220 Block Grants

Objective

The 220 Block Grants Program's purpose is to provide assistance to producers who have suffered certain losses as a consequence of weather events in 2023 and 2024.

Who Can Apply

• State
• U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)

States with a net farm income for 2023 of less than $250,000,000, as recorded in the data in the Economic Research Service publication “Farm Income and Wealth Statistics” as of December 3, 2024, and fewer than eight thousand farms and an average farm size of fewer than one thousand acres per farm, as recorded in the National Agricultural Statistics Service publication “Farms and Land in Farms 2023 Summary" (February 2024).

Who Benefits

• Unrestricted by Entity Type
• Unrestricted by Individual Type
• Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government

Eligible producers in the 8 eligible states that suffered crop, timber, and livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure, as a consequence of any weather event in 2023 or 2024.

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

kathy.sayers@usda.gov
2027206870