Cooperative Agreement P17AC00966

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 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...

The National Park Service, under its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $204,212.55 cooperative agreement to the National Council For Preservation Education Inc. from July 2021 through December 2025. The awardee will carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on Department of the Interior lands through its National Council For Preservation Education division. This...

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 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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $124,388.66 to the Friends of Saguaro National Park, a non-profit organization, to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands. The award supports the "Next Generation Ranger Corps" program, which offers 9-12 month paid...

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...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $118,557 cooperative agreement to the Colorado Youth Corps Association under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award will support preservation trades training opportunities for young adults and veterans on National Park Service led preservation projects through December 2024. The Colorado Youth Corps Association, a statewide coalition of accredited youth conservation corps,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), provides $382,239.04 to The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and career development projects on Department of the Interior lands. The award supports SCA's efforts to provide fellowships and internships for...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $107,426 cooperative agreement to the Friends of Saguaro National Park (FOSNP), a non-profit organization, to support the "Next Generation Ranger Corps" program under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities grant program (CFDA 15.931). This program recruits and hires local youth interns from the Tucson, Arizona area to be mentored by NPS staff within the Division of Resource Management at Saguaro National Park. The interns...