The recipient will recruit participants to work alongside NPS staff in serving community assistance programs: rivers, trails, and conservation assistance program hydropower assistance program

Award: National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc. (NEW Solutions) received a $490,000 cooperative agreement from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Experienced Services Program (CFDA 15.011), effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026. Under this award, NEW Solutions will recruit and deploy experienced professionals aged 55 and older to work alongside NPS staff in support of two primary initiatives: the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program and the Hydropower Assistance Program.

Services and Support: The experienced workers will provide specialized technical and administrative support across multiple functional areas including landscape architecture, community planning, accessibility planning, writing, editing, research, communications, education and community outreach, program and project management, technical support, facilitation of community interactions, archives and records management, and river and trail planning. These participants will assist communities in land management, local recreation development, natural disaster recovery, and related conservation initiatives. The cooperative agreement leverages the expertise and institutional knowledge of experienced workers to supplement NPS operational capacity and address mission-critical activities on a cost-effective, temporary basis.

ESP participants assist communities in land management, developing local recreation, natural disaster recovery and more. ESP participants will provide support in the following roles: landscape architecture, community planning, accessibility planning, writing editing researching communications, education and community outreach, program and project management and technical support, facilitation of community interaction, archives records, and river and trail planning.