pa-56-35-1248: Program requirements for the 2026-2027 Agriculture and Youth Organization Grant Program (Part II)

Summary

The Department of Agriculture (Department) provides notice of the standards and requirements for the Agriculture and Youth Organization Grant Program (Program). The Program is established under authority of 3 Pa.C.S. §§ 10301 10307 (relating to agriculture and youth development) as amended by the act of July 7, 2022 (P.L. 504, No. 52), referred to as the Agriculture and Youth Organization Grant Program Act. The Program allows the Department to award direct grants and matching grants to help fund eligible projects, programs and equipment purchases conducted or made by an organization composed mainly of youth, or an organization with programs that benefit youth, and organized to promote development in the areas of agriculture, community leadership, vocational training and peer fellowship. The term includes a school district. This notice establishes the policy guidelines for the Program. It establishes the process by which grant applications will be solicited, reviewed and awarded for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2026-2027. The amount appropriated for grants in SFY 2026-2027 will be no less than $500,000. For the SFY 2026-2027 Program, the Department will consider an eligible applicant to be any organization composed mainly of youth or an organization with programs that benefit youth and is organized to promote development in the areas of agriculture, community leadership, vocational training and peer fellowship. The term includes a school district. This will include, but is not...

The agency’s own summary, as published.