Project Grant 19043434123

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.289 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending) provides $272,000.00 in funding to the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Inc., a non-profit organization, from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026. The project will empower underserved youth and young adults in Los Angeles through environmental projects, job skills training, and educational programs. Specifically, the...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS), under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded Conservation Legacy (operating as Southwest Conservation Corps) a cooperative agreement valued at $102,325.70, effective August 18, 2025 through May 31, 2026. The organization will deploy young adults to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona to execute critical vegetation management and trail stewardship activities on...

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 California Conservation Corps will receive $338,496 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region. The award is part of the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), which seeks to utilize 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...

Federal Grant Award Summary The City of Orange Housing Authority received a $115,077 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office under the Public Housing Operating Fund program (CFDA 14.850), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032. This award provides operating subsidies to support day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses for public housing dwellings serving lower-income residents in Orange, Texas. The...

The National Park Service awarded Conservation Legacy $208,533.28 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) on September 1, 2022 to provide historic preservation services at Chiricahua National Monument and Fort Bowie National Historic Site in Willcox, AZ through March 2023. Conservation Legacy will utilize its Arizona Conservation Corps to address deferred maintenance on the historic Stafford Cabin at Chiricahua, including replacement of...

Under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region, Conservation Legacy received $225,333.33 to rehabilitate and maintain the Red Trail in Chickamauga Battlefield. Through this award, interns from Conservation Legacy's Southwest Conservation Corps program will provide critical trail maintenance services, including removing invasive vegetation, repairing trail surfaces, and replacing signage. This work will improve public access and...

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...

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...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded The Great Basin Institute $104,288.96 through a Cooperative Agreement under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) effective August 19, 2025, through December 31, 2026. Under this award, the Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division will place and support two youth interns at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Boulder City, Nevada. The interns will provide hands-on experience in natural resource...