Montana/Dakota Youth Assistance Program Utilizing Youth Groups

The summary for the Montana/Dakota Youth Assistance Program Utilizing Youth Groups Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, 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 in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Montana/Dakota Youth Assistance Program Utilizing Youth Groups
	CFDA Number:	15.225
	CFDA Description:	Recreation Resource Management
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Land Management
	Category of Funding Activity:	Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	L11AS00039
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 07, 2011
	Creation Date:	Mar 07, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 04, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 04, 2011
	Archive Date:	Apr 15, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	20,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

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. The term qualified youth or conservation corps means any program established by a State or local government, by the governing body of any Indian tribe, or by a nonprofit organization that (A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, productive work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, in a natural or cultural resource setting; (B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and life skills, education, training, and support services; and (C) provides participants with the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their community and the United States.
Grant Description: The purpose of the project is to recruit a Youth workforce providing them employment in work sectors related to conserving and restoring of Montana/Dakota public land resources and providing public outreach for visitor safety. Benefits to be achieved through collaboration are resource monitoring, inventory, protection, rehabilitation, and maintenance, visitor contacts, providing interpretive programs and coordination of work with volunteers and public outreach for purposes of education and safety. This project will also provide training activities to improve the expertise of Youth in working in the natural, cultural, and recreation resource fields.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.grants.gov
Grant Announcement Contact: Shawna R. Rogers, 406-896-5210shawna_rogers@blm.gov
shawna_rogers@blm.gov [shawna_rogers@blm.gov]
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