USDA
Adds Digital Options for Farmers and Ranchers to Apply for
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
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[August 20, 2020]
USDA’s Farm Service Agency will now accept
applications for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP)
through an online portal, expanding the options available to
producers to apply for this program, which helps offset price
declines and additional marketing costs because of the coronavirus
pandemic.
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FSA is also leveraging commercial document storage and
e-signature solutions to enable producers to work with local
service center staff to complete their applications from home.
As a reminder, the deadline to sign up for CFAP is August 28,
2020.
Through the portal, producers with secure USDA login
credentials—known as eAuthentication—can certify eligible
commodities online, digitally sign applications and submit
directly to the local USDA Service Center. Producers who do not
have an eAuthentication account can learn more and begin the
enrollment process at farmers.gov/sign-in. Currently, the
digital application is only available to sole proprietors or
single-member business entities.
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USDA Service Centers can also work with producers to complete
and securely transmit digitally signed applications through two
commercially available tools: Box and OneSpan. Producers who are
interested in digitally signing their applications should notify
their local service centers when calling to discuss the CFAP
application process. You can learn more about these solutions at
farmers.gov/mydocs.
USDA has several other options for producers to complete and
submit their CFAP applications. These include:
Downloading the AD-3114 application form from farmers.gov/cfap
and manually completing the form to submit to the local USDA
Service Center by mail, electronically or by hand delivery to an
office drop box. In some limited cases, the office may be open
for in-person business by appointment. Visit farmers.gov/coronavirus/service-center-status
to check the status of your local office.
Completing the application form using our CFAP Application
Generator and Payment Calculator found at farmers.gov/cfap. This
Excel workbook allows customers to input information specific to
their operation to determine estimated payments and populate the
application form, which can be printed, and then signed and
submitted to their local USDA Service Center.
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Getting Help from FSA
New customers seeking one-on-one support with the CFAP application
process can call 877-508-8364 to speak directly with a USDA employee
ready to offer general assistance. This is a recommended first step
before a producer engages the team at the FSA county office at their
local USDA Service Center.
All other eligibility forms, such as those related to adjusted gross
income and payment information, can be downloaded from farmers.gov/cfap.
For existing FSA customers, these documents are likely already on
file.
Producers self-certify their records when applying for CFAP, and
that documentation is not submitted with the application. However,
producers may be asked for their documentation to support the
certification of eligible commodities, so they should retain the
information used to complete their application.
More Information
To find the latest information on CFAP, visit farmers.gov/cfap or
call 877-508-8364.
[ USDA Farm Service Agency]
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