Question 1

Who is eligible?

Accepted Answer

Applicant must have a DUNS number to apply. A DUNS number is free but can take up to 5 business days to receive. Ambrook recommends applying for a DUNS number as soon as possible to avoid missing the deadline for this program. Go to this website or call (866) 705-5711 to start the process.

This first round of Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program funding is open to most small producers, food processors and distributors, and farmers markets, as long as the applicant's operation is smaller than the maximum size standards for that industry (quoted below).

All farmers markets
Crop Production with Average Annual Receipts less than $5 Million
Animal Production and Aquaculture with Average Annual Receipts less than $5 Million (Special note for livestock producers: Common livestock like cattle, hogs and poultry are not included under the eligible animal production industry categories. You may want to check under the food processing industries to see if your business qualifies. For example, poultry producers that process onsite may qualify under the category \"Poultry processing.\")
Post-Harvest Crop Activities with Average Annual Receipts less than $30 Million
Food Manufacturing with fewer than 500 employees. Many subsectors of Food Manufacturing are eligible all the way up to 1,250 employees—see this page for the exceptions
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods with fewer than 500 employees
Warehousing and Storage with Average Annual Receipts less than $30 Million
Production and processing activities unrelated to human food, such as ornamental fish production or refrigeration and storage of fur, are not eligible to apply for funds

Allowable Outcomes and Activities

Implement workplace safety measures to protect workers against COVID-19

Provide personal protective equipment, thermometers, cleaning supplies, sanitizer, or hand washing stations
Install and purchase air filters or new signage

Implement market pivots to protect workers against COVID–19

Develop and implement online platforms
Use online or print materials to communicate market pivots

Retrofitting facilities for worker and consumer safety to protect against COVID–19

Install and purchase protective barriers made of plexiglass or plastic sheeting, walk up windows, heat lamps/heaters, fans, tents, propane, weights, tables, chairs and lighting

Provide additional transportation options to maintain social distancing and worker and consumer safety to protect against COVID-19

Secure additional transportation services for workers
Offer new delivery routes or distribution services

Provide worker housing that protects workers against COVID-19

Secure additional housing resources/services to maintain social distancing or to allow for quarantining of new or exposed employees

Provide health services to protect workers against COVID-19

Offer or enable vaccinations, testing, or healthcare treatment of infected employees, including any paid leave due to COVID-19 infection

Question 2

When do applications close?

Accepted Answer

November 22, 2021

Question 3

When do applications open?

Accepted Answer

October 6, 2021

Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program (PRS)

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