Cooperative Agreement F22AC01970

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded a $213,322 Project Grant to Wildlands Restoration Volunteers under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund environmental education and stewardship activities in Colorado communities through 2024. Key deliverables include establishing a restoration youth corps for 20 low-income teens, training 40 community leaders through bilingual leadership workshops, and engaging 400 volunteers in 16 high-impact...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6, provides $120,000 in funding from the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment (CFDA 15.676) federal grant program to support a full-time Youth Early Career Volunteer Coordinator position at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. The Coordinator will oversee the administration, training, and support of the refuge's growing volunteer program, which assists with daily...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), will fund Groundwork Denver Inc. to conduct environmental workforce development activities. The $500,000 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, will support Groundwork Denver in recruiting, training, and placing up to 100 unemployed and underemployed young adults (ages 18-26)...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $111,419 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region will support youth conservation activities carried out by the Colorado Youth Corps Association under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program (CFDA 15.931). The overall goal of the project is to employ youth to protect natural resources within Curecanti National Recreation Area and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park through...

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 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $125,413.20 cooperative agreement to Mobilizegreen, Inc. to introduce youth to careers in natural resource management through the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands federal grant program (CFDA 15.243). Under the five-year award beginning September 21, 2022, Mobilizegreen will provide seasonal work experience for youth such as wildlife and plant monitoring and educational program support on the BLM's McInnis Canyon and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676), awarded a $106,104.69 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit conservation corps organization. This award will fund the recruitment of 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 project will be carried...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $478,928 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands through the NPS's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The project will educate youth by providing them with direct technical experience in managing native plant...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $141,900 Cooperative Agreement to the Colorado Youth Corps Association (CYCA) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award, effective June 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027, will fund CYCA to perform restoration and invasive plant treatment services to protect rangelands in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and surrounding Curecanti National Recreation Area in...