Apr 25, 2012
The 2012 Appropriations Act authorized up to $3 million for grants
for Cooperative Development Centers, individual Cooperatives, or Groups
of Cooperatives that serve socially-disadvantaged groups and where a
majority of their governing board is comprised of members of socially-
disadvantaged groups or at least 75 percent of their membership is
comprised of socially-disadvantaged producers. The SSDPG Program is
authorized by 310B (e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932). The primary objective of the SSDPG program is to
provide Technical Assistance to Small, Socially-Disadvantaged
Agricultural Producers. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis. The
maximum award amount per grant is $175,000.