[SRM] FW: NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE LIVESTOCK OPERATOR FIRE AND FLOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LOFFAP)

[Gornish, Elise - (egornish)]

From: Anr-faculty <anr-faculty-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu> On Behalf Of Gouge, Dawn H - (dhgouge)
Sent: Friday, March 7, 2025 9:49 AM
To: anr-faculty at list.cals.arizona.edu
Subject: NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE LIVESTOCK OPERATOR FIRE AND FLOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LOFFAP)

Welcome to Friday University of Arizona, Extension Ag and Natural Resource Team,

Bellow and attached you will find information about the livestock operator fire and flood assistance fund (LOFFAP).

Please forward to stakeholders you think may be interested, thank you, Dawn.

The source of funding for LOFFAP is the livestock operator fire and flood assistance fund, established under A.R.S. § 3-109.03. The legislature has appropriated $10,000,000.00 to the Fund, of which an amount of $9,500,000.00 will be available for grant awards.

Eligibility -  Eligible applicants are livestock-operation landowners and lessees:
a. Who own over forty animals, as defined by this Manual, as part of a livestock operation;
b. Whose livestock-operation infrastructure was damaged as a result of a single wildfire or that wildfire's associated flooding;
c. Who needs assistance for infrastructure repair to continue the livestock operation;
d. Who are ineligible for funding from, or are only partially funded by, another federal or state program, to repair their damaged infrastructure.

LOFFAP funds are available for funding private, non-governmental infrastructure projects that take place on private lands or lands leased from the State or federal government by private individuals.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE LIVESTOCK OPERATOR FIRE AND FLOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LOFFAP)
Arizona Department of Agriculture
1110 W. Washington Street, Suite 450
Phoenix, AZ  85007

The application period is now open for the LOFFAP2025-3 Grant Cycle.  Instructions for completing grant applications can be found in the LOFFAP Grant Manual & Application Package<https://agriculture.az.gov/sites/default/files/documents/LOFFAP2025-3%20Final%20Grant%20Manual%20%281%29.pdf>. The Grant Manual and all application forms are available on the AZDA's website at

https://agriculture.az.gov/about-us/divisions/agriculture-food-systems-support/livestock-operator-fire-and-flood-assistance<https://agriculture.az.gov/about-us/divisions/agriculture-food-systems-support/livestock-operator-fire-and-flood-assistance%20>

Final Application Deadline

11:59:59 p.m. (MST) Friday, March 28, 2025

Applicants must submit their application package electronically on-line by using the following link: https://bit.ly/LOFFAP2025-3


For additional information, please email or call Marty Suter, Program Coordinator at msuter at azda.gov<mailto:msuter at azda.gov> or (602) 396-8365 Ashley Estes, Program Coordinator at aestes at azda.gov<mailto:aestes at azda.gov> or (602) 316-6775.

Dawn H. Gouge PhD - pronounced Goosh (she/her) - Please do not feel obligated to respond out of your normal working hours. Please be assured that I respect different working patterns and time zones and look forward to your response when you are next at work and able to reply.

Interim Associate Director for Agriculture & Natural Resources - Cooperative Extension
Medical Entomology Professor & Public Health Professor & IPM Specialist - Department of Entomology

University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences.
MAC Experiment Station, 37860 West Smith-Enke Road, Maricopa, AZ 85138.
Office 520-374-6223; Mobile 602-418-5202; Fax 520-374-6394
dhgouge at arizona.edu<mailto:dhgouge at arizona.edu>

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