Apply For Funding

• Deadline to Apply: December 31, 2024

• Application Review Period: January 2025

• Relief Grants Payout Period: Beginning February 2025

Prerequisites to Apply:

• Eligible farmers must hold a current valid GATE card number issued through the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

• All farming operations impacted by Hurricane Helene may apply, but priority will be given to the counties declared to be in a disaster zone.

• Designated Disaster Relief Areas: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Dodge, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Glynn, Hancock, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, McDuffie, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Rabun, Richmond, Screven, Stephens, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Telfair, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilkes