. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the file.
For more information contact: SCBG@isda.idaho.gov