This federal Project Grant award of $158,054 from the National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) program will fund two positions within the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation to enhance management and compliance of LWCF grants and projects.
Specifically, the grant will support a new Federal Grant Coordinator position to focus solely on managing existing LWCF grants and projects, conducting field inspections, ensuring compliance, and assisting with a Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) update. The Planning Section Manager will also be partially funded to identify, prepare, and submit new LWCF grant applications as well as lead the SCORP update process through 2024. These dedicated staff resources will allow Delaware to improve oversight and administration of its LWCF program, which previously lacked a centralized position for federal grant management. The grant aims to help Delaware address any LWCF conversion issues and develop a national GIS database to report on completed LWCF projects.
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