The USDA is seeking applications for its Tribal Seafood Pandemic Response and Safety (TSPRS) Grant Program to provide grants to seafood processors, including at-sea processors and dealers, owned and operated by Federally Recognized Indian Tribes.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/18/2022
Grant Size: $500,000
Details:
The grant program provides funds to respond to coronavirus, including for measures to protect workers against novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID–19). Grants will cover the activities associated with the following activities, when those activities occurred exclusively in response to changing market conditions and/or safety requirements that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Workplace Safety Measures: Workplace safety measures, including, but not limited to, personal protective equipment, sanitizer, hand washing stations, air filters, thermometers, cleaning supplies, or similar items.
- Market Pivots: Shifts from markets reduced or eliminated by COVID-19 to other markets, such as transition from restaurant or food service to retail customers, shifts from fresh to frozen seafood, moving to virtual/online sales costs (online platform development and fees, online marketing, credit card processing fees), building cold storage, or purchasing retail packaging.
- Retrofitting Facilities: Retrofitting facilities for worker and consumer safety, such as installing new production equipment to maximize social distancing.
- Transportation: Additional transportation costs incurred to maintain social distancing or implement new distribution routes.
- Worker Housing: Additional worker housing costs incurred to comply with quarantine mandates for new or seasonal employees, to maintain social distancing, or to allow for quarantining of exposed employees.
- Medical: Unreimbursed costs associated with providing or enabling vaccinations, testing, or healthcare treatment of infected employees, including any paid leave.
Funding Information
The minimum funding request amount is $100,000. The maximum funding request amount is $500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- To be eligible for TSPRS funding, entities must 1) be wholly owned by a Tribal government listed on the most recent list of Indian Tribal Entities
For more information, visit Grants.gov.