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2011 Annual Report - StrikeForce Initiative
Arkansas is one of three pilot states participating in
the USDA StrikeForce Initiative. The initiative is designed to help relieve
persistent poverty in high poverty counties by accelerating USDA assistance
while working closely with Community Based Organizations.
Funding was provided through the Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP).
Sixty-seven EQIP applications by historically
underserved were funded for $1,083,874. Thirty additional EQIP contracts for
$713,096 and 11 WHIP contracts for $124,485 were also funded in Arkansas’s
StrikeForce counties.
The counties are: Arkansas, Bradley, Chicot, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Desha,
Drew, Hempstead, Howard, Jackson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Mississippi, Monroe,
Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Phillips, Randolph, Searcy, Sevier, St. Francis and
Woodruff.
Arkansas 2011 StrikeForce Obligations by County
| County |
Contracts |
Acres |
FY11 Financial
Assistance |
Arkansas |
8 |
1,933.4 |
$477,989 |
| Arkansas* |
1 |
801.5 |
$14,953 |
| Bradley |
2 |
256 |
$47,498 |
| Chicot |
2 |
284 |
$68,177 |
| Clark |
1 |
24 |
$6,166 |
| Columbia |
1 |
70 |
$5,336 |
| Columbia* |
1 |
138.9 |
$3,781 |
| Dallas |
2 |
74 |
$19,057 |
| Desha |
7 |
234.2 |
$130,457 |
| Drew |
3 |
124.4 |
$50,816 |
| Hempstead |
2 |
110 |
$12,914 |
| Howard |
5 |
155 |
$47,197 |
| Jackson |
1 |
318 |
$45,026 |
| Lafayette |
3 |
219.7 |
$43,293 |
| Lee |
7 |
418 |
$114,181 |
| Nevada |
2 |
98 |
$49,248 |
| Phillips |
19 |
1,214.94 |
$196,097 |
| Randolph |
22 |
2,786 |
$413,470 |
| Randolph* |
2 |
245 |
$14,878 |
| Searcy |
2 |
140 |
$16,774 |
| Searcy* |
7 |
1,262.7 |
$90,873 |
| Sevier |
9 |
662.8 |
$53,275 |
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Totals |
108 |
11,570.54 |
$1,921,455 |
* Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
Data Source: ProTracts FY11, Oct. 1, 2011
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