Cooperative Agreement 24CA11132762313

The Earth Conservation Corps (ECC), under a $133,333 Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Project Grant from the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will provide teacher training workshops on the Eco-Schools USA program curriculum and philosophy. Teachers will then implement the Eco-Schools program with their students, challenging them to evaluate their school's sustainability and design conservation-focused campaigns. Teachers will also participate in additional...

The Greening Youth Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $110,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to provide recruitment and placement services under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment federal grant program (CFDA 15.676). Through this award, Greening Youth Foundation will recruit and place a diverse pool of U.S. citizen and lawful permanent resident youth and young adult candidates between the ages of 16 to 30...

The National Park Service (NPS), through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $100,688 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to provide youth with training, place-based learning, trade education, and mentoring focused on trails maintenance and vegetation management on public lands. The project will engage conservation corps participants in hands-on work including vegetation management,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $954,745.68 cooperative agreement to American Conservation Experience from March 1, 2021 through April 30, 2025. The award supports the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) to provide experiential, education, and employment opportunities for youth and veterans between the ages of 16 and 30, or veterans aged 35 or younger at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Folkston, GA. American...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $133,334 to the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park to implement an environmental education project. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally-beneficial behavior in Cleveland, OH and northwest Indiana....

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $1,270,847.62 cooperative agreement to American Conservation Experience under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676). The award will support experiential, educational, and employment opportunities for youth and veterans between ages 16-30 or veterans aged 35 or younger from May 24, 2021 through September 30, 2021. Specifically, American Conservation Experience will provide...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $311,560 cooperative agreement to the Community Development Corporation of PHP from April 2021 through December 2024 under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676). The award will support the Youth Preserving Pembroke Conservation Corp project to provide experiential education, employment, and leadership development opportunities for youth and veterans aged 16 to 30 in Iowa. Consistent with...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $140,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Public Lands Alliance to provide experiential, education, and employment opportunities for youth and veterans between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, or veterans aged 35 or younger. This award is part of the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), which aims to engage, educate, and develop the careers and leadership skills of the target population. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), supports American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit conservation corps, in recruiting one habitat restoration member to contribute to education, outreach, and conservation projects under the mentorship of Colorado Front Range National Wildlife Refuge Complex staff. The $106,104.69 award, effective from...

The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on August 15, 2022 to support the IGNITING MARINE PROTECTION & CAREERS FOR TEENS (IMPACT) program. The grant was awarded under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215)....