Project Grant SUY60019GR0009

The Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Finance will receive $110,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under a three-year Project Grant award to strengthen the Waan Aelon cultural and vocational training program. The grant will support the program from July 2022 through September 2025. The Waan Aelon program provides cultural preservation and vocational skills development on the Marshall Islands. This funding will allow the Ministry of Finance to...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $213,566 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA #10.902 program. The award will fund implementation of an intensive mentorship and training cohort from April 30, 2022 to April 30, 2024. The goal is to equip and encourage twelve future leaders to serve underserved agricultural producers through careers in conservation. Specifically, the...

The Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands will use $338,131 in funding from the Department of the Interior's Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program to assist the local community by providing basic needs and education for home gardening. Funds will be used to purchase and distribute commercial quantities of short-day crop seeds among participating home gardeners from May 2023 to September 2027. Gardeners will grow produce for self-sufficiency and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce to support the construction phase of the American Samoa Innovation and Technology Campus, specifically the campus infrastructure (roads, drainage, and utilities). The funds will require the assistance of an experienced project coordinator to ensure timely completion of key tasks and provide technical expertise to the Department of Commerce. This...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will receive $606,000 through a Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support coordination of the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact operations, training, and fire prevention efforts from June 2022 through December 2024. The funding will support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program, which provides assistance to control rural and forest fires, develop new technologies...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a five-year Cooperative Agreement of $2,000,000 on January 2, 2025 through its Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The "Youth in Progress" activity will be implemented by Fundacion Calleja in El Salvador to address root causes of irregular migration. The project aims to train 6,750 people in employment readiness, place 5,000 vulnerable youth in jobs, and provide 1,800 educational/technical...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $165,400 Project Grant to Asociación Agencia Para El Desarrollo Económico Local Del Depto. De Sonsonate (ADEL Sonsonate) to provide training and technical assistance to tourism entrepreneurs in four municipalities in El Salvador's Department of Sonsonate. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) program, ADEL Sonsonate will deliver activities from August 2022 through August 2024 to position community-based tourism as an important...

The Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will receive $885,000 through September 2027 from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program. Services provided under this Project Grant award include preparing for the single audit, ensuring financial records comply with federal regulations by completing an FMIS implementation, and training staff on best practices for...

The Office of Insular Affairs within the Department of the Interior awarded $140,400 to the Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to implement a Certified Employee Water and Wastewater Training Program at levels 3 and 4. Through this project grant funding under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program, personnel from the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation will obtain critical training, field testing, and examination activities in...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $176,960 Project Grant to The Nature Conservancy to support capacity-building activities for two Pacific regional networks - the Micronesia Finance and Administration Network (MFAN) and the Pacific Islands Managed and Protected Areas Community (PIMPAC). The funding, provided through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), will enable trainings for coaching teams in the...