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California Underserved and Small Producers Program RFP

Description: The California Underserved and Small Producers Program facilitates support for small and medium scale California agricultural producers, or small and medium scale socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, through direct relief grants that aid in addressing specific financial needs due to drought, extreme weather, and other climate impacts in California. Direct relief producer grants are available through partnering organizations, on a rolling basis

Buyer: California Department of Food and Agriculture
StateAgency · CA, US
Released: -
Closes: Dec 11, 2026(30 days left)

RFP documents & timeline

From the first pre-RFP signals to the published RFP and its files.

Board meeting
Dec 4, 2024
CDFA expanded CUSP to cover extreme-weather disaster relief and asked current CUSP fund administrators to expand delivery of that relief.
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d. CUSP Program Update- Faye Lessler CDFA grant program analyst Faye Lessler provided an overview of the new CUSP Program expansion to include extreme weather disaster relief. Committee member Emily Burgueno asked if damage from severe wind is applicable under the newly expanded allowable expenses. Ms. Lessler confirmed that damage from windstorms is an…
California Department of Food and Agriculture- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (Bipoc) Producer Advisory Committeeee Meeting Minutes
Board meeting · Dec 4, 2024
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Board meeting
Mar 20, 2025
CUSP staff were working to standardize grant-awarding guidelines in response to inconsistent application and review procedures.
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Subcommittee member Qi Zhou commented that standard procedures are needed to make the grant awarding process fairer. For the CUSP Program, some organizations have a first-come, first-served policy, while other organizations accept applications on a rolling basis and review all applications before making awards. Thea said that CUSP Program staff have been…
California Department of Food and Agriculture Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (Bipoc) Producer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
Board meeting · Mar 20, 2025
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Board meeting
May 21, 2025
CDFA's Office of Grants Administration announced that pest quarantines were no longer eligible under CUSP's extreme-weather grants while other qualifying practices remained available.
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Thea said that after consultation with UCANR and CDFA's Plant Health and & Pest Prevention Division Director, the OGA recently announced the removal of the pest quarantine as an eligible practice under CUSP extreme weather. The reason for this was the lack of scientific data that connects quarantines to extreme weather, thus making it difficult to justify…
California Department of Food and Agriculture- Small Scale Producer Advisory Committeeee Meeting Minutes
Board meeting · May 21, 2025
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Strategic plan
Mar 1, 2026
CDFA's recorded CUSP program provides rolling-through-2026 direct relief grants via partner administrators and funds technical-assistance providers for drought and extreme-weather financial needs.
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Programs such as CDFA's California Underserved and Small Producers (CUSP) Program are critical in improving access to emergency financial relief and disaster preparedness funding for farmers. The CUSP program is designed to facilitate support for small and medium scale California agricultural producers, including small and medium scale socially…
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Key Contacts on this RFP

Decision makers connected to this RFP from California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Fredrick GomezAgency Chief Information Officer/Director, Information Technology Services Division (ITSD)

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Giancarlo LaGiusaAnalyst II, PDCP, CDFA

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Crystal G. MyersAssistant Director, Division of Administrative Services

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Marcee L. YountBranch Chief

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