Western Region Agricultural
Stress Assistance Program (WRASAP)
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Contact the department for a range of services and programs, including organic certification, Idaho Preferred, and the Idaho Farm and Ranch Center.
Service areas: Idaho
Go to Website | Phone: 208.332.8500
Core Services:
General Services: Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Farm Stress, Resources for Farmers with Disabilities, Resources for Veteran Farmers
Idaho Farm and Ranch Center
The mission of the Idaho Farm and Ranch Center is to collaborate with partners to promote resources and organize efforts that help farmers and ranchers cultivate a viable and resilient agricultural industry. We strive to be a central location for information and help with succession planning, farm stress, financial planning, new and beginning farmers, and veterans in agriculture. Our mission is accomplished by providing workshops, an annual conference, and working with industry partners to collect and distribute resources.
Service areas: Idaho
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Core Services: Farm Land Access & Succession Planning, Farm Stress, Financial & Business Planning
General Services: Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for Farmers with Disabilities, Resources for Veteran Farmers
Wyoming 211
Wyoming 211 makes it easy to find food, housing, job training and much more. Wyoming 211 provides the most current and comprehensive database of community resources in the State of Wyoming including mental health services. We offer a search tool for counseling services as well. Wyoming 211 operators have training to understand the unique circumstances farmers face.
Service areas: Wyoming
Go to Website | Phone: 1-888-425-7138
Core Services: Crisis Assistance, Farm Stress, Substance Use Support
General Services: Disaster Relief/Resilience, Resources for Farmers with Disabilities, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for LGBTQIA Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers, Resources for Veteran Farmers, Resources for Women Farmers
Farm Credit
We serve every part of agriculture from the smallest operations to the largest and everything in between. Whether helping a young farm family begin, supporting our veterans as they return home and take up farming or financing U.S. agricultural exports around the globe, Farm Credit is committed to the success of American agriculture. Our loans and related financial services support farmers and ranchers, farmer-owned cooperatives and other agribusinesses, rural homebuyers and companies exporting U.S. ag products around the world.
Service areas: National
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Core Services: Funding Opportunities for Farmers
General Services: Disaster Relief/Resilience, Financial & Business Planning, Resources for Veteran Farmers
Cutting Fences Foundation
The Cutting Fences Foundation is devoted to strengthening physical and mental wellness through cultivating connection, advocacy, accessibility, prevention, and possibility for agricultural and veteran communities Occupational therapy at no cost to agricultural producers in Montana, advocacy podcast, advocacy speaking, quality of life crisis fund
Service areas: Montana
Go to Website | Phone: 406-217-1166
Core Services: Resources for Farmers with Disabilities
General Services: Activism & Organizing, Farm Stress, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Resources for Veteran Farmers
Business Impact NW
Business Impact NW is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) dedicated to serving underbanked entrepreneurs. We provide coaching, classes, and access to capital to community small businesses, with an emphasis on working with traditionally underserved populations, entrepreneurial low/moderate income earners, women, BIPOC, veterans, immigrants or members of the LGBTQ+ community. We have been serving the community since 1997. We promote long-term positive economic change through financial services, business advice and training. We serve startups as well as existing businesses and are dedicated to helping underserved entrepreneurs at every stage in their business growth.
Service areas: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Go to Website | Phone: 206-324-4330
Core Services: Financial & Business Planning, Funding Opportunities for Farmers
General Services: Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for LGBTQIA Farmers, Resources for Veteran Farmers, Resources for Women Farmers
Washington State Agrability
Washington AgrAbility offers consultation services and education to connect you and your family to resources which promote well-being in the workplace and reduce risk of secondary injury. Washington State AgrAbility Project does not purchase individual equipment; however, you will be connected with resources available.
How We Can Help
Provide education about practices, accommodations, and available tools to ensure a safe return to the workplace post-injury or health concern
Collaborate with partners, providers, and agencies to ensure information and delivery of services are available for farmers and agriculture workers returning to work.
Service areas: Washington
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Core Services: Farm Stress, Resources for Farmers with Disabilities
General Services: Resources for Veteran Farmers
Oregon State University Coast to Forest: Mental Health Promotion in Rural Oregon
The Coast to Forest collaboration between the OSU Extension Family and Community Health Program and the OSU Center for Health Innovation works on mental health promotion and substance misuse prevention. Our goals work to: Reduce opioid misuse and abuse and their underlying causes and consequences Improve mental health and well-being in four rural or frontier Oregon counties: Lincoln, Tillamook, Baker, and Union The Coast to Forest initiative builds upon existing state and community strengths and resources. This includes a growing network of community health workers, radio stations covering communities health and wellness, community-level partnerships and an expanding Mental Health First Aid network.
Service areas: Oregon
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Core Services: Farm Stress, Substance Use Support
General Services: Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmers with Disabilities, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers, Resources for LGBTQIA Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers, Resources for Veteran Farmers
Oregon State University Small Farms Program
The Oregon State University Small Farms Program works with small and medium size organic and sustainable farms on a variety of production and management issues.
Service areas: Oregon
Go to Website | Phone: 541-572-5263
Core Services: Direct Marketing Assistance, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Resources for Beginning Farmers
General Services: Financial & Business Planning, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers, Resources for Veteran Farmers, Resources for Women Farmers
National AgrAbility Project (NAP)
“The vision of AgrAbility is to enhance quality of life for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disabilities, so that they, their families, and their communities continue to succeed in rural America. For this target audience, “success” may be defined by many parameters, including: gainful employment in production agriculture or a related occupation; access to appropriate assistive technology needed for work and daily living activities; evidence-based information related to the treatment and rehabilitation of disabling conditions; and targeted support for family caregivers of AgrAbility customers. […] Develops service capacity through innovative educational programs designed to advance individual capabilities, adapt new technologies, and deliver program content through appropriate educational venues
Encourages networking to facilitate information sharing, the provision of services, and funding from individuals or organizations not employed by AgrAbility
Provides direct services to agricultural workers through individual consultations and other means”
Service areas: National
Go to Website | Phone: 1-800-825-4264
Core Services: Crisis Assistance, Farm Stress, Funding Opportunities for Farmers, Industrial Ag Issues, Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support, Resources for Beginning Farmers, Resources for BIPOC Farmers, Resources for Farmers with Disabilities, Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
General Services: Resources for Veteran Farmers
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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.