Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program

 

PARP provides direct financial support for eligible producers of agricultural commodities who suffered an eligible revenue loss in calendar year 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Active 10.143 Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture D - Direct Payments With Unrestricted Use Not applicable. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division N, Title VII, Subtitle B, Sec. 751, Pub. L. 116-260), Public Law - Applicants must be a citizen of the United States; resident alien; partnership of citizens of the United States; corporation, limited liability company, or other organizational structure organized under State law; Indian Tribe or Tribal organization; or foreign person or foreign entity who meets all requirements of 7 CFR part 1400. A person or legal entity, other than a joint venture or general partnership, is ineligible for payments if the person's or legal entity's average adjusted gross income (AGI) for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 tax years is more than $900,000, unless the person or legal entity's AGI for 2020 is $900,000 or less. With respect to joint ventures and general partnerships, this AGI provision will be applied to each member of the joint venture and general partnership. Not applicable. Applicants must submit an application and additional required forms, including an average adjusted gross income statement and highly erodible land conservation and wetland certification, if not already on file with FSA. Underserved producers (which includes socially disadvantaged, limited resource, beginning, and veteran farmer or ranchers) must certify their status using form CCC-860 if not already on file in order to receive a payment calculated at the higher rate for those producers. Eligibility documentation must be submitted within 60 days of the PARP application deadline. FSA may request that applicants submit additional records to substantiate the information on their application. Those records must be submitted within 30 days of the request. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Applicants must submit a complete application to their FSA county office. All required eligibility forms must be submitted to their FSA county office no later than 60 days from application deadline. If FSA requests additional requested documentation to support the information on the application, it must be submitted within 30 days of the request. If required eligibility forms and additional documentation are not submitted within the applicable deadlines, the application will not be processed and will not be acted on by USDA. The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible producers. Payments to eligible producers are expected to be made after program sign up has concluded. Payments will be prorated if total calculated payments exceed the amount of funding available. Applicants must submit an application form by July 14, 2023. All required eligibility forms must be submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the application deadline. Any additional requested documentation to support the information on the application must be submitted within 30 days of the request. From 60 to 90 days. From 15 to 30 days. Applicants may request reconsideration of a decision by the decision authority or appeal such decisions to a higher authority including the county and State FSA committees and the National Appeals Division. Appeal regulations in 7 CFR parts 11 and 780 apply. General eligibility provisions and other matters of general applicability that are not in response to, or result from, an individual set of facts in an individual participant's application for payment are not matters that can be appealed. Not applicable. Not applicable. Unrestricted use. Assistance will be used by producers who suffered eligible revenue losses in calendar year 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not applicable. Not applicable. If requested, applicants must submit documentation to verify the information certified on their application. Applicants must retain documentation in support of the application for 3 years after the date of approval. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. The PARP application period is January 23, 2023, through July 14, 2023. All required eligibility forms must be submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the application deadline. If FSA requests records to support information included on the application, those records must be received within 30 days of the request. There are no restrictions placed on the time permitted to spend the money awarded. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Kathy Sayers
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250 USA
kathy.sayers@usda.gov
Phone: (202) 720-6825 https://www.farmers.gov/ 12-0115-0-1-351 (Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $250,000,000.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$0.00; FY 20$0.00; - Applicants are subject to a maximum payment limitation of $125,000. 7 CFR part 9, subpart D. Procedural handbooks are available county FSA offices. Not applicable.