Cooperative Agreement P25AC01149

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $566,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to the Ford's Theatre Society (FTS) to support a range of cultural resource stewardship activities and educational programming. Under this award, FTS will produce three mainstage theatrical productions for approximately 60,000 audience members, as well as provide educational opportunities including student matinees, guided and virtual field trips, oratory...

The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture will implement a paid apprenticeship program utilizing $500,700 in funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The 10-month program seeks to recruit up to 36 young people from low-income Baltimore families to receive essential life and professional skills training to pursue careers in museum exhibition installation, art handling, historic preservation, and related...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will provide $225,706.27 to fund two public history interns and one resource management intern at a park to enhance youth engagement and improve resource management during America 250 activities. The project deliverables include expanded public programs, preserved cultural and natural resources, and increased visitor safety through a stronger staff...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service has awarded a $914,000 Cooperative Agreement to the National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America (YMCA of the USA) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities grant program (CFDA 15.931). This program seeks to utilize qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education...

The National Park Service, through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities grant program (CFDA 15.931), awarded $366,804.38 to the National Council For Preservation Education Inc. for the period of March 29, 2023 through December 31, 2026. Under this cooperative agreement, the National Council For Preservation Education will utilize qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer...

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 National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $116,666.64 Cooperative Agreement to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, to provide preservation trades training to young adults and veterans on NPS-led preservation projects. The award under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will run from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The purpose is to promote job skills training in the trades sector and develop a stewardship ethic for cultural...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), awarded a $152,382 Project Grant to the Fort Ticonderoga Association to offer two one-week workshops in the summer of 2025 for teachers across the country. The workshops, titled "The American Revolution: Subjects, Citizens, and Soldiers," will use the association's archival and object collections to explore five key themes related to the American...

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 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,...