Tallgrass Legacy Alliance, Inc. Official Policy:
Young & Beginning Rancher Training and Education Program
Official Policy of the Tallgrass Legacy Alliance, Inc. for the support of Young & Beginning Ranchers in the Greater Flint Hills Region
Policy Requirements
1. The Tallgrass Legacy Alliance, Inc. (TLA) has interests in supporting Young & Beginning Ranchers in the Greater Flint Hills Region of Kansas defined as those who have filed 15 or less Schedule F forms with the IRS.
2. The Greater Flint Hills Region covered by this policy and support includes the counties of:
Butler, Chase, Coffey, Cowley, Chautauqua, Clay, Dickinson, Elk, Geary, Greenwood, Harvey, Jackson, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Washington, Wilson, Woodson
3. Support includes funding or partial funding of expenses incurred for participating in continuing education events, schools, programs, activities, training, etc., both within or outside of the state of Kansas.
4. Types of event expenses may include, but are not limited to: registration, tuition, meals, mileage, travel, and lodging. The expenses supported by TLA must be directly related to increasing the knowledge and ability of the participant to secure, improve, grow, or better manage their Ranch enterprise.
5. All funding requests must be submitted to the TLA at least one month in advance of the event, activity, school, training, etc.
6. The TLA Executive Director has sole responsibility to approve or deny the request, and to approve the level of support from TLA as available funds allow.
7. The TLA Executive Director has the discretion to negotiate the level of funding requested, to suggest methods for the recipient to be more economical such as sharing travel and lodging expenses, attending equal but alternate training, etc.
8. Additional or subsequent funding requests by an applicant shall be negotiated on a case-by-case basis with the TLA Executive Director.
9. Evidence of expenditures must be provided to TLA prior to TLA making any reimbursements. If expenses such as registration fees, etc. must be pre-paid, TLA may, at its sole discretion, provide pre-payment upon the written assurance by the grantee that the pre-payment will be refunded to TLA if the grantee fails to attend the event. This provision will be negotiated with the TLA Executive Director on a case-by-case basis.
10. All TLA financial support is contingent upon available resources.
11. All requests must be made using one of the following options:
- Use the online application found HERE on the TLA's secure webpage
- Contact TLA HERE and request TLA mail the request form to the applicant and the applicant return the completed form back to TLA at the address included on the request form.
Levels of Support
- Approved Funding Requests under $500 shall be funded at 100% of actual cost.
- Approved Funding Requests greater than $500 and up to $3000 shall be funded at 80% of actual cost.
- Approved Funding Requests greater than $3000 shall be negotiated on a case-by-case basis with no more than 75% of all out-of-pocket expenses funded by TLA.