2018 Working Lands Informational PowerPoint (Play with Sound)

2018 How to Navigate the Grants Management System Guide

2018 Grant Applications 

1. BUSINESS GRANTS:

Letters of Intent Due: November 7, 2017 

Applicant Notification of Acceptance/Denial (Letter of Intent): End of December 2017

Inivited Full Applications Due: February 9, 2018 

Applicant Notification: End of March 2018

Estimated Project Start Date: After April 2018

BUSINESS APPLICATION GUIDELINES:

• Business Letter of Intent Applicant Guide - PDF - MUST READ IN FULL BEFORE APPLYING
• Business Letter of Intent Applicant Guide - Word Document 
• Business Letter of Intent Instructions For Submitting a Proposal in our Grants Management System
• View the Stages of Business Development

• Business Planning Template 

• Links to Statewide Strategic Plans (useful for the Impact Section of the Full Application)

  • Working Lands Organizational Plan 

  • Comprehensive Energy Plan

  • Working Lands Forest Systems Analysis

  • Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

  • Farm to Plate Strategic Plan

2. SERVICE PROVIDER GRANTS:

Letters of Intent Due: December 8, 2017  

Applicant Notification of Acceptance/Denial (Letter of Intent): End of January 2018

Invited Applications Due: March 7, 2018

Applicant Notification: End of April 2018

Estimated Project Start Date: After May 2018

SERVICE PROVIDER GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES: 

• Service Provider Letter of Intent Applicant Guide - PDF - MUST READ IN FULL BEFORE APPLYING
• Service Provider Letter of Intent Applicant Guide - Word Document

3. SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNERSHIP PILOT: UP TO $250,000 FOR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS: APPLICATIONS DUE DECEMBER 8th! 

New this year, the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative is seeking proposals from technical assistance providers who deliver fundamental services to Vermont’s working lands businesses. To become a pre-qualified partner, applicants must demonstrate significant prior experience and must provide services in the pre-established priority areas listed below. Becoming a pre-qualified partner does not guarantee any level of funding. Specific scopes of work will be identified by the Working Lands Enterprise Board and negotiated with pre-qualified partners. Priorities of Funding include:

• Business Assistance and/or Capital Readiness/Advice
• Intergenerational transfer and land access, including/especially for new/beginning farmers
• Beginning farmer/journey farmer training (start-up and pre-farm viability enterprises)
• Wholesale readiness and scaling up, including assistance complying with third-party audit programs
• Nonprofit governance, systems improvements and capacity building

Pre-qualification Apps Due: December 8, 2017  

Notification of Pre-qualification: End of January 2018

Potential RFP Opportunities: Late Winter 

SERVICE PROVIDER PRE-QUALIFICATION GUIDELINES: 

• Service Provider Partner Pre-Qual Guide - PDF - MUST READ IN FULL BEFORE APPLYING
• Service Provider Partner Pre-Qual Guide - Word Document