Healthy Soils Block Grant Pilot Program

Overview

The Healthy Soils - Block Grant Pilot Program is a part of the Healthy Soils Program, which stems from the California Healthy Soils Initiative, a collaboration of state agencies and departments that promotes the development of healthy soils on California’s farmlands and ranchlands. The Block Grant Pilot Program is designed to facilitate financial assistance to California agricultural operations through regional block grant administrators. The grant term is four years. The minimum and maximum award per block grant application is $2,000,000 and $5,000,000 respectively.   Program Structure: For the purpose of this program, there are three entities of interest. 1. Block Grant Recipients The eligible entities include (1) Resource Conservation Districts; (2) University of California...