Block Grant 2101NCLWC5

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $365,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.228: Wildland Fire Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities) to The Watershed Research And Training Center on September 21, 2025, with completion by September 20, 2030. In collaboration with Utah State University as a subrecipient, the award funds the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC NET) initiative to strengthen wildfire adaptation...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded Whatcom Community College a $313,120 Cooperative Agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) beginning October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. This initiative focuses on accelerating cybersecurity workforce development in Washington State through the design and pilot of industry-validated, stackable...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Water Solutions Group Inc. (WSG), a Virginia-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization specializing in recreational boating safety education, received a $275,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Coast Guard under the National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program (CFDA 97.135). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, funds a national rental boat safety campaign designed to educate rental customers...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,953,858 Cooperative Agreement on February 7, 2025 to the State of Utah's Division of Water Resources under the CFDA 15.078 Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program. The project aims to enhance snowpack monitoring and streamflow prediction capabilities in the Weber River watershed in north-central Utah over a 3-year period, ending on September 30, 2027. Key activities include conducting airborne snow observatory flights to gather snowpack data using aerial...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,060,448 Cooperative Agreement on December 20, 2023, under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078) to The Regents of the University of Colorado. This grant aims to improve water supply forecasts by enhancing snow monitoring through the deployment of emerging technologies, such as airborne LiDAR, and better integration of snow data into forecasting models. The project has two sub-awards - one to Oregon State University to assist in...

This $500,900 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund research at Iowa State University to develop theoretical foundations and systems for enabling industrial automation using low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs). Specifically, the university will address challenges in adopting the leading LPWAN technology, LoRa, for industrial automation applications requiring real-time communication and scheduling over large...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary CWI Works, Inc. received a $328,159 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP, CFDA 10.912), effective December 26, 2025, through December 31, 2027. Under this award, CWI Works will administer the Agricultural Conservation Experienced Services (ACES) program in Louisiana to deploy conservation professionals aged 55 and older to...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded $169,857 in formula grant funding to West Central Illinois Center For Independent Living (WCICIL) on September 30, 2025, for the performance period extending through September 29, 2027. This award supports continuation of WCICIL's participation in the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432), which provides comprehensive independent living services to...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded a $329,114 Formula Grant to Central Washington Disability Resources (CWDR) under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432). The grant, effective from September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2025, will allow CWDR to operate a statewide network of Centers for Independent Living in Washington. Through this funding, CWDR will provide core independent living services such as skills...

Summary The University of Utah, as the prime awardee, will establish an operational wildfire detection network across Utah through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228). The project, awarded on September 22, 2025, with $998,831 obligated through September 21, 2030, will install wildfire detection cameras at 16 mountaintop sites in high-risk areas, integrate with existing Utah...