Application for Federal Assistance

Version 7/03

APPLICATION FOR
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
1. TYPE OF SUBMISSION:
Application

2. DATE SUBMITTED

Applicant Identifier

3. DATE RECEIVED BY STATE

State Application Identifier

4. DATE RECEIVED BY FEDERAL AGENCY

Federal Identifier

Pre-application

Construction

Construction

✔ Non-Construction
5. APPLICANT INFORMATION
Legal Name:

Non-Construction
Organizational Unit:
Department:

Organizational DUNS:

Division:

Address:
Street:

Name and telephone number of person to be contacted on matters
involving this application (give area code)
Prefix:
First Name:

City:

Middle Name

County:

Last Name

State:

Zip Code

Suffix:

Country:

Email:

6. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN):

Phone Number (give area code)

-

Fax Number (give area code)

7. TYPE OF APPLICANT: (See back of form for Application Types)

8. TYPE OF APPLICATION:

✔ New
Continuation
If Revision, enter appropriate letter(s) in box(es)
(See back of form for description of letters.)

Revision
Other (specify)

Other (specify)

9. NAME OF FEDERAL AGENCY:

10. CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE NUMBER:

11. DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF APPLICANT’S PROJECT:

USDA/AMS

1 0
TITLE (Name of Program):

-1

6 8

Farmers' Market Promotion Program
12. AREAS AFFECTED BY PROJECT (Cities, Counties, States, etc.):

13. PROPOSED PROJECT
Start Date:

14. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF:
a. Applicant
b. Project

Ending Date:

15. ESTIMATED FUNDING:
00

a. Federal

$

.

b. Applicant

$

.

c. State

$

.

00

00

d. Local

$

.

00

e. Other

$

.

00

16. IS APPLICATION SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY STATE EXECUTIVE
ORDER 12372 PROCESS?
THIS PREAPPLICATION/APPLICATION WAS MADE
a. Yes.
AVAILABLE TO THE STATE EXECUTIVE ORDER 12372
PROCESS FOR REVIEW ON
DATE:
b. No.

00

f. Program Income

$

.

g. TOTAL

$

.

PROGRAM IS NOT COVERED BY E. O. 12372

OR PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED BY STATE
FOR REVIEW
17. IS THE APPLICANT DELINQUENT ON ANY FEDERAL DEBT?

00

Yes If “Yes” attach an explanation.

No

18. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, ALL DATA IN THIS APPLICATION/PREAPPLICATION ARE TRUE AND CORRECT. THE
DOCUMENT HAS BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT WILL COMPLY WITH THE
ATTACHED ASSURANCES IF THE ASSISTANCE IS AWARDED.
a. Authorized Representative
Prefix
First Name
Middle Name
Last Name

Suffix

b. Title

c. Telephone Number (give area code)

d. Signature of Authorized Representative

e. Date Signed

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Standard Form 424 (Rev.9-2003)
Prescribed by OMB Circular A-102

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SF-424
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 45 minutes per response, including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0043), Washington, DC 20503.
PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR COMPLETED FORM TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. SEND IT TO THE
ADDRESS PROVIDED BY THE SPONSORING AGENCY.
This is a standard form used by applicants as a required face sheet for pre-applications and applications submitted for Federal
assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies to obtain applicant certification that States which have established a review and comment
procedure in response to Executive Order 12372 and have selected the program to be included in their process, have been given an
opportunity to review the applicant’s submission.
Item:
1.

Entry:
Select Type of Submission.

Item:
11.

2.

Date application submitted to Federal agency (or State if applicable)
and applicant’s control number (if applicable).

12.

3.

State use only (if applicable).

13

Enter the proposed start date and end date of the project.

4.

Enter Date Received by Federal Agency
Federal identifier number: If this application is a continuation or
revision to an existing award, enter the present Federal Identifier
number. If for a new project, leave blank.
Enter legal name of applicant, name of primary organizational unit
(including division, if applicable), which will undertake the
assistance activity, enter the organization’s DUNS number
(received from Dun and Bradstreet), enter the complete address of
the applicant (including country), and name, telephone number, email and fax of the person to contact on matters related to this
application.

14.

List the applicant’s Congressional District and any District(s)
affected by the program or project

15

Amount requested or to be contributed during the first
funding/budget period by each contributor. Value of in kind
contributions should be included on appropriate lines as
applicable. If the action will result in a dollar change to an
existing award, indicate only the amount of the change. For
decreases, enclose the amounts in parentheses. If both basic
and supplemental amounts are included, show breakdown on
an attached sheet. For multiple program funding, use totals
and show breakdown using same categories as item 15.
Applicants should contact the State Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) for Federal Executive Order 12372 to determine
whether the application is subject to the State
intergovernmental review process.
This question applies to the applicant organization, not the
person who signs as the authorized representative. Categories
of debt include delinquent audit disallowances, loans and
taxes.

5.

6.

Enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) as assigned by the
Internal Revenue Service.

16.

7.

Select the appropriate letter in
the space provided.
I.
State Controlled
A. State
Institution of Higher
B. County
Learning
C. Municipal
J. Private University
D. Township
K. Indian Tribe
E. Interstate
L. Individual
F. Intermunicipal
M. Profit Organization
G. Special District
N. Other (Specify)
H. Independent School
O. Not for Profit
District
Organization
Select the type from the following list:
•
"New" means a new assistance award.
•
“Continuation” means an extension for an additional
funding/budget period for a project with a projected completion
date.
•
“Revision” means any change in the Federal Government’s
financial obligation or contingent liability from an existing
obligation. If a revision enter the appropriate letter:
A. Increase Award
B. Decrease Award
C. Increase Duration
D. Decrease Duration
Name of Federal agency from which assistance is being requested
with this application.

17.

8.

9.

10.

18

Entry:
Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. If more than one
program is involved, you should append an explanation on a
separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g., construction or real
property projects), attach a map showing project location. For
preapplications, use a separate sheet to provide a summary
description of this project.
List only the largest political entities affected (e.g., State,
counties, cities).

To be signed by the authorized representative of the applicant.
A copy of the governing body’s authorization for you to sign
this application as official representative must be on file in the
applicant’s office. (Certain Federal agencies may require that
this authorization be submitted as part of the application.)

Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and title of
the program under which assistance is requested.

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