BLM-CO Youth Conservation Corps Initiative

The summary for the BLM-CO Youth Conservation Corps Initiative grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of Land Management, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
BLM-CO Youth Conservation Corps Initiative: The Department of Interior's Youth Initiative is a focused effort to expand programs that engage, educate and employ youth from all backgrounds in exploring, connecting with, and preserving the shared natural and cultural resources on public lands. As part of this initiative, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) aims to increase youth employment through its use of youth hiring authorities; leveraging partnerships; using a proactive targeted recruiting approach to build new environments and engage a talented corps of young people; and providing hands-on, meaningful work experiences. The purpose of the Department of Interiorâ¿¿s agency-wide employment efforts, of which the BLM is a part of, is to create the Next Generation of Conservation Leaders. Specifically, the Department of the Interior, BLM CO and youth corps organizations have been working as partners on mutually beneficial projects on public lands for over 12 years. BLM CO advances these national goals by providing meaningful conservation opportunities by engaging youth corps crews to work on public lands performing a variety of activities.

Youth conservation corps employ and train youth and young adults on land, water, and energy conservation projects while cultivating in them civic engagement, leadership, and a desire to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The BLM cooperates with a number of organizations to coordinate, perform, and complete a vast array of outdoor stewardship projects on public lands. This partnership between the BLM and youth corps is for the purpose of conducting conservation and resource protection projects, introducing young people to natural resource career opportunities, and providing opportunities for youth to learn valuable trade and life skills. Specifically, this program fosters a natural resource ethic and commitment to conservation through hands-on experience and service learning opportunities to balance natural resources protection while promoting outdoor recreation values. Through this funding opportunity, BLM CO plans to engage youth conservation crews to perform a variety of activities on public lands.

Federal Grant Title: BLM-CO Youth Conservation Corps Initiative
Federal Agency Name: Bureau of Land Management
Grant Categories: Natural Resources
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: L16AS00187
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 323958
CFDA Descriptions: Recreation Resource Management
Current Application Deadline: Aug 12, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Aug 12, 2016
Posted Date: Jun 13, 2016
Creation Date: Jun 13, 2016
Archive Date: Aug 19, 2016
Total Program Funding: $4,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $4,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $2,500
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Qualified Youth or Conservation Corps only
Grant Announcement Contact
Eleni Sarris (303) 239-3908 [email protected]
[email protected]

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