FY23 VHCB Farm & Forest Viability Program Forest Landowner Transfer Planning Service Provider RFA

The Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program, a program of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB), is pleased to announce FY23 funding for forest landowner transfer planning. Eligible applicants are entities that work to increase the health, connectivity, and viability of Vermont’s forests and those who provide direct services to forest landowners. VHCB has approximately $600,000 available in funding for contracts up to two years in length.

Please review all instructions before completing the application. Instructions can be found here.

A narrative and budget application to be submitted through this form can be downloaded here.

Applications are due February 20th, 2023.

Please contact Mark Raishart with any questions. The Viability Program team is happy to set up meetings to talk through your ideas for this application and any questions or concerns you might have. m.raishart@vhcb.org.

Debarment, Suspension Certification

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* 1. Do you certify that the organization applying for VHCB funds is not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible or excluded from participation in federal program or programs supported whole or in part by federal funds?

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FY23 Narrative and Budget Application

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* 2. FY23 Narrative and Budget Application

Please upload a PDF of your completed application. Applications can be downloaded at the link above.

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Required Organizational Documents

Please use this form to submit all of the following required documents. If you don't have a required document, please upload a word document explaining these circumstances and what you plan to submit in its place, or how you plan to develop this document.

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* 3. 501c3 documentation and organizational bylaws

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* 4. Cost Allocation Plan

We will need to see documentation for how your organization calculates overhead, ideally a Cost Allocation Plan, if you are requesting this as part of your budget. We require the overhead determination to meet best accounting practices and will need to approve these calculations before we allow the organization to request funding for overhead expenses. If you do not have a Cost Allocation Plan, please submit a detailed description of how your organization calculates overhead or other management/administrative rates that are being requested.

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* 5. Organizational procurement policy

if you do not have a procurement policy, please submit an explanation of how your organization procures services in a fair, systematic, and equitable manner. We may ask that you create a policy as part of VHCB’s contracting process; if this is the case we will provide examples of other organization’s policies.

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