21st Century Conservation Service Corps

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education funds work and training opportunities for young people and veterans through the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (CFDA 15.154), with the most recent grant award disbursed on June 21, 2016—over ten years ago.

Program activity has stalled. The portfolio shows only three total awards spanning 2014 to 2016, at a rate of one award per year during that period, with no awards since mid-2016. This program shows no recent funding momentum and no currently posted grant opportunities. The most recent opportunity in the source dates to March 2015 (solicitation D15AC00006 for a YMCA community coordinator position, due March 19, 2015).

The program funds conservation corps initiatives structured as work-study and internship placements, training programs, and administrative coordination of volunteer service teams on public lands. Recent awards include a $1.095 million cooperative agreement with the YMCA for community coordinator and engagement activities (2015), a $1.098 million award for DOI AmeriCorps VISTA team program administration (2014), and a $28,952 resource management internship cooperative agreement (2016).

All three awards in the portfolio were structured as Cooperative Agreements. The Department of the Interior accounts for two awards totaling $1.1 million in federal obligations, while the Department of the Interior Departmental Offices Interior Business Center issued one award for $1.1 million. Combined federal dollars obligated total $2.2 million across the entire portfolio.

Prospecting here faces substantial headwinds. The decade-long gap between the last award and today, the minimal award count, and the absence of posted opportunities suggest this program is either inactive or operating on a highly irregular cycle. Verify current program status with the funding agency before allocating pursuit resources.