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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE LIVESTOCK OPERATOR FIRE AND FLOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LOFFAP)</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Arizona Department of Agriculture<br>
1110 W. Washington Street, Suite 450<br>
Phoenix, AZ 85007 </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The application period is now open for the LOFFAP2025-</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">4
<span style="color:black">Grant Cycle. Instructions for completing grant applications can be found in the </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://agriculture.az.gov/sites/default/files/documents/LOFFAP2025-4%20Grant%20Manual.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">LOFFAP
Grant Manual & Application Package</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">. The Grant Manual and all application forms are available on the AZDA’s website at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://agriculture.az.gov/about-us/divisions/agriculture-food-systems-support/livestock-operator-fire-and-flood-assistance%20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://agriculture.az.gov/about-us/divisions/agriculture-food-systems-support/livestock-operator-fire-and-flood-assistance</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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<u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Final Application Deadline</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">11:59:59 p.m. (MST) Friday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">June 27, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Applicants must submit their application package electronically on-line by using the following link:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://bit.ly/LOFFAP2025-4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">https://bit.ly/LOFFAP2025-4</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">For additional information, please email or call Marty Suter, Program Coordinator at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:msuter@azda.gov"><span style="color:blue">msuter@azda.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
or (602) 396-8365</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ashley Estes, Program Coordinator at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:aestes@azda.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">aestes@azda.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
or (602) 316-6775.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Marty Suter & Ashley Estes</span></b><span style="color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Livestock Operator Fire and Flood Assistance Program</span></b><span style="color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Agriculture & Food Systems Support Division</span></b><span style="color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Arizona Department of Agriculture</span></b><span style="color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Phoenix, AZ 85007</span><span style="color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt"><span style="color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://agriculture.az.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#1155CC">https://agriculture.az.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Interim Associate Director for Agriculture & Natural Resources - Cooperative Extension<br>
Medical Entomology Professor & Public Health Professor & IPM Specialist - Department of Entomology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">MAC Experiment Station, 37860 West Smith-Enke Road, Maricopa, AZ 85138.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Office 520-374-6223; Mobile 602-418-5202; Fax 520-374-6394<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Medical Entomology: Preventing illness and injury in the future, and saving lives today!</span></i></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:none">We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham
and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.</span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Not the most intelligent that survives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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