Cooperative Agreement P24AC00404
- Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS) National Office awarded $275,909 to Sodas Life Inc. under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) through a Cooperative Agreement effective July 17, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2026. The award funds an internship recruitment and placement initiative that engages high-performing students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in natural, cultural,...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $163,506.13 was made by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award supports the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), a non-profit organization, to provide internship and educational opportunities in cultural resource management, historic preservation, and related fields. Through this agreement, NCPE will place undergraduate and graduate students in hands-on...
- The National Council for Preservation Education will receive $129,458.10 through December 2025 under a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office. The funding is provided through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program, which supports natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of Interior lands. Under this award, the National...
- This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), funds internships for cultural resource projects in the Alaska Regional Office of the National Park Service. The $113,834.37 award to the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), a non-profit organization, will support interns who will work on various cultural resource projects related to areas such as anthropology,...
- The National Park Service (NPS), through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $273,087.78 cooperative agreement to Southern Utah University (SUU) on April 11, 2024. Under this agreement, SUU will partner with Zion National Park to recruit and support a minimum of 18 full-time summer interns and part-time interns during the academic year. The interns will gain practical experience in all functional areas of the park, including...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), funds American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to engage youth and veterans in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. Specifically, the $105,302.73 award supports an internship program at Brown v. Board of Education National...
- The U.S. National Park Service has awarded a $140,000.12 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The project will create a "Pyramid of Opportunity" for underserved high school students to gain exposure to careers and skills for entry-level seasonal positions with land management agencies. Each year, the project will provide paid 6-week internships...
- Conservation Legacy (doing business as Southwest Conservation Corps) received a $150,000 cooperative agreement from the National Park Service National Office under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) awarded on August 14, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2027. The organization will deploy four youth or veteran interns in full-time, year-long Chesapeake Gateways Ambassador positions to support natural and cultural resource conservation...
- The National Park Service (NPS), through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $3,305,803 cooperative agreement to Conservation Legacy to support the Scientists in Parks Program. The program provides opportunities for participants to complete internship projects in national park units that address natural resource issues and meet management needs. Projects objectives and outcomes are defined by the benefiting NPS unit and advance interns'...
- The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $299,495.75 Cooperative Agreement to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The funding will provide ten internships for visitor services at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The interns will deliver programs and services focused on the park's natural and cultural resources to increase opportunities for diverse audiences to learn...
THIS PROGRAM UTILIZES QUALIFIED NON-PROFIT YOUTH- AND VETERAN-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO CARRY OUT APPROPRIATE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND EDUCATION PROJECTS ON DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LANDS THROUGH AUTHORIZED NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROGRAMS. THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT UP TO FIVE INTERNS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK (NHP) IN THE DIVISIONS OF RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE, AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE INTERNS WILL PARTICIPATE IN RESOURCE PROJECTS INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO PUBLIC OUTREACH, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AS WELL AS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, WHILE HELPING TO DEVELOP YOUNG ADULTS INTO LEADERS WITH CAREER INTERESTS IN THE STEWARDSHIP OF NATIONAL PARKS. THIS PROJECT ALSO SEEKS TO FURTHER THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLONIAL NHP AND REGIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU)S TO PROVIDE YOUNG ADULTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP SKILLS WHILE CARING FOR HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PRIVATE NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES QUASI-PUBLIC NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT CAREER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION IN THE AREAS OF NATURAL AND OR CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. INDIVIDUALS FAMILIES STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE A BENEFIT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THESE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $75.0k | 9/5/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 5/22/25 | ||
| Not listed | $72.1k | 5/16/24 |