ACOA is no different from many of the other federal programs. If you look at the definitions, the components, the boxes of the programs—which we have—you will very rarely, if ever, see a reference to a cooperative. When a cooperative walks into an ACOA office or another federal program office, generally the first response is, “You don't quite fit the box.” We have to go back to demonstrate why we fit the box.
It's not very often that you see “cooperative” language, “cooperative” understanding, in government programs, including ACOA.