Western Region Agricultural Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)

Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)

Piikani Lodge

Piikani Lodge Health Institute (PLHI) is an Indigenous-founded and led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on promoting the health and well-being of Amskapi Piikani Blackfeet people and lands via work and research that is both translational and relevant to people and biosystems across this nation. 


Service areas: Montana

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North American Traditional Indigenous Food System

North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS), founded by James Beard award winners The Sioux Chef, is dedicated to addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways. We imagine a new North American food system that generates wealth and improves health in Native communities through food-related enterprises.


Service areas: International, Minnesota, National

Go to Website | Phone: 612-356-2813

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Flower Hill Institute

USDA’s Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity – Technical Assistance (MPPTA) Program ensures that participants in USDA’s Meat and Poultry Supply Chain programs and initiatives have access to robust technical assistance (TA) to support their project development and success. These supply chain initiatives–including the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) Program and the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) – support the growth of domestic processing capacity and the ability of independent facilities to serve more customers in more markets. MPPTA Offers: Access to technical advisors located across industry, academia, and state and federal governments. Focused outreach to a diversity of meat and poultry processing stakeholders, including small, rural, minority-owned, Native American, and Tribal-owned businesses, and other underserved groups seeking to build or expand local and regional meat and poultry supply chain capacity. General assistance with navigating USDA grant application and award processes, and guidance for successful post-award grant project management. One-on-one advising, including project and proposal reviews tailored to the needs of diverse stakeholders ranging from small and very small businesses to regional concepts and established mid-sized processing companies. Educational events, webinars, resources, and publications covering topics of interest for meat and poultry processing enterprises of all types.


Service areas: National, Tribal Nation

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CAAMHP (Colorado Farm Bureau Foundation)

We provide culturally aware behavioral health services to the broad agrarian and rural communities in Colorado. Specific services include vouchers for counseling with licensed behavioral health therapists (including some specializing in adolescent care, gender and sexuality, addiction recovery, and marriage and family therapy among others). We also have an Adolescent Addiction Support Workshop to provide education to parents and other caregivers of adolescents experiencing addiction.


Service areas: Colorado

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New Mexico State University Extension

Providing the people, farmers and ranchers of New Mexico with practical, research-based knowledge and programs to improve their quality of life.


Service areas: New Mexico

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Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation

The Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation in 2010), the mission of HAF is to support and sustain Hawaiʻi’s agricultural industry by addressing the critical needs and services of farmers and the industry in Hawaiʻi, and by better connecting them with the community and vice-versa. This involves educational and outreach programs in the community, as well as direct marketing, technical, educational and in-the-field support for farmers.


Service areas: Hawaii

Go to Website | Phone: (808) 927-9749

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Hawaii Organic Farming Association

To further organic and sustainable agriculture, land care, and lifestyles in Hawaii, thus giving meaning and life to our state motto: Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono “The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness.”


Service areas: Hawaii

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Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation

HFUF’s “primary purposes are to support the sovereign right of farmers to create and sustain vibrant and prosperous agricultural communities for the benefit of all Hawaii through various scientific, educational and charitable activities.”


Service areas: Hawaii

Go to Website | Phone: 1 (808) 800-3974, EXT 2

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Go Farm Hawaii – University of Hawaii

As a UH CTAHR program, GoFarm Hawai’i has grown to become one of the largest and most successful beginning farmer development programs in the country.


Service areas: Hawaii

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Dine College Land Grant Office

We are proud to promote and share our extension education programs with you. Over the past five years we have been working diligently to expand and improve our community outreach services in youth development and rangeland, farming, and livestock management.


Service areas: Arizona

Go to Website | Phone: (928) 724-6940

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The Western Region Agricultural Stress Assistance Program is supported by the USDA Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, under agreement number: 2020-70028-32731 proposal number: 2020-07631

The Western Region Agricultural Stress Assistance Program is an equal access/equal opportunity program.