APHIS Announces Funding Opportunity for Tribes and Tribal Organizations Supporting Farm Bill Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Activities

In June 2022, APHIS announced the availability of up to $17 million in funds for the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP). While Tribal Nations and Tribal organizations were eligible to apply for that funding opportunity, an additional $500,000 was specifically designated for a future funding opportunity for Tribes and Tribal organizations for animal disease preparedness and response activities.

Today, APHIS is sharing the availability of this first-ever NADPRP Tribal Nations funding opportunity as we seek to continue to advance animal disease preparedness and response through its Farm Bill animal health programs.

USDA APHIS will provide up to $500,000 to further animal disease prevention, preparedness, and response in priority areas. Eligible applicants include Native American Tribes and governments, Tribal organizations, and Tribal colleges and universities. APHIS will prioritize funding to project proposals aimed at:

• Delivering outreach & education on animal disease prevention, preparedness, and response,
• Increasing livestock and poultry biosecurity,
• Supporting training and exercises for Tribal animal agriculture sector responders,
• Developing and exercising Tribal animal disease emergency response plans, and
• Enhancing animal disease traceability for an animal disease outbreak.

The 2018 Farm Bill provided funding for these programs as part of an overall strategy to help prevent animal pests and diseases from entering the United States and reduce the spread and impact of potential disease incursions through advance planning and preparedness.

NADPRP addresses the risk of introduction and spread of high-consequence animal pests and diseases through cooperative or interagency agreements between APHIS and States, universities, livestock producer organizations, Tribal organizations, land-grant universities, and other eligible entities. This program enhances APHIS’ animal health efforts through collaboration with animal health partners throughout the nation. Together, APHIS and its partners carry out high-value projects that enhance prevention, preparedness, detection, and response to the most damaging emerging and foreign animal diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture.

The funding opportunity announcement, including application instructions and additional information, is available on the NADPRP website. Applicants can also find information on the on the ezFedGrants website or the Grants.gov website by searching CFDA number 10.025 or Funding Opportunity Number USDA-APHIS-10025-VSSP0000-23-0001. Tribes and Tribal organizations may apply for this funding opportunity, even if they previous applied to the NADPRP funding opportunity that closed in September 2022.

APHIS’ Office of National Tribal Liaison (ONTL) in partnership with NADPRP is offering a webinar to assist Tribal applicants with the application process. The webinar: “National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) Tribal Funding Opportunity: Information for Applicants” will be held on November 1, 2022, at 1:00 pm EDT. To register, please visit https://forms.gle/MkkyzbYAH1tkQpnh9. The webinar will be recorded and posted to the NADPRP website for those unable to attend the live session.

More information about all of these programs is available at: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/farmbill.