Wilderness Education Project, Corp

Wilderness Education Project, Corp is a Kentucky-based nonprofit organization registered in SAM.gov that serves as a prime awardee for federal grants. The organization focuses on developing and implementing educational and workforce development initiatives designed to serve underserved populations, particularly in rural and low-income communities across Kentucky. Through its federal grant portfolio, the organization provides training programs, curriculum development, social-emotional learning initiatives, and apprenticeship program expansion services to school districts and communities.

Wilderness Education Project, Corp has demonstrated substantial grant-funded activity across multiple federal agencies and program areas. The organization currently manages five active grants totaling approximately $7.7 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education (CFDA 84.422) program, which fund three teacher training initiatives: PROJECT SPARK ($2,904,000), PROJECT APEX ($2,867,541), PROJECT EXCEL, and PROJECT TRAILS, all designed to enhance social studies instruction for K-12 students with particular emphasis on serving low-income and underserved populations. Additionally, the organization previously received $1 million from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement Project SOAR in partnership with Johnson County Schools, providing social-emotional learning assessments, crisis prevention training, and evidence-based therapeutic programming focused on school safety and student resilience. The organization also received funding from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration for the PROJECT NAVIGATE initiative (awarded July 1, 2022), which enrolls high school and opportunity youth into registered apprenticeship programs across five Kentucky counties in partnership with school districts, employer sponsors, and regional development organizations. A full-service community schools initiative titled PROJECT EMPOWER rounds out its portfolio, demonstrating the organization's capacity to work with rural, low-income local education agencies. These grants illustrate the organization's expertise in educational program development, workforce training, school safety, and serving disadvantaged youth populations through collaborative, evidence-based approaches.