Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FSA OA FLSP G 23 0001
The Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program (FLSP) is a USDA grant opportunity designed to strengthen food and agricultural supply chain resiliency by helping agricultural employers deal with persistent labor shortages and instability. The program is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), specifically Section 1001(b)(4), which set aside money for loans, grants, and other assistance meant to maintain and improve the resilience of the food and agriculture supply chain. While the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) provides the funding, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) administers the program, and the notice treats FSA and AMS together as USDA for program purposes.
At its core, FLSP uses grant funding to encourage more stable, lawful, and reliable farm labor strategies while also raising standards for worker treatment. The program is built around three stated goals. First, it aims to support U.S. economic recovery and protect the domestic food supply by directly addressing current agricultural labor shortages. Second, it seeks to reduce irregular migration from Northern Central America by expanding regular, lawful pathways for agricultural employment. Third, it emphasizes improving working conditions for all farmworkers, not only those recruited through temporary visa programs.
The grants are awarded to domestic agricultural employers (called Awardees in the notice) that agree to meet a set of required minimum standards referred to as Baseline Requirements and that choose to source workers through the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers Program, as authorized under Section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. A key element is that participation is tied to compliance: applicants must show they can meet applicable Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requirements for H-2A, and they must also demonstrate that they are making a genuine effort to recruit U.S.-based workers first. The program expects employers to hire all willing, able, and qualified U.S. applicants. If an employer still cannot meet labor needs after that recruitment effort, the employer must proceed with the formal H-2A process, including filing the Temporary Employment Certification application (Form 9142A) under DOL rules.
Eligibility is focused on domestic agricultural employers that anticipate full compliance with H-2A regulatory requirements and that can credibly commit to carrying out the FLSP Baseline Requirements. The opportunity explicitly includes a range of agricultural employer types, such as fixed-site employers, joint employers, agricultural associations, and H-2A labor contractors. Beyond the baseline requirements, applicants may also select additional, elective worker benefits and protections described in the program guidance as Supplemental Employee Commitments; choosing stronger supplemental commitments can factor into how competitive an application is.
From a practical standpoint, this opportunity functions as an incentive program: USDA is using grant funding to offset or support employer actions that stabilize the agricultural workforce (including use of the H-2A pathway when domestic recruitment does not fill positions) while pushing participating employers toward improved worker protections and working conditions. The program is a discretionary grant (Funding Opportunity Number USDA FSA OA FLSP G 23 0001) under CFDA 10.978, administered by AMS, with an award ceiling listed as $2,000,000 per award. The original application closing date shown in the source data is January 3, 2024, and the opportunity was created on September 21, 2023.Apply for USDA FSA OA FLSP G 23 0001
- The Agricultural Marketing Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.978.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-09-21.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-01-03. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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